Head of Product - Growth

#TeamNextdoor

Nextdoor is where you connect to the neighborhoods that matter to you so you can belong. Our purpose is to cultivate a kinder world where everyone has a neighborhood they can rely on.

Neighbors around the world turn to Nextdoor daily to receive trusted information, give and get help, get things done, and build real-world connections with those nearby — neighbors, businesses, and public services. Today, neighbors rely on Nextdoor in more than 315,000 neighborhoods across 11 countries.

Meet Your Future Neighbors

As a Growth Lead for Nextdoor, you’ll be at the forefront in scaling our product to empower neighbors in building stronger communities and transforming how people discover, join, and engage on Nextdoor to connect and engage with their local area. In this role, you’ll define and deliver new strategies and tactics to drive nonlinear user growth and retention, as well as work cross-functionally to shape the future of the Nextdoor product as we continue to grow.

At Nextdoor, we offer a warm and inclusive work environment that embraces a hybrid employment experience, providing a flexible experience for our valued employees.  

The Impact You’ll Make

If you want the challenge of fast-paced growth, the satisfaction of seeing your work come to life, and the pride in helping grow a world-class growth team, this is the place for you. 

Your responsibilities will include: 

• Lead and mentor a team of high-performing Growth Product Managers, setting clear goals and fostering a culture of innovation, impact, and collaboration
• Develop a comprehensive growth strategy and portfolio of investments across the entire lifecycle that will drive Nextdoor’s growth, spanning  acquisition, activation, retention and resurrection of neighbors on the platform
• Inspire and collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including Engineering, Data Science, Design, and Marketing, to drive product development and achieve growth objectives
• Champion a data-driven, hypothesis-based rapid experimentation driven culture
• Grow and mentor a team of Product Managers responsible for high impact growth product areas
• Be an advocate for the customer - our neighbors - understanding their needs and behaviors, and translating these into product improvements and innovations
• Obsess over the operational excellence of the key growth product areas, from understanding the funnels, proactively managing key metrics, and actively searching for new growth opportunities

What You’ll Bring To The Team

• A solid mix of 7+ years of Product Management experience and pattern-matching at the intersection of consumer-oriented platforms and growth
• Proven leadership skills with experience managing and building successful product teams that work well with cross-functional teams
• Ability to roll-up your sleeves and operate, not just manage, and a track record of developing and executing growth strategies that have significantly impacted user acquisition, engagement, and retention
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, enabling you to effectively influence laterally, upward, and downward in an organization
• Proven ability to craft a portfolio of product improvement ideas and devise experiments to inform how you’d prioritize the opportunities
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills, with experience using metrics and data analytics to drive decision-making
• Bring a deep empathy for customer needs and insights as well as an intuitive grasp of the business problems

Rewards

Compensation, benefits, perks, and recognition programs at Nextdoor come together to create one overall rewards package.

The starting salary for this role is expected to range from $228,000 - $300,000 on an annualized basis, or potentially greater in the event that your 'level' of proficiency exceeds the level expected for the role. Compensation may also vary by geography.

We also expect to award a meaningful equity grant for this role. With equal quarterly vesting, your first vest date would be within the first 3 months of your start date.

Overall, total compensation will vary depending on your relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.

We have you covered! Nextdoor employees can choose between a variety of great health plans. We cover 100% of your personal monthly premium for health, dental, and vision – and provide a OneMedical membership for concierge care.

At Nextdoor, we empower our employees to build stronger local communities. To create a platform where all feel welcome, we want our workforce to reflect the diversity of the neighbors we seek to serve. We encourage everyone interested in our purpose to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, or any other trait that unfairly targets a group of people. In accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we always consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

For information about our collection and use of applicants’ personal information, please see Nextdoor's Personnel Privacy Notice, found here.

#LI-Hybrid, #LI-Onsite