Synthesia
AI video platform
GroupProductManager
“Group Product Manager at Synthesia. Skills: Product strategy, Roadmap development, Team leadership, Player-coach, Strategic coherence. Shaping the product strategy and roadmap for the Creator bet alongside other Product and cross-functional leaders.. Coaching and developing a team of creating leverage through clarity, good process, and raising the bar on how the team works.”
What You'll Achieve.
Building and elevating the PM team reporting to you.; Creating leverage through clarity, good process, and raising the bar on how the team works.; Earning trust and adding genuine strategic value, not just coordinating.; Creating the kind of clarity that lets the team move fast without constant escalation.; Maintaining momentum and quality on one of our most technically complex surfaces.
Industry & Context.
Framing the problem and drive a decision
Based in London or able to travel regularly, Work from home budget, Work from anywhere policy of 60 days per year, Regular team offsites where you’ll get to collaborate with the product & engineering team in person.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
8+ years in product, with meaningful time at group or lead level managing other PMs, Experience shipping and owning creative tooling, editor products, or high-craft productivity tools, Demonstrated ability to operate as a player-coach – strategic ownership and hands-on execution, not one or the other, Cross-functional ability to partner effectively with design and engineering without crowding either out, Comfortable at the intersection of consumer-grade craft and enterprise-grade requirements, Based in London or able to travel regularly
Nice to Have
You've shipped creative tooling, editor-type products, or closely adjacent productivity tools and you understand the UX and technical complexity that comes with that territory., You don't need to have come from video, but you need to be able to earn the respect of people who have., You've managed PMs before and know the difference between good coaching and just staying involved., You create leverage through people, not despite them., You're technical enough to know how engage with engineering counterparts, you know when to push back, and you know when to defer - and you're honest about the edges of your own knowledge rather than papering over them., You've operated in ambiguous, fast-moving environments and your instinct is to frame the problem and drive a decision, not wait for a cleaner brief.
What You'll Do.
Shaping the product strategy and roadmap for the Creator bet alongside other Product and cross-functional leaders.
Coaching and developing a team of creating leverage through clarity
and raising the bar on how the team works.
Partnering closely with a design and engineering team who have deep domain expertise.
Driving prioritisation decisions that balance user needs
and technical constraints across a fast-moving product area.
Hiring the next PMs for Creator: owning the brief
and calibrating well.
Communicating product direction clearly to leadership and across the organisation.
Acting as the hands-on PM for any gaps we have until a dedicated hire is in place
maintaining momentum and quality on one of our most technically complex surfaces.
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partnering closely with a design and engineering team who have deep domain expertise; Communicating product direction clearly to leadership and across the organisation
Communication Scope
Communicating product direction clearly to leadership and across the organisation
Process & Methodology
Driving prioritisation decisions, Owning the brief, Running the process
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