Lead Product Manager, Pricing

Location: Santa Monica, CA or New York City, NY (Hybrid) 

The Company

Metropolis develops advanced computer vision and machine learning technology that makes mobile commerce remarkable. Our platform is already deployed in hundreds of mobility facilities and industries with billions in opportunity. We’re building the digital pipes through which the future of mobile commerce will move.

The Role 

Metropolis is seeking a Senior Product Manager to lead pricing and yield management across our product portfolio. Your mission is to drive location and network-specific outcomes by deeply understanding our customers, locations, and product offering. You will decide how we allocate and price inventory, optimize product usage based on location-specific constraints and goals, and offer LTV-enhancing value propositions for our customers to use our network. 

You will lead a team of engineers, data scientists, and UX researchers and operate in a highly cross-functional capacity engaging with operations, finance, strategy, and leadership. You and the team will use best-in-class AI (Artificial Intelligence) and analytical methods to build a pricing and inventory management system that spans our platform and generates outsized value for Metropolis and its clients.  

Responsibilities  

• Drive the strategic product vision for how Metropolis manages and prices its inventory and products using AI and automation  
• Own product roadmaps, communicate and manage deadlines, and contribute to the vision of the larger product ecosystem 
• Lead agile product development using data, feedback from the field, interviews with users and experts, competitive analysis, and qualitative and quantitative research 
• Design clear requirements and success metrics to align and drive teamwork efforts 
• Conduct QA and post-release follow-ups to ensure successful product rollouts 
• Identify, track, and solve for issues, bugs, and obstacles impacting our success 
• Understand and decompose complex problems into manageable components 
• Build strong relationships with engineers, operations, customers, and executives to lead development efforts, gather feedback, drive adoption, and measure our success 

Requirements and Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree or related experience 
• 6+ years of product management or related experience in the pricing and yield management domain ideally in environments with fluid and varying demand and risk dynamics 
• Track record of building and delivering products with measurable business impact 
• Considerable experience using AI, complex systems, and analytics to drive product and business success 
• Strong working knowledge of modern web technologies, data engineering, distributed computing, and system design 
• Strong user empathy and a knack for brilliant user-centric design 
• Superior written and verbal communication skills 
• Entrepreneurial drive and ability to thrive in open-ended environments 
• Positive, open, and team-oriented approach to work 
• High attention to detail 

When you join Metropolis, you’ll join a team of world-class product leaders and engineers, building an ecosystem of technologies at the intersection of parking, mobility, and real estate. Our goal is to build an inclusive culture where everyone has a voice and the best idea wins. You will play a key role in building and maintaining this culture as our organization grows. The anticipated base salary for this position is $160,000.00 to 200,000.00 annually. The actual base pay offered is determined by a number of variables, including, as appropriate, the applicant's qualifications for the position, years of relevant experience, distinctive skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location of residence and/or place of employment. Base pay is one component of Metropolis’s total compensation package, which may also include access to or eligibility for healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, a lucrative stock option plan, bonus plans and more. 

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