Senior Product Manager

About the role

This role is centered on enhancing how readers discover content across Everand and Fable, two platforms that deliver ebooks, audiobooks, and social reading experiences to a global audience. You will own the end to end responsibility for a product squad that designs, builds, and iterates on features aimed at helping millions of users find their next favorite book with confidence and ease. The position requires a strategic thinker who can balance long term vision with iterative experimentation while maintaining a deep empathy for the reading habits and motivations of diverse users. You will act as the central connective tissue between engineering, design, research, and data, ensuring that technical constraints and creative opportunities are translated into coherent product decisions. Success in this role will be measured by your ability to combine editorial sensibility with algorithmic logic to create discovery experiences that feel both serendipitous and purposeful. You will work closely with cross functional partners to define hypotheses, set priorities, and shape the roadmap in a fast moving, data informed environment.

Key facts

What you'll do

• Define the vision, strategy, and multi quarter roadmap for a product squad dedicated to discovery and recommendation experiences on Everand and Fable.
• Translate ambiguous user problems into a clear, opinionated product roadmap by synthesizing qualitative insights and quantitative signals.
• Partner with design, engineering, research, and data teams to deliver end to end feature solutions that improve how users encounter and select books.
• Build and maintain deep expertise in search, ranking, and recommendation systems, working closely with data science and engineering to refine these core capabilities.
• Balance large scale platform investments with ongoing experimentation, using A/B tests and analytics to validate hypotheses and iterate quickly.
• Design product experiences that weave together editorial curation, algorithmic ranking, and user centered design to surface relevant and surprising content.
• Own key discovery metrics, analyzing funnel performance and behavioral data to identify opportunities for improvement and scalability.
• Lead prioritization discussions by clearly articulating tradeoffs, dependencies, and expected outcomes for stakeholders across the organization.
• Serve as the primary product advocate for users, ensuring that their needs, context, and feedback are reflected in every major decision.
• Establish rigorous product processes, from discovery and scoping to launch and post launch learning, to maintain consistency and clarity.
• Collaborate with research partners to plan and conduct user interviews, usability tests, and surveys that uncover nuanced insights about reading behavior.
• Work with data teams to define experiments, interpret results, and communicate findings in a way that informs future product choices.
• Create clear product specifications, user stories, and acceptance criteria that guide engineering execution without stifling creativity.
• Foster a culture of curiosity and evidence based decision making within the squad, encouraging experimentation and shared learning.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in product management for consumer facing products at scale, with a track record of owning complex features end to end.
• Proven ability to translate complex user problems into a clear, opinionated product roadmap that balances user value, business goals, and technical feasibility.
• Experience working with engineers and data scientists on machine learning, search, or ranking features in a data intensive environment.
• Demonstrated proficiency in quantitative methods such as A/B testing, funnel analysis, and data analytics, as well as qualitative research techniques including user interviews and contextual inquiry.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with an emphasis on clear, concise writing and structured prioritization that aligns stakeholders.
• Primary residence in or near an approved metro area in the United States, Canada, or Mexico as specified in the location guidelines.
• Comfort working in a fully remote or hybrid environment while maintaining strong collaboration and alignment with distributed teams.
• Willingness to travel occasionally for team in person gatherings, user research, or product discovery activities as needed.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic environment while maintaining attention to detail and high quality standards.
• Commitment to inclusive product practices, ensuring that accessibility and diverse user perspectives are considered in decision making.
• Understanding of subscription based business models and how they influence product decisions, user experience, and metrics.
• Willingness to engage directly with data, participate in code reviews, and collaborate closely with technical partners throughout the product lifecycle.

Nice to have

• Experience building and launching features for native mobile applications, including iOS and Android.
• Background in subscription based product models, including customer acquisition, retention, and lifetime value considerations.
• A personal interest in books and reading, demonstrated through regular reading habits or involvement in literary communities.

Practical notes

• Scribd Flex allows for flexible work, though occasional in person attendance is required for collaboration and planning sessions.
• Compensation includes equity ownership and a comprehensive benefits package designed to support long term wellbeing.
• Eligible locations include specific metro areas in the United States such as Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Dallas, Denver, Chicago, Houston, Jacksonville, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, Phoenix, Portland, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington D.C., as well as Canada (Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver) and Mexico (Mexico City).
• Applicants requiring assistance with the interview process are encouraged to contact accommodations@scribd.com to discuss available options.
• The role operates within standard full time schedules, with expectations for synchronous collaboration during core working hours.
• Final selection decisions will consider both demonstrated skills and alignment with scribd's mission of making reading accessible to everyone.