Senior Director of Product Management, Strava
$252-310k
Social network for tracking run and cycle routes
Open for applications
Social network for tracking run and cycle routes
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$252-310k
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To create the most committed, close, and engaged athlete community on the internet.
Role
Who you are
- You have 12+ years of experience in consumer product management, with a proven track record of shipping highly impactful products at scale
- You have 8+ years of leadership experience, hiring, mentoring, and developing both individual contributors and product leaders
- You have a proven track record of leading high-performing product teams that obsess customer needs
- You thrive in fast-paced, iterative environments, pushing teams to move quickly while maintaining excellence
- You know how to mentor and scale product talent, creating the next generation of strong product leaders
- You are data-driven and customer-obsessed, always seeking insights to refine product decisions
- You have deep experience with A/B testing, experimentation, and user research to drive meaningful outcomes
- You think beyond features—understanding how product strategy ties into company growth and success
- You have the ability to influence at all levels, from executive leadership to individual product teams
What the job involves
- Strava is looking for a Senior Director of Product Management to drive high-impact product strategy, execution, and innovation
- In this role, you will help shape the future of the core areas of our product (activity recording, analysis, community, and maps), guiding cross-functional teams to ship high-quality experiences with velocity, clarity, and purpose
- You’ll play a key role in defining product strategy, shaping the roadmap, and ensuring alignment with company growth goals
- You’ll work cross-functionally with Design, Engineering, Data, and Business teams to bring ideas to life—quickly and effectively
- You’ll have the opportunity to mentor and develop product leaders, fostering a culture of ownership, excellence, and innovation
- You’ll use data, experimentation, and user insights to continuously refine and optimize the product
- Leading with clarity, capability and confidence, setting roadmaps that maximize impact for both users and the business
- Empowering and inspiring your team, fostering a culture of accountability, creativity, and continuous improvement
- Balancing vision with iteration, experimentation, rapid testing and learning while keeping long-term goals in focus
- Driving execution with urgency—ensuring teams ship high-quality features on time and at scale
- Collaborating closely with cross-functional partners, ensuring alignment and clear decision-making
- Using quantitative and qualitative insights to deeply understand athlete needs and make informed product decisions
Our take
Strava has created an online network where runners, swimmers and cyclists can record fitness activities, and compare and compete with their community. It offers both a free and premium subscription service with added features. The company also partners with local councils and urban planners who purchase valuable journey data from Strava which can be used to map out cities and develop safer cycle paths.
The platform helps members discover and plan workouts, as well as offering a leaderboard which is updated using GPS as users compete for the top spot on particular fitness segments.
With over 125 million athletes and growing, Strava released several new product rollouts in 2024, including an AI-enabled leaderboard. A partnership with the wearable fitness tracker Oura will mean Strava software is available on wearables, taking Strava into fresh competition with the likes of Peloton and Apple.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Nov 2020
$110m
SERIES F
Oct 2014
$18m
LATE VC
Total funding: $151.4m
Company benefits
- Competitive base salary & stock options
- 100% company paid benefits for employees and families
- Flexible paid time off
- $2,000 annual professional development stipend
- Paid time off for volunteering
- 401(k) plan - with company matching
- $1000 annual gear stipend
- $500 annual gym or coaching reimbursement
- On-site fitness rooms with showers, lockers, and towel service
- Weekly team workouts – including remote employees
- Safe and secure bike storage on-site
- Weekly all hands meetings
- Employee resource groups
- Anti-racism nonprofit company matching program
- Free lunch on Wednesdays on-site
- Regular team happy hours
- Team offsites and company retreats
- Cell phone reimbursement
- Generous industry discounts on gear and activities
- Race entries to events we sponsor
- Snacks and stocked kitchens on-site
- Strava gear
Company HQ
Mission District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Mark Gainey
(Chairman)Having studied at Harvard, Mark started their career as a TA Associates Associate before co-founding Kana Communications and several Board Membership roles. They co-founded Strava in 2007, serving since as Chairman.
Michael Horvath
(CEO & Board Member)Michael co-founded Kana with Mark before working as an Economics Professor at Stanford and Dartmouth. They worked for 4 years as CFO of GlycoFi before co-founding Strava, serving initially as CEO and since 2017 as a Board Member.
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