Principal Product Manager

Dotdash Meredith - Seattle, WA

Full-time - Principal

Remote - Seattle, WA

Publishing Industries

About the position

The Principal Product Manager will drive innovation and impact for the PEOPLE app at Meredith Corporation. This role requires a visionary leader who can manage specific initiatives while contributing to broader app strategies. The position involves leading cross-functional teams, optimizing app features, and aligning product execution with strategic goals and market needs for a prominent media brand.

Responsibilities

• Own and execute specific features or initiatives within the app, ensuring alignment with overarching business and app strategies.
• Manage and optimize the app roadmap and backlog, ensuring timely and effective delivery of features that improve user outcomes and align with business objectives.
• Be directly accountable for the performance and success of product features, monitoring KPIs, identifying improvement opportunities, and driving measurable results.
• Deeply understand user needs and specific use cases, leveraging insights to solve key problems and improve feature performance.
• Collaborate with product marketing and consumer insights teams to create feedback loops that inform strategy and prioritization.
• Lead and guide cross-functional teams, including engineering, design, and marketing, to deliver high-impact initiatives, ensuring alignment on goals and delivery timelines.
• Analyze user behavior and app performance data to inform prioritization and decision-making.
• Validate solutions through prototypes, user testing, and A/B experiments.
• Act as a hands-on product expert and mentor within the organization, sharing insights and best practices to elevate team performance and product quality.

Requirements

• 10+ years of product management experience with a proven ability to own and deliver feature-level excellence in mobile applications.
• Demonstrated expertise in managing roadmaps and optimizing feature performance through data-driven insights and user feedback.
• Proven track record of leading cross-functional teams to achieve ambitious goals in mobile app development and delivery.
• Advanced understanding of mobile app ecosystems, including technologies and user behaviors on iOS and Android platforms.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business, or related field (MBA or equivalent advanced degree preferred).

Nice-to-haves

• Proficiency in user-centered design principles and prototyping.
• Expertise in analytics tools, A/B testing, and app store optimization.
• Strong familiarity with Agile methodologies and modern mobile app development practices.