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SpotifySenior Product Manager - Core Experience
Spotify is hiring a Senior Technical Product Manager to join its Core Experience team, specifically working with the What to Play group. Spotify designs consumer listening…
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Spotify is hiring a Senior Technical Product Manager to join its Core Experience team, specifically working with the What to Play group. Spotify designs consumer listening experiences across mobile and desktop applications, smart speakers, televisions, cars, and partner integrations. In this role, the product manager will shape the underlying systems that drive these listening features, focusing on content distribution, mobile app architecture, and shared user interface capabilities. Responsibilities include defining…
Job Description
Spotify is hiring a Senior Technical Product Manager to join its Core Experience team, specifically working with the What to Play group. Spotify designs consumer listening experiences across mobile and desktop applications, smart speakers, televisions, cars, and partner integrations.
In this role, the product manager will shape the underlying systems that drive these listening features, focusing on content distribution, mobile app architecture, and shared user interface capabilities. Responsibilities include defining product strategy, collaborating with engineering partners to evaluate technical solutions, developing shared platform capabilities, and balancing new product opportunities with system performance improvements and technical debt management.
The ideal candidate possesses a strong background in technical product management and understands both backend and client technologies, including mobile development for iOS or Android. Collaboration is essential, as the role works closely with design, data science, and user research teams to drive product decisions through experimentation, user feedback, and data analysis.
Spotify provides candidates with workplace flexibility within the EMEA region, excluding France due to on-call restrictions, provided the employee works from an approved work location. Collaboration takes place within the Central European and GMT time zones.
Responsibilities
- Define product vision, strategy, and roadmap for the assigned area
- Partner with engineering teams to explore technical solutions and evaluate trade-offs
- Develop shared platform capabilities for consistent user experiences across Spotify
- Gather feedback and measure outcomes to improve platform adoption and long-term value
- Balance product opportunities with system performance, quality, and platform migrations
- Collaborate with Design, Data Science, and User Research to understand user needs
- Test ideas through experimentation, prototypes, and technical exploration
- Communicate priorities and dependencies to build alignment across teams
Requirements
- Have 5+ years of product management experience building technical platforms or shared consumer product systems
- Understand client and backend technologies
- Be familiar with mobile development for iOS or Android
- Have experience guiding products beyond launch and managing technical debt
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Frequently Asked Questions
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What is the location policy for this role?
Candidates can work within the EMEA region as long as Spotify has a work location there, excluding France due to on-call restrictions. The team operates within the Central European and GMT time zones.
What experience is required for this position?
Applicants must have 5 or more years of product management experience, including work on technical platforms, shared systems, or consumer product capabilities.
Is salary information provided in the posting?
No, salary details are not specified in the job posting.
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