Technical Project Lead, Snap Inc.
$142-214k
This position is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs
4+ days a week in office
Social media & camera company
Be an early applicant
Social media & camera company
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$142-214k
This position is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs
4+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To empower people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together.
Role
Who you are
- Track record of providing program management and operational excellence during all phases of software development from kick-off to ship—demonstrating critical thinking and thought leadership
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, and experience building relationships with stakeholders and teams
- Ability to drive internal and external process improvements across multiple teams and functions
- Experience operating autonomously and leading large-scale efforts across multiple teams and functions, with stakeholders in different disciplines across time zones
- Analytical and problem-solving experience with large-scale platforms, infrastructure and organizations
- Experience leading initiatives with a global footprint having worked on software products, and complex systems/infrastructure at scale
- 5+ years of operations or technical product/program/project management experience
- Fluency with common operational tools: such as JIRA, Confluence, Google Suite, Excel, Slack, Quip etc
Desirable
- Experience working in software development or engineering supporting large organizations of 500+ people
- Project Management/TPM experience in Social Media, AR, Game Development, or Media Content Distribution
- Project Management experience working on large scale projects with large XFNs (including Product Management, Design, Engineering, Data Science, Content Production)
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
What the job involves
- The Snapchat Product team combines creativity, research, data-driven insights, and operational excellence to shape the experiences that make Snapchat engaging and impactful for our global community
- This team of Designers, Product Managers, and Strategists works collaboratively across areas such as Core Growth, User Experience, Bitmoji, Augmented Reality, and Emerging Products
- Together, they craft innovative solutions that enhance user connections, elevate content and AR experiences, and drive the growth and evolution of Snapchat's core platform
- The AR/Gen AI Product team is looking for a Technical Project Lead to join the team at Snap Inc!
- Lead, implement, define and maintain organizational processes that accelerate key program initiatives and make them more efficient
- Manage and deliver on complex technical projects that require coordinated effort from multiple functional areas to be successful
- Drive and define operational programs for key Lens Experience initiatives, focusing primarily on Lens Distribution, Delivery, Ranking, Creator Success and Partnership and working as necessary on new programs as they arise
- Representing the voice of the team in key decisions and in structural program processes (i.e., organize executive business reviews, planning sessions, product roadmap tracking and launches)
- Identify decisions required to move key projects forward, determine the decision makers, and ensure decisions are made in order to accelerate project efficacy and impact
- Perform risk management and scope management on projects, identifying blockers and areas for improvement
- Ensure that teams are aligned and that project impact is operationalized and evaluated properly
- Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders, tackling blockers as they arise
- Coordinate with Product & Engineering stakeholders to build program strategy and playbooks
- Plan and execute high value cross-team meetings socializing information across the organization
- Provide hands-on program management during analysis, design, development, testing, release, and post release phases
- Build and maintain systems for tracking key program health
Our take
Snap Inc. is the social-media company behind Snapchat, a mobile app launched in 2011 that prioritises visual and emotive communication over traditional texting. Born from a desire to share real-time moments with authenticity, the app now boasts a massive global reach with daily active users surpassing 460M and monthly active users well beyond 900M.
After rejecting a billion-dollar acquisition offer from MEta Platforms (then Facebook) in 2023, Snapchat entered into a long-term rivalry with Meta's apps (most notably Instagram). Despite the competition, Snap has carved out a distinct place in the social-media landscape by innovating features such as the "Discover" tab, augmented-reality (AR) lenses, in-app gaming, paid subscriptions via Snapchat+, and robust ad-monetisation options.
Snap has yet to post a full-year profit since going public in 2017, but the company is clearly making progress. In Q1 2025 the net loss was narrowed to roughly $140M, down from $305M the year before, and revenue rose 14% to $1.36B. Advertising revenue remains periodic and macro-factors still pose headwinds, yet Snaps enduring popularity and its expanding product mix suggest that further success appears likely.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
May 2016
$1.8bn
SERIES F
Mar 2015
$200m
SERIES E
Total funding: $2.6bn
Company benefits
- Up to 28 weeks of parental leave and return-to-work program
- Adoption, surrogacy, infertility, and fertility preservation benefits
- Backup child care coverage, center-based care support, & caregiver assistance
- Dependent Daycare Flexible Spending Account
- Short-term disability, long-term disability, basic life insurance, and AD&D insurance
- Services to support your path to parenthood & beyond - fertility support & family planning via Carrot, SNOO, Hinge Health
- Lactation rooms (based on office location) and breastmilk shipping coverage
- For Snap, employees taking care of loved ones with complex, chronic, or ongoing care needs (i.e. parent with Dementia, spouse with Cancer, child with Autism), your family can save time, money, & stress with Wellthy
- Comprehensive medical coverage, including PPO, HDHP with HSA, and HMO options
- Dental coverage, including orthodontia benefits
- Vision coverage, including frame and contact allowance and LASIK benefits
- Free membership to One Medical for primary and urgent healthcare services
- Business Travel Insurance
- Gym perks and discounts
- Team fitness classes and races
- Sports leagues
- Cooking and nutritional workshops
- Well-being reimbursement
- Unlimited access to virtual physical therapy with Anthem
- 15 sessions per year of mental health for you + dependents through Lyra
- Generous time off and leave programs. In the US, this includes the following:
- Up to 3 weeks (120 hours) of vacation time and 1 floating holiday for non-exempt team members
- 12 paid holidays per year
- 15 sick and safe days per year
- Meditation and yoga classes
- Speaker series, classes, and subscriptions to educational programs
- Social gatherings, team outings, and volunteering programs
- Snap Inc. provides a 401(k) plan that allows you to save on a pre-tax, Roth, and after-tax basis for your retirement (yes, we even have the Mega backdoor option!) Snap will also match 100% up to 3% of your contribution and then 50% on your 4th and 5th%
- Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare, daycare and commuter
- Health Savings Account with employer contributions
- Rocket Lawyer memberships
- Financial education programs
- Snap exclusive discounts and perks
- Compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success!
Company HQ
Sunset Park, Santa Monica, CA
Leadership
Evan Spiegel
(Co-Founder & CEO)Graduated from Stanford with a BS in Product Design.
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