We seek a Product Manager to join the Platform & Partner Experience product area. PPX is accountable for enabling the Spotify ubiquity strategy, powering 360M MAUs. Your work will be critical to getting the right data from the rest of the company to the teams that build 2000+ apps and integrations in PPX in a future-proof and smart way with good ROI (Return on investment).
This team is foundational to building and scaling the vast majority of our company bets, so your contribution and perspective will be crucial to the success of many of our bets and to setting the direction of our infrastructure by having a clear perspective on how these things should be built in the future.
What You'll Do
- Lead the roadmap for one or more teams in Ubiquity Distribution, setting the direction for how Spotify expands outside its core app.
- Collaborate closely with Product Area Leads (PALs), staff engineers, and key team members to ensure roadmaps are aligned and key decisions are made at the right level.
- Lead prioritization and scope, ensuring a balance between investment and return, working towards clear decisions on cost vs product benefit.
- Drive monthly planning sessions, continuously updating and communicating timelines with dependent teams, bet leads, and strategy partners.
- Present regular updates on risks, issues, and project statuses, ensuring leadership and relevant teams are always in the loop.
- Work with engineering teams to build and refine long-term strategies for Ubiquity Distribution and its integration with Spotify’s playback and content systems.
- Develop and maintain a six-month roadmap with input from key team members, and ensure the appropriate teams sign off on all major decisions.
Who You Are
- An experienced Product Manager passionate about scaling infrastructure and driving technical products to support business growth.
- Skilled at collaborating with cross-functional teams and collaborators, particularly in engineering and product leadership.
- Strong communication skills, able to clearly present timelines, risks, and progress to different levels of the organization.
- Highly strategic, with the ability to balance short-term needs with long-term vision and weigh cost vs product benefit in decision-making.
- Comfortable leading teams through sophisticated challenges and making data-driven decisions to support Spotify’s mission of ubiquity.
- A passion for innovation, scalability, and the Spotify product, particularly in enabling it to grow beyond the core app experience.
Where You'll Be
- This role will be located in our London or Stockholm office.
