Senior Product Manager, Mode Mobile
Mode
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User rewarding software solution
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User rewarding software solution
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
+ Participation in the Company's equity and token plan
101-200 employees
Company mission
To enable budget-conscious consumers to earn additional income from their everyday habits.
Role
Who you are
- A strategic, business-minded product leader with deep understanding of P&L ownership and revenue drivers
- A self-starter who thrives in ambiguity and operates with high accountability in driving efficient product pipelines
- Experienced leading product dev teams to drive engagement and impact on the product and business
- Expert at balancing user value with business impact, ensuring that both scale together
- Skilled at using data, A/B experimentation, and intuition to make the best possible decisions
- A natural collaborator who communicates effectively across all levels of the organization
- Alignment with our core values:
- Accountable: You take ownership of your responsibilities, demonstrating trustworthiness and self-discipline. You are consistent in your work, transparent in your actions, and communicate effectively. You follow through on commitments and strive for continuous improvement
- Action-driven: Identify what is most important, agree on scope, execute in a timely manner, and drive the greatest impact. You take initiative, roll up your sleeves, and get things done
- Caring: You genuinely care about yourself and others, our business and craft, our mission and vision, and are passionate in heart and mind. You understand the importance of our team and strive to create a positive, supportive work environment
- Curious: You focus on the ‘why,’ learn and expand your knowledge, explore new ideas, and generally make things better. You're a lifelong learner with a thirst for knowledge and a constant desire to improve
- Thorough: Your work is thoughtful, impactful, timely, accurate, and complete. You pay attention to detail, are meticulous, and ensure quality work and compliance
- 7+ years of professional product management experience, including 3+ years of independently owning a product / business line
- Proven experience managing products with P&L accountability and delivering measurable business outcomes
- Experience in mobile app ecosystems, with strong understanding of subscription, IAP, and IAA monetization strategies. Experience with utility apps, rewarded ecosystems, social and gaming apps is a plus
- Demonstrated success within multi-app portfolios
- Strong analytical skills; proficiency in data tools such as Mixpanel, Google Sheets, and business performance dashboards
- Excellent written and verbal communication, capable of influencing at the executive level
What the job involves
- Mode Mobile is seeking a Senior Product Manager to lead product strategy and execution for a recently acquired multimillion dollar utility app
- Over time, you’ll expand your ownership to other newly acquired and organically developed mobile applications
- This is a senior-level, high-ownership role for a proven product leader who combines business acumen, operational excellence, and user empathy
- You will be responsible for continuing to grow and optimize a mobile app with over 2M DAU with annual revenue exceeding $10M
- And as you take on new products, you’ll work to identify high opportunity strategies that can drive growth and profitability, driving meaningful business outcomes
- You will work closely with the Director of Product and General Manager of your business unit, cross-functional teams, and executives to establish the roadmap, lead teams, and set the bar for world-class product management
- Define and lead a vision for your products that aligns with organizational goals
- Develop strategic product-feature roadmaps and drive execution from concept to scale by analyzing and implementing best-in-market trends and out-of-the-box ideas
- Collaborate with Engineering, Design, User Acquisition, Monetization, and Data teams to deliver value-driven, measurable results
- Own business and product performance, including revenue, engagement, conversion, retention, and P&L outcomes, and financial forecasts
- Conduct ongoing experimentation, user and competitor research to support strategic decision making that drives monetization and user growth
- Provide visibility into business performance and communicate results clearly to executive stakeholders and the broader organization
- Serve as a role model and standard-setter for product excellence for your cross-function team
- If you want a role that is high-impact, this is the one for you
- You’ll be the ringleader for one of Mode’s most successful mobile apps that drives major impact for millions of users all across the globe and generates ~$10M/yr for the business
- Your success here can help create blueprints for our aggressive expansion through in-house products and M&A, and lead to opportunities across our portfolio
Our take
Mode Mobile delivers a pioneering approach to gamification in its flagship product, Mode Earn Phone, as well as its rewards-based Mode Earn App. Customers can acquire this smartphone at a budget-friendly price point, allowing them to utilize it as they would any other mobile device while also offering the potential to earn upwards of $1,000 annually through various interactive methods.
In a digital environment increasingly saturated with gamified applications, Mode Mobile has set itself apart by applying this concept to an entire mobile device. Since its inception in 2020, the company has rapidly attracted a substantial user base, numbering in the millions. The trajectory of its user base growth is closely watched, as it presents a groundbreaking shift in the way mobile devices are used and valued.
While Mode Mobile's strategy may raise eyebrows due to its potential to further increase mobile device usage and data entry, proponents argue that given the extensive time users spend on their devices and the wealth of data generated, it's a logical step to leverage these activities for financial gain. With a strong start, Mode Mobile can gear up to expand its team and introduce additional products, setting sights on disrupting the entire mobile market.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-26% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
May 2025
$1m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $1m
Company HQ
Near North, Chicago, IL
Leadership
Dan Novaes
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously Dan co-founded MobileX Labs and Nativ Mobile where he served as CEO at both companies. He was also a Contributor at Inc. Magazine, Forbes and Entrepreneur Media and worked in Growth at Facebook.
Kiran Panesar
(Co-Founder & CTO)Kiran previously co-founded MobileX Labs and Nativ Mobile where he served as CTO at both companies. He also founded adappt Designs where he served as a Programmer.
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