Product Manager, Experimentation

Employment Type: Full-time Location Type: Remote Salary: $196,000 - $220,500 + equity + benefits (US)

Position Overview

Discord is used by over 200 million people every month, with over 90% of users playing video games. Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming, focusing on making it easier and more fun for people to talk and hang out before, during, and after playing games.

As the Product Manager on Experimentation, you will drive the vision, strategy, and roadmap for Discord’s Experimentation Platform. You will lead the effort to build systems and tools that increase experimentation confidence and velocity, empowering teams across Discord to develop and ship products more quickly and with greater confidence. This is a horizontal role, supporting many different teams, requiring comfort and fluency working with a diverse set of stakeholders with potentially conflicting goals.

Responsibilities

• Guide the product philosophy, vision, and roadmap for our Experimentation Platform, addressing improvements in our current system.
• Design and oversee the development of systematic platform improvements that address known challenges (e.g., bias, sample ratio mismatch, etc.).
• Partner with Data Science, Engineering, and Product teams to up-level experimentation rigor and self-service utility across functions.
• Develop educational materials and standards to improve experiment design and interpretation across the company.

Requirements

• The humility to do whatever is necessary to drive impact, thrive in ambiguous environments, and get excited about finding solutions to complex problems.
• 5+ years of experience building and shipping great software, including responsibilities driving prioritization, trade-offs, and timelines.
• Experience with experimentation platforms, A/B testing frameworks, or causal inference methodologies.
• Strong understanding of statistical concepts relevant to experimentation (p-values, confidence intervals, power analysis, etc.).
• BA/BS in computer science, mathematics, physics, economics, or related field, or equivalent years of experience.
• Proven ability to analyze and synthesize data, including writing SQL, Python, and/or R and using BigQuery.
• Demonstrated technical proficiency and effectiveness working closely with engineers.
• A passion for games and the gaming industry.

Bonus Points

• Experience building or improving experimentation platforms at scale.
• A degree in advanced quantitative subjects (e.g., statistics, engineering, finance, math).

Company Information

Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming. We're a multiplatform, multigenerational, and multiplayer platform that helps people deepen their friendships around games and shared interests. We believe games give us a way to have fun with our favorite people, whether listening to music together or grinding in competitive matches for diamond rank. Join us in our mission! Your future is just a click away!

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