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POSITION OVERVIEW
Viator is looking for a passionate Mobile Product Manager to lead the rapidly growing product development efforts of our Android apps. In this role you'll drive Viator's mobile product development using your expertise in mobile user experience and design along with your history of planning successful product releases. Some iOS or mobile web work may be required over time.
The ideal candidate understands the mobile landscape, is an avid user of Android apps, and is familiar with the challenges of m-commerce. If you love to daydream about travel, that's a huge plus!
In 2011, Apple featured our iOS apps in their end of year App Rewind promotion along with just 4 other travel apps. We plan to have the same type of notoriety on Google Play in 2014. This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious mobile product manager to join a successful and established e-commerce company committed to a solid expansion into mobile business.
RESPONSIBILITIES
The Mobile Product Manager will own the Android product development resulting in better usability, increased customer satisfaction and higher sales through:
Planning
* Provide input into the Android product roadmap and contribute to the overall mobile product roadmap
* Think analytically about workflows and the impact of product features on sales conversion.
* Gather requirements from internal stakeholders
* Work with the UX team to gain insight into customer behaviors and roll those insights into product features and improvements
Execution
* Execute against the Android product roadmap
* Communicate product and business requirements through documentation and use cases
* Work with UX, design, and technical teams to create elegant solutions to product issues and new product features
* While not a developer, you should be able to speak to technical professionals about platform capabilities and possible trade-offs to product requirements
* Collaborate with the UX and Design team to produce clear wireframes, workflows and visual designs ready for handoff to development and QA teams
* Partner with project management to have clear project goals and deliverables
* Lead status meetings with multiple stakeholders across multiple time zones
Analysis & Reporting
* Quantitatively analyze new features to drive new product directions/features
* Produce weekly and monthly reports to demonstrate project status, product success and sales trends
KEY SKILLS/EXPERIENCE
Work Experience
* 2+ years mobile product management experience
* 1+ year as lead product manager on a live consumer facing, networked, Android app
* Deep understanding of Android Design principles and designing for multiple device sizes.
* e-commerce or m-commerce experience
* Integration of mobile analytics packages such as Flurry, Google Analytics, Site Catalyst or others
* Integration of third-party mobile notification services
* Social integration, a plus
* iOS and Mobile Web experience, a plus
Communication & Management
* Excellent communication and presentation skills
* Ability to juggle multiple projects with varying degrees of priorities
* Strong track record of writing clear and concise product requirements, status updates and product results
* Proven leadership skills to work with cross-functional teams and drive projects from concept through execution and launch
Technical
* Understanding of Android development standards
* Experience with client-server networked apps including integration with content management systems and general API understanding
* Comfort with issue tracking. We use Jira, you will too!
* Basic use of Photoshop, OmniGraffle or other visual design software to create rough high-level wireframes. Whiteboarding a plus!
* Not allergic to Excel formulas or PowerPoint slides
* And some basic comfort with using our in-house content management systems.
Other
* Like everyone else, we love a good sense of humor
* Though not required, a love of travel is a plus and extra points for great travel photos
COMPANY OVERVIEW
Viator is the world�s leading resource for finding and booking unforgettable travel experiences, providing access to more than 15,000 tours, attractions and activities in more than 1,000 destinations spanning 150+ countries. Viator offers travelers a one-stop shop to plan, research and book trip activities with helpful resources like more than 375,000 traveler reviews and photos, the Viator Travel Blog, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube sites. Viator�s in-house travel experts have picked respected and trusted local operators to ensure a quality experience, value and service.
Founded in 1995, Viator sells its products directly to consumers at www.viator.com, through 24 additional consumer-facing websites including nine local-language sites throughout Europe, Asia and South America, and through its global network of more than 1,000 affiliates that include major hotel and airline companies, online travel agencies, city-specific sites and more. Through its collection of company operated and affiliated sites, Viator welcomes more than 5 million visitors per month. Viator was originally founded in Australia and is now headquartered in San Francisco with regional offices in Sydney, London and Las Vegas.
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