Senior Product Manager (Contractor)

LivingSocial is a leading marketplace to buy and share the best things to do in your city – or wherever you may be. We provide a trusted, convenient source for finding value on everyday items and activities and identifying novel, enriching and fun experiences for you to enjoy and share with your friends.

We are looking for a Senior Product Manager that will be responsible for driving the customer experience across LivingSocial sites globally. The ideal candidate must be able to lead a cross-functional team through idea generation, product definition, business modeling, development and product launch. The focus for this role is a holistic one to ensure that LivingSocial provides the best possible product experience to our entire consumer ecosystem

* Be the end-to-end owner of the product and work with the entire build team (ux, engineering, product) to establish requirements that deliver the best possible consumer experience * Collaborate with LivingSocial’s sales, marketing, operations, consumer services and project management teams on product implementation and rollout efforts * Engage with consumers to maintain expert level understanding of their local commerce needs and how LivingSocial’s platform can solve for them * Help define and influence the long-term consumer product roadmap

* 3+ years relevant experience in product management and engineering with experience launching start to finish web/mobile/service products a plus * Experience working on agile enabled teams and with global eCommerce platforms strongly desired * Excellent customer experience intuition – demonstrated success in creating innovative, user-friendly website/mobile applications * Strong analytical and quantitative skills – extreme comfort with data-driven decision making and performing financial and operational analysis * Implementation proficiency – ability to translate strategic differentiators into innovative and detailed product requirements * Excellent communication skills – demonstrated success for building buy-in for innovate and bold product vision * Technical aptitude – ability to understand and discuss architectural concepts, schedule tradeoffs and new opportunities with technical team members