Product Manager, API

Job Description

Role X You

VICE is looking for an experienced, technical, self-motivated product manager to oversee a team managing VICE's API and other internal systems that power all of VICE's consumer experiences. We're seeking someone with strong technical chops who will delight in being in the weeds with our developers-focusing on architecture, performance, maintainability and extensibility, as well as great user experience. This leader, along with their direct reports, would be responsible for VICE's most critical products.

Role x Team

The Product & Engineering department is responsible for all of VMG's products, both consumer facing, like the VICE.com or Refinery29.com platforms, and internal operations and content creation tools, like our proprietary CMS 'Backstage', 'Stories Studio' our proprietary social stories production app for editors, and more.

The API

As VICE has evolved its services oriented architecture, our suite of microservices has become a core product in of itself and enables all the experiences on our owned and operated platforms. The API houses business and editorial logic and is the nervecenter of our entire ecosystem and platform. The Product Manager will take business ownership of the API, and be expected to lead design and implementation of its growth and iteration. Since this product touches all others, the job would require deep interaction with all other PMs as well as executive stakeholders. The successful candidate will ensure that the API and backend engineering teams are positioned to execute on the product roadmap across areas as diverse as content metadata and search, to user identity and data syndication. The simple metric for success being that the API skates ahead of the rest of our product roadmap and enables the features that power VICE's growth.

Responsibilities:
• Create and maintain a product roadmap and act as subject matter expert on our internal systems.
• Gather requirements, prioritize features and maintain a backlog for one or more products.
• Facilitate communication throughout the entire development process, by working with internal teams and external stakeholders, to ensure organizational support and buy-in.
• Understand how to translate deeply technical product requirements and operate with engineers on a technical level to preserve the scalability and uptime of our core internal systems.
• Work efficiently with a team of developers, designers and user experience experts, cultivating a strong, collaborative working environment.
• Define and track metrics for success, ensuring the team is clear on their objectives every step of the way.
• Utilize qualitative and quantitative research techniques to define a clear product vision.

You have these:
• 3 + years professional experience as a technical PM or developer working on digital products.
• Experience working with backend engineering teams, ideally with previous development experience.
• Experience with scaling architectures and systems to global, multilingual audiences.
• Proven track record of defining, launching and iterating best-in-class products.
• Demonstrated success using data-driven decision making, as well as design thinking.
• Proficient with software development and documentation tools such as Confluence, JIRA, Github and standard measurement platforms such as Google Analytics
• Experience with relevant API design patterns and architectures.

We'd love if you also have these:
• Excellent communication and listening skills.
• Otherworldly attention to detail.
• Experience working with diverse teams of engineers, designers, and QA within an Agile framework.
• Expert ability to convey technical and engineering concerns to non-technical stakeholders.
• Proficient project management skills and ability to drive teams to meet aggressive deadlines.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

VICE Media (VICE.com, VICE Studios, VICE TV, Virtue, VICE News, Refinery29, PULSE Films, i-D) is an equal opportunity employer. We view everyone as an individual, and we understand that inclusion is more than just diversity – it's about belonging. We celebrate the fact that everyone is unique, and that's what makes us so good at what we do. We pride ourselves on being a company that embraces difference and truly represents the global clients we work with.

This position is not eligible to be performed in Colorado.

Candidates, please note that if you are contacted by anyone with an email other than @vice.com purporting to be recruiting on behalf of Vice Media, it is not legitimate, and you should not engage.

The salary range is subject to change and may be amended in the future. Experience, education, skills, and other factors are considered when determining the salary offered.

Pay Range Details:

New York/California: 110,000 - 120,000 USD

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gm8082-3-142-12-240-42 in your application.