Senior Product Manager, Spotify
Messaging Platform & Tooling
$162.5-203.1k
Plus equity
More information about location
Commercial music streaming service
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Commercial music streaming service
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$162.5-203.1k
Plus equity
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To unlock the potential of human creativity—by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the opportunity to enjoy and be inspired by it
Role
Who you are
- Experienced in mobile product development — you have 4+ years of experience building mobile apps, SDKs, or frameworks, and understand the challenges of building for iOS/Android
- Familiar with platform product management — you have designed APIs, SDKs, data models, or similar products intended for software developers
- A conceptual thinker — you enjoy breaking down complex problems into clear abstractions and modular, scalable solutions
- Strategic yet pragmatic — you bring clarity to ambiguity, confidently balancing competing demands, long-term vision, and tactical opportunities to drive progress
- Influential and adaptable — you drive alignment and influence decision-making with empathy and sensitivity, adapting your approach to different stakeholders and contexts
- Collaborative and cross-functional — you enjoy working with engineers, designers, data scientists, and business teams to solve problems together
- An excellent communicator and storyteller — you can distill complex ideas into clear, compelling narratives for both technical and non-technical audiences
- Data-driven and user-centric — you use insights to make informed decisions and you know how to structure a good A/B test
- Messaging domain knowledge is a strong plus — experience with push notifications, in-app messaging, or engagement platforms is helpful, but curiosity and enthusiasm matter most
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a passionate Senior Product Manager to join the Client Messaging squad at Spotify
- The Client Messaging squad sits within our Messaging Platform & Tooling (MP&T) Product Area and is responsible for all messaging channels within Spotify clients, and the client-side APIs and SDKs to integrate with the Messaging Platform
- The Messaging Platform powers high-quality, impactful, personalized communication that fosters meaningful and lasting relationships with Spotify listeners. Our platform enables teams across Spotify to reach over 1 billion listeners and creators annually across email, push notification, and in-app channels
- Define the future for client channels — taking accountability for channel health and balancing platform, developer, and end-user needs (primarily Android/iOS, but also web, desktop, and ubiquity)
- Champion the client developer experience — owning and evolving the SDKs and APIs that mobile teams use to integrate with the Messaging Platform
- Work closely with the Client Messaging squad to deliver high-quality solutions — translating vision into clear plans, making tradeoffs, and ensuring fast, focused execution
- Extend and refine our library of client messaging formats — partnering closely with Design, PI, and Engineering to ensure they’re effective, scalable, and reusable
- Establish clear boundaries and operating models between Messaging and partner teams — ensuring smooth integration and efficient collaboration
- Promote platform thinking across the PA — ensuring that solutions are reusable, scalable, extensible, and aligned with long-term vision
- Apply a deep understanding of the Messaging domain model — driving clarity and consistency in Client Messaging
- Develop a clear roadmap and vision — effectively communicating priorities and progress to stakeholders at all levels
Our take
Spotify was founded in an attempt to combat the rampant music piracy that was causing significant harm to the industry. The company has since taken music streaming mainstream and now has 180m+ paying subscribers across the world.
With features that include a highly accessible interface and a vast catalogue of artists, Spotify's strong brand has been able to maintain growth in spite of fierce competition from deep-pocketed rivals like Amazon and Apple. The company has achieved this by making smart acquisitions to move into other verticals to strengthen its offerings, especially podcasting, by acquiring Gimlet Media, Anchor and Parcast.
Spotify's future plans include rapid growth with a goal to become a one-stop destination for all digital sound, as well as AI and NFT integrations. However, high costs incurred from the acquisition of exclusive podcasts, increasing competitor strength, and weak bottom-line growth mean that the company must find a balance to maintain its position in the sector.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
23% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Jan 2016
$1bn
CONVERTIBLE
Jun 2015
$526m
SERIES G
Total funding: $2.1bn
Company benefits
- Extensive learning opportunities, through our dedicated team, GreenHouse
- Flexible share incentives letting you choose how you share in our success
- Global parental leave, six months off - fully paid - for all new parents
- All The Feels, our employee assistance program and self-care hub
- Flexible public holidays, swap days off according to your values and beliefs
Company HQ
Norrmalm, Stockholm, Stockholms län
Leadership
Daniel Ek
(CEO & Chairman)Founded Spotify in 2006. Previously worked as an executive at Tradera, an auction company that was sold to eBay and was briefly the CEO of uTorrent.
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