Vice President of Product, Life360
Devices
Location sharing app for families
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Location sharing app for families
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
201-500 employees
Company mission
To simplify safety, so families can live fully.
Role
Who you are
- You have been deeply involved in the hardware NPI process and understand the intricacies of developing and scaling a manufacturing process for new products
- You think beyond just devices toward building a holistic experience that solves user needs and identifies jobs to be done for our customers
- You have experience working closely with Sales and go-to-market to establish pricing, allocation, and product compliance with retailers and direct to consumer channels
- You’re a seasoned product leader with a track record of building stellar teams
- You have multiple years leading large-scale Product teams and orgs on a global scale
- You are highly technical, understanding the intricacies of decisions that are made that impact hardware, firmware, and software to balance tradeoffs and support innovation
- You’ve led the creation and delivery of high-impact product strategies, and have brought successful products to market
- You’re great at analyzing data. You enjoy looking closely at the numbers to understand how well a strategy is performing and find opportunities for improvement
- You have worked at companies that have a reputation for valuing user experience and building delightful products
- Throughout your career, you have consistently developed fresh approaches to hardware development by starting from the basics and thinking creatively rather than just following existing models
- You’re 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 is a competitive differentiator in its own right. 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 great at delegating, but ultimately take ownership of everything we ship
- You’re 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
- You are data driven and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the success of product-led growth initiatives and make data-informed decisions
- Personifies our values: Be a Good Person; Be Direct, with Respect; Members Before Metrics; High Intensity, High Impact
What the job involves
- We are looking for an experienced VP of Product to lead a team focused on building world-class devices that support Life360’s mission. As the Vice President of Product - Devices, you will be pivotal in defining the company's strategy and success by designing and building devices that are best-in-class for key market segments that are critical to Life360’s long-term strategy
- While this is a leadership role and 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 the product vision to build a compelling device strategy that complements the broader goals of Life360. Collaborate with the executive team to align product goals with overall business objectives
- Growth Strategy - You will craft a long term product-led growth strategy and lead execution of strategic initiatives. You will discover and implement growth opportunities across all aspects of the business
- Team Leadership - Recruit, mentor, and manage a world-class team with a focus on growth. Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement within the team
- User-Centric Approach - Apply 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
- Cross Functional Alignment - Work with leaders cross-functionally to plan and execute strategic initiatives
Our take
Life360 is a platform for families that aims to bring them closer together by helping them better sync, communicate, and stay safe.
The business is particularly focused on enabling family members and friends to share their locations with one another. In addition, Life360 offers group messaging services, and also makes it possible for users to call for roadside assistance. The platform is focused on ensuring that both family members and friends can enhance their safety and connections with one another.
Customer service advisors are available on a real-time basis, while the developers of the app have also enhanced its privacy and security features recently. After an IPO in 2019, the company has received numerous awards and is recognized as a pioneer in its field, even piloting a new driving safety feature.
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Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
34% employee growth in 12 months
Glassdoor (4.1)
Trustpilot (2.5)
Company
Employee endorsements
Opportunities to learn
"Life360 has a culture of generating hypothesises, running tests, analysing the results and iterating. This has given me so much opportunity to learn..."
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Oct 2018
$28m
SERIES D
Dec 2017
$18.5m
LATE VC
Total funding: $117.3m
Company values
- Be a Good Person - We have a team of high integrity people you can trust that doesn’t tolerate jerks (even if they’re brilliant).
- Be Direct With Respect - We have a culture of radical candor that prevents company politics, passive aggressiveness, or being overly nice at the expense of performance and feedback.
- Members Over Metrics - We have a company that is known for an amazing customer experience and a culture of product excellence.
- High Intensity High Impact - We have a team of passionate, driven, ambitious people who work hard and are always challenging us to do better.
Company HQ
East San Mateo, San Mateo, CA
Articles
Leadership
Chris Hulls
(CEO)Joined US Air Force aged 17. Attended UC Berkeley. Founded Life360 in 2008.
Alex Haro
(Board Member)Co-founded with Chris Hulls in 2008 - CTO until 2019. Founded mymoneykarma in January 2020.
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