Principal Product Manager II

About Life 360

Life360’s mission is to keep people close to the ones they love. Our category-leading mobile app and Tile tracking devices empower members to protect the people, pets, and things they care about most with a range of services, including location sharing, safe driver reports, and crash detection with emergency dispatch. Life360 serves approximately 77 million monthly active users as of November 2024, across more than 170 countries. 

Life360 delivers peace of mind and enhances everyday family life with seamless coordination for all the moments that matter, big and small. By continuing to innovate and deliver for our customers, we have become a household name and the must-have mobile-based membership for families (and those friends that basically are family). 

Life360 has more than 600 (and growing!) remote-first employees. For more information, please visit life360.com.

Life360 is a Remote First company, which means a remote work environment will be the primary experience for all employees. All positions, unless otherwise specified, can be performed remotely (within the US) regardless of any specified location above. 

About The Team

The Core Map Experiences team is responsible for the overarching end user experience of the Life360 app via multiple areas of ownership. The team owns the map experience and is responsible for integration of all features available in the map, most often directly and sometimes by opening map systems for other teams to use. They also own the application shell and information architecture, sometimes used by the Core Map Experiences team and heavily leveraged by other teams. Finally, this team is the end arbiter of the end-user experience, ensuring that all inputs from across all teams result in a cohesive, high quality experience for Life360 users.

About the Job

We’re looking for a Principal Product Manager II to join the Core Map Experience team at Life360. You will have a multi-faceted role that is pivotal in defining and implementing the future vision of the Life360 app experience. The role will have to operate both broadly and at the detail level to ensure Life360’s experience is delightful and magical while hitting the mark as the #1 app for everyday family life.

The US-based salary range for this position is $172,500 to $253,500. We take into consideration an individual's background and experience in determining final salary- therefore, base pay offered may vary considerably depending on geographic location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The compensation package includes a wide range of medical, dental, vision, financial, and other benefits, as well as equity.

What You’ll Do

In this high-level IC role we expect you to be well-rounded in all areas, the specific areas of emphasis will be on the following pillars:

• Strategic Product Leadership - Define, communicate and execute a product vision in service of the Group and Company strategy to maximize user engagement and retention. Collaborate with executive and operating-group teams to align product goals with overall business objectives.
• Northstar Development - In conjunction with the Director of Product, Devices and the Design organization, you will craft and continually refine a long term Northstar vision to support your product strategy and your team will use to execute towards a long term goal.
• Team Driver - You’ll be embedded with the Core Map Experience team, understanding customer needs of end-users and business partners, ensuring that the team is executing on a focused roadmap, and measuring impact at every point along the journey.

Team Catalyst - Work with Engineering and Design and act as an accelerator to bring new experiences to customers faster and ensure we develop feature platforms that are easily extended and expanded to new use cases. 

• Data-Informed - Define the success criteria for initiatives, using opportunity sizing to prioritize initiatives and understand how audiences are responding to the experiences created for them.
• Leading Through Influence - Evangelizes their roadmap across the company, gaining and maintaining allies and support for key initiatives.
• Craftsmanship - Hold all parts of the team, Product, Design, and Engineering to the highest standards of craftsmanship in service of delivering an exceptional user experience.

User-Centric Approach - Use a deep understanding of our customers wants and needs combined with extreme attention to detail to deliver a world-class experience that pushes the customer experience and the business forward. 

What We’re Looking For

• 6 - 8 years experience in product management with digital services
• You are an experienced leader with a track record of building stellar experiences
• You’ve led the creation and delivery of high-impact products, and have brought exceptionally delightful products or features to market
• You have an eye for high quality experiences and a reputation for valuing user experience and building high quality and delightful products
• You have technical experience, either directly through engineering roles or via system level design roles.
• You are great at analyzing data and enjoy looking closely at the numbers to understand how users are engaging with a product and whether a strategy is working. You also balance data with conviction when you are confident a path is correct.
• You understand the value of and have experience building platforms, not features.
• You are a strong strategic thinker and storyteller with the ability to motivate and inspire your team around a shared vision.
• You are a passionate believer that design and user experience are a competitive differentiator. Data informs you, but user experience excellence takes precedence.
• You believe that to succeed in your role, staying hands on and getting into the details is critical. 
• You are known for being able to have tough direct conversations while also remaining kind and respectful.
• You naturally gravitate to risk taking and big swings and are comfortable making decisions with incomplete information.
• Personifies our values: Be a good person; Be direct, with respect; Members before metrics; High intensity, high impact.

Our Benefits

• Competitive pay and benefits
• Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance plans (100% paid for employees)
• 401(k) plan with company matching program
• Mental Wellness Program & Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental well being
• Flexible PTO, 13 company wide days off throughout the year
• Winter and Summer Week-long Synchronized Company Shutdowns
• Learning & Development programs
• Equipment, tools, and reimbursement support for a productive remote environment
• Free Life360 Platinum Membership for your preferred circle
• Free Tile Products

Life360 Values

Our company’s mission driven culture is guided by our shared values to create a trusted work environment where you can bring your authentic self to work and make a positive difference 

• Be a Good Person - We have a team of high integrity people you can trust. 
• Be Direct With Respect - We communicate directly, even when it’s hard.
• Members Before Metrics - We focus on building an exceptional experience for families. 
• High Intensity, High Impact - We do whatever it takes to get the job done. 

Our Commitment to Diversity

We believe that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better results. Together, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices of our employees. It fuels our innovation and connects us closer to our customers and the communities we serve. We strive to create a workplace that reflects the communities we serve and where everyone feels empowered to bring their authentic best selves to work.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Life360. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any legally protected status.