Senior Product Manager, Outside

• 7+ years of product management experience building and scaling consumer-facing products
• Proven track record of owning complex product areas end-to-end, from discovery through delivery and iteration
• Strong experience working with designers and engineers to ship polished, high-quality mobile and web experiences
• Demonstrated ability to define success metrics, analyze results, and adjust strategy based on data
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to align diverse stakeholders
• Comfort operating in ambiguous problem spaces and making principled tradeoffs
• Experience with modern software development practices, including agile delivery and iterative experimentation
• Ability to reason about platform architecture, technical constraints, and long-term system health—even if you are not an engineer
• Experience collaborating on products with meaningful backend complexity
• Strong user empathy paired with business judgment
• Outcome-oriented, execution-focused, and comfortable owning hard decisions
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a bias toward learning and impact
• Experience with mapping or geospatial products (consumer or enterprise), including tools like OpenStreetMap, ESRI, or custom mapping stacks
• Ability to write SQL or use analytics tools to explore product performance independently

Desirable

• This role sits within Outside’s Consumer Apps organization, which owns the strategy, growth, and product experience across Outside’s consumer-facing applications, including mapping, fitness, media, and commerce-adjacent experiences
• The Mapping division is a core pillar of Consumer Apps, providing the foundational capabilities and user experiences that power how members plan, navigate, and engage with the outdoors across multiple Outside brands
• Mapping products serve both as standalone consumer experiences and as shared platforms that enable other Consumer Apps to deliver differentiated value
• We are hiring a Senior Product Manager, Mapping to lead the vision, strategy, and execution of Outside’s core mapping platforms and user-facing mapping experiences across this portfolio
• This is a senior, high-impact role for a product leader who combines strong consumer product instincts with deep systems thinking
• You will own end-to-end outcomes across discovery, planning, navigation, and data-driven mapping experiences—balancing user value, technical foundations, and business results
• You will work closely with Engineering, Design, Growth, Content, Data, and Platform teams across Outside’s Consumer Apps organization to evolve our mapping products into world-class, scalable experiences
• Own the long-term vision and strategy for Outside’s mapping platforms and user experiences across mobile and web
• Translate company and portfolio-level strategy into a clear, outcome-driven roadmap with well-defined milestones and success metrics
• Identify and articulate key product bets, tradeoffs, and sequencing decisions grounded in user needs, data, and technical constraints
• Develop a deep understanding of outdoor users across activities (hiking, backpacking, overlanding, skiing, riding, running, etc.) and use cases (planning, navigation, safety, discovery)
• Lead discovery through qualitative research, quantitative analysis, and rapid experimentation
• Define clear problem statements, customer journeys (CUJs), and product requirements that align teams and accelerate execution
• Partner closely with Engineering and Design to deliver high-quality, scalable mapping features from concept through GA
• Own prioritization across short-term delivery needs and long-term platform investments
• Drive clear documentation, alignment, and decision-making across cross-functional stakeholders
• Define, own, and evangelize success metrics across engagement, retention, and revenue contribution
• Use data to evaluate product performance, identify opportunities, and inform roadmap evolution
• Contribute to business planning and P&L awareness, articulating how mapping investments drive member value and company growth
• Help shape the evolution of Outside’s broader mapping platform, including data pipelines, map rendering, layering systems, and integrations
• Collaborate across brands to identify shared capabilities, reduce duplication, and increase leverage
• Serve as a strong product leader within the Mapping organization, raising the bar for product thinking, clarity, and execution
• Mentor and support other product managers, fostering a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement