Product Manager - Mobile San Francisco, CA

Department: Product Management
Position Title: Product Manager - Mobile

Description:

About hi5

hi5 is one of the world's leading social networks. Our company is ranked as the #1 social network in 26 nations across Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and Africa.

* Over 80 million registered members
* Over 44 million unique monthly visitors
* Currently available in over 23 languages
* One of the top 20 most trafficked websites worldwide
* Founding adopter of Open Social

Our offices are located in the financial district of downtown San Francisco, near the Montgomery Street Bart and Muni stations.

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About the Position:

As the Product Manager - Mobile, you will be working with mobile operators, handset manufacturers and our engineering team to launch innovative mobile products to serve our global user base.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct market research and write PRDs to ensure hi5's mobile services satisfy user needs across various countries with different operators/handset manufacturer combinations.
• Work closely with engineering, design and external partners to create best-of-breed mobile services.
• Leverage hi5's platform to create APIs specifically for building an innovative mobile platform.
• Willingness to work with global partners and scale across multiple time zones.
• Evangelize hi5's mobile roadmap to our partners.

Requirements:

• Computer Science degree or equivalent technical experience.
• Experience shipping products in mobile space (concept to launch).
• Prior experience in building both WAP and client-side mobile applications.
• Ability to work with engineers and design team.

Preferred:

• Experience with global mobile partners.
• Deep understanding of social networking platforms - OpenSocial, f8.

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Launched in late 2003, hi5 is one of the largest social networks in the world. We're a founding adopter of OpenSocial, a community-driven specification for building social applications across the Web, and we're also a founding member of the OpenSocial Foundation, a new non-profit being formed to ensure the longevity and neutrality of OpenSocial. Each day, millions of people use hi5 to stay connected and share information with friends and family around the world, meet new people, express their identity, and discover linkages.

hi5 offers an upbeat work atmosphere and the opportunity to influence the way people connect to the world. You will be working with an exceptional team and receive a competitive salary with benefits. A privately-held company, hi5 reached profitability within its first year, and raised $20 million from MDV- Mohr Davidow Ventures in July 2007. For more information, you can visit www.hi5.com or www.hi5networks.com.