Employment Opportunity Profile

Title: Product Manager

Position Purpose:
You will be responsible for the definition and management of the Snap Shots - a content delivery network that uses advanced semantic technologies to enhance the way people surf the web. You will be a key contributor to a team responsible for building an innovative web product, used by millions of web publishers and end users worldwide.

Accountabilities:
You will be responsible for these specific things:

• Own the product requirements documents that define how consumer goals are married to business goals through specific features, functionality and design maneuvers
• Define user interface requirements, including use cases, page flows, wireframes and web site copy that communicate and achieve product goals
• Work with web designers and developers to ensure graphic design and interaction are consistent with user interface requirements and usability best practices
• Track and analyze user-behavior metrics; define new metrics when necessary
• Help design and conduct user research, including usability testing, A/B testing & surveys. Analyze results, recommend and execute appropriate product/interface changes

Requirements/Qualities:

• BA/BS degree
• 3+ years experience as a consumer web product manager
• Experience in launching large-scale consumer web products, community or social media experience preferred
• Experience with web analytics and/or online advertising systems is a plus
• Proven cross-group collaboration skills and track record of interacting with engineering, product, design and marketing teams, as well as the consumer
• Self-starter with the ability to work on and manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communications skills
• Strategic thinking, software business analysis, technical aptitude, and a drive for results are all critical skills
• Enthusiastic team player

The Company:
Snap Technologies is a venture-backed distributed media company that delivers contextual content and advertising to 30+Million users/month. Snap’s mission is to to reveal the content that users want and deliver it to them at the right moment.

Founded by Idealab Chairman Bill Gross (who has started dozens of successful companies including GoTo.com, which became Overture Services, the leading pay-for-performance search engine that was sold to Yahoo in 2003), Snap Technologies launched in Nov 2006 a content delivery network called Snap Shots. In a short period of time, Snap Shots has made a significant impact among millions of web publishers and end users. Today, Snap Shots is being used by more than 2 Million publishers, delivers 450 Million monthly impressions, viewed by 35 Million unique users/month and ranked by comScore as the 25th largest network in North America.

Snap is looking for a few individuals with significant talent who can win in this very competitive market characterized by incredible speed to market, outstanding technology, and fierce competition. Snap Technologies is backed by Idealab and Mayfield Fund. We are located in Idealab’s offices in Pasadena, CA.

INTERESTED CANDIDATES SHOULD SUBMIT THEIR RESUME AND SALARY HISTORY TO: www.idealab.com/careers

An Equal Opportunity Employer