Product Manager – Platform Engineering

at  Foursquare

ABOUT FOURSQUARE

Foursquare is the leading independent location technology and data cloud platform, dedicated to building meaningful bridges between digital spaces and physical places. Our proprietary technology unlocks the most accurate, trustworthy location data in the world, empowering businesses to answer key questions, uncover hidden insights, improve customer experiences, and achieve better business outcomes. A pioneer of the geo-location space, Foursquare’s location tech stack is being utilized by our mobile apps CityGuide and Swarm, as well as the world’s largest enterprises and most recognizable brands, like Amazon, Microsoft, Samsung, Spotify, Uber, Airbnb and others.
Foursquare’s flexible building blocks include technology to maximize marketing impact and drive incremental real-world engagement (Attribution, Audience, Proximity, SDK); data to deeply understand points of interest and real-world behavior patterns (Places and Visits), and tools to conduct advanced analysis, data enrichment, unification and visualization (Studio).

ABOUT THE POSITION

Foursquare is looking for a Product Manager to join our team located in or near one of our office hubs - New York City, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco.

THINGS TO KNOW…

Foursquare is proud to foster an inclusive environment that is free from discrimination. We strongly believe in order to build the best products, we need a diversity of perspectives and backgrounds. This leads to a more delightful experience for our users and team members. We value listening to every voice and we encourage everyone to come be a part of building a company and products we love.
Foursquare is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Product Manager to join our Platform Engineering team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in product management, with a deep understanding of platform technologies, cloud infrastructure and engineering processes. You must be deeply passionate about improving day-to-day lives of product engineers and data scientists. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams across the company to define, build, and launch platform products that enable scalable, reliable and efficient development processes and cloud infrastructure.

IN THIS ROLE, YOU’LL

• Define and execute the product strategy and roadmap for our platform engineering portfolio, ensuring alignment with the company’s strategic objectives and customer needs
• Collaborate with engineering, design, and business teams to develop and prioritize product requirements, user stories, and product backlog items
• Lead cross-functional teams through the product development lifecycle, including ideation, design, development, testing, release, and post-launch evaluation
• Act as a product evangelist, communicating the product vision and value proposition to internal and external stakeholders, and gathering feedback to inform product iterations
• Define and track key product metrics to measure success and drive continuous improvement
• Work closely with engineering leaders to ensure technical feasibility, timely delivery, and alignment with architectural standards and best practices