Senior Product Manager, Realm

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Realm is one of the world's most popular mobile databases with an active community of over 100k developers and 2BN+ downloads.  When Realm joined MongoDB, the team set out on a mission to change the future of how developers work with mobile data.  Now we're looking for an engineer with a love of complex, high-level problems to help guide our strategy as the future of mobile development continues to quickly evolve.  

As a Product Manager for Realm, you'll define strategy for Realm Mobile Database and SDKs, enabling developers to build powerful applications as quickly and simply as possible.  

This role can be based out of our New York City office, dozens of offices throughout Western and Central Europe, or remotely in those same regions.

We hope you'll be excited to 

• Approach Realm's development experience with a love of code and an eye for detail
• Engage with cutting-edge technologies, customers, and development communities to predict where the state of application development is headed
• Work at the product level, but dig into code regularly – whether it's collaborating with engineering to perfect syntax on a new feature, helping a customer debug an issue, or reviewing code samples for documentation

Position Expectations

As a Senior Product Manager for Realm, you will be responsible for

• Working alongside engineering to define features for Realm Mobile Database and SDKs
• Building relationships with Realm customers and the development community
• Identifying and championing improvements across all layers – from the Realm database and SDKs through Sync and MongoDB's cloud services 
• Coordinating with teams across MongoDB to clearly communicate and champion for the application development experience 
• Deeply analyzing and evolving the qualitative and quantitative data that we use to understand Realm's success and changing patterns in the community

Requirements

• BS in Computer Science, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of mobile development experience 
• Alternatively, 5+ years of a mix of mobile development and PM experience 
• Experience building and shipping successful, modern mobile products  

Successful candidates will also have many of the following qualities

• Experience in developing for mobile (ideally with millions of end-users) and a deep understanding of mobile development best practices 
• Experience with multiple programming languages and appreciation for what makes languages, frameworks, and tools intuitive
• A deep understanding of database fundamentals 
• Ability to empathize with developers of all backgrounds and levels of ability
• Ability to craft a narrative with data and communicate it clearly across different mediums  
• A clear writing style and ability to precisely convey plans for complex, abstract projects 
• Participation in developer communities through speaking, blogging, open-source contributions, or other leadership activities
• Exposure to user experience design and user research
• Experience developing with Realm 

Success Measures

• In 3 months, you'll have gained a deep understanding of the Realm Database and SDKs, as well as the respective communities and begin conducting competitive and market research
• In 6 months, you'll have identified and created plans for key improvements to Realm through working with customers and the community, helping add to our roadmap 
• In 12 months, you'll have helped design and ship major features in Realm and be able to measure success with qualitative and quantitative feedback  

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