Senior Technical Program Manager, Strava
Achieve & Explore
$140-200k
More information about location
3 days a week in office
Social network for tracking run and cycle routes
Job no longer available
Social network for tracking run and cycle routes
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$140-200k
More information about location
3 days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To create the most committed, close, and engaged athlete community on the internet.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate thrives in ambiguous situations and can provide structure and leadership in complex programs
- Minimum of 5 years of software program management experience
- Proven experience crafting program scope, goals, and deliverables that align with business objectives
- Demonstrated ability to facilitate communication and alignment between technical and non-technical teams
- Experience bringing technical and creative collaborators together to build outstanding user experiences
- Experience building consumer-facing features and programs that support the user journey
- Strong understanding of the product development lifecycle
- Excellent communication, collaboration, problem-solving, and presentation skills
- A proactive and curious nature with a strong sense of ownership
What the job involves
- Join Strava as a Senior Technical Program Manager and lead cross-functional initiatives for Achieve and Explore product teams. The Achieve team supports athletic goals with Progress, Training Experiences, Activity Page, and Athlete Intelligence. The Explore team enables athletes to discover surroundings with Routes, Segments, and Maps interactions
- The primary responsibility of this position is to collaborate with multiple teams to design and implement efficient processes, encourage partnership, and ensure transparent communication among partners
- You will have the opportunity to influence problem-solving approaches and disseminate valuable takeaways throughout our product development processes!
- Manage the full lifecycle of large programs from ideation through launch and post-launch
- Serve as the connective tissue across cross-functional teams, uniting remote teams across different time zones to foster collaboration, improve decision-making, and deliver value
- Manage program communications with key partners at all levels across the company to enable transparency and timely information sharing
- Anticipate and mitigate risk by conducting assessments to determine if implementation plans meet requirements and strategic objectives
- Act as the primary point of contact for any customer concerns regarding assigned programs
- Build and enhance product and technical operations to ensure programs and teams operate efficiently
- Demonstrate proficiency in using technological solutions such as Jira, Confluence, and Airtable to streamline workflows and improve program and team efficiency
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.
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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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