Senior Product Manager, VSCO

• 5 -8 years as a full-time Product Manager with experience building for the creator economy
• Strong systems thinking and 0 → 1 product experience that made a difference for your customer and drove business growth
• Strategic judgement on monetization design and can reason through take-rate tradeoffs
• Experience building payout infrastructure (Stripe Connect, PayPal Payouts, or similar), not just checkout
• Delivered infrastructure heavy work, not just UI-layer features, and can go deep with engineering on payment infra reliability requirements
• Previous exposure and understanding of KYC and the compliance side of payouts – you know what questions to bring to legal and finance and can deeply partner with them on possible solutions
• A strong grasp of product strategy. You can define it, get buy-in from leadership, and motivate cross-functional teams to make that strategy a success
• Superb spoken and written communication skills. You are a compelling storyteller that can digest a very complex product and problems and break them down to the entire company in easy to understand ways
• You move fast, have high level of personal ownership, and are a natural instigator
• You’re a strong partner to cross-functional teammates – understanding when it’s right to collaborate vs lead
• You’re a great prioritizer, have strong instincts when it comes to what matters, and have experience making tough but smart trade-offs. You care about outcomes and output
• You thrive in fast-paced startup environments where being comfortable with ambiguity and being resourceful are critical skills

Desirable

• VSCO is looking for an ambitious and high agency Senior Product Manager to bring to life new product experiences that help photographers build more sustainable businesses for their incredible work
• Photography isn’t just an art form, it’s a business
• Today, many photographers make a living through VSCO
• We believe we should be a bigger part in enabling – and participating in – that economic exchange
• This is where you come in: in this role, you will define what this future looks like
• You’ll identify the right opportunities, validate the most promising ones, and lead the development of products that help photographers unlock more income through VSCO
• In helping photographers better monetize their work, you’ll ensure VSCO shows up as a true opportunities platform for photographers, not just a creative one
• We need someone ready to bring their deep curiosity, entrepreneurial spirit, problem-solving skills, and authentic self to the job every day
• As a member of our Product Management team, the company will look to you to drive economic opportunities and potential new business lines from the ground up
• You’ll operate with founder-like ownership and lead close collaboration with our users, Engineering, Design, Data, Marketing , Finance, Trust & Safety and Legal teams to grow VSCO to the next order of magnitude, while deepening the love photographers have for our brand
• This role is a mix of forward-thinking strategy and user-centered product development
• You’ll work at both a strategic and tactical level, turning new technologies, research, data, and intuition into THE platform where photographers turn and grow as pros
• Set the strategic direction and roadmap for VSCO Economy
• Deeply understand the workflows, businesses, and economic needs of professional and aspiring photographers
• Oversee delivery of innovative products and workflows that ensure successful outcomes for our users and for VSCO
• Identify high-potential opportunities and lead discovery efforts to rapidly validate problems, willingness to pay, and business viability
• Regularly speak with existing and potential customers to gather insights and inform direction
• Actively uses AI tools to accelerate research, spec writing, data analysis, and decision-making
• Build lightweight prototypes or automations using AI-assisted no-code tools to quickly specify and test hypotheses
• Create clarity in ambiguous problem spaces and influence executive stakeholders through strong strategic thinking and communication
• Be ruthless about scope and priority, even when flooded from multiple angles
• Help shape future business lines for VSCO
• Collaborate with cross functional partners to ensure cohesion across the overall VSCO experience