Senior Product Manager, Mapping

Outside Interactive, Inc. is a premier hub for active lifestyle enthusiasts, providing innovative content and experiences. They are seeking a Senior Product Manager to lead the vision, strategy, and execution of their core mapping platforms and user experiences, focusing on user engagement and business impact.

Responsibilities:

• Own the long-term vision and strategy for Outside’s mapping platforms and user experiences across mobile and web
• Translate company and portfolio-level strategy into a clear, outcome-driven roadmap with well-defined milestones and success metrics
• Identify and articulate key product bets, tradeoffs, and sequencing decisions grounded in user needs, data, and technical constraints
• Develop a deep understanding of outdoor users across activities (hiking, backpacking, overlanding, skiing, riding, running, etc.) and use cases (planning, navigation, safety, discovery)
• Lead discovery through qualitative research, quantitative analysis, and rapid experimentation
• Define clear problem statements, customer journeys (CUJs), and product requirements that align teams and accelerate execution
• Partner closely with Engineering and Design to deliver high-quality, scalable mapping features from concept through GA
• Own prioritization across short-term delivery needs and long-term platform investments
• Drive clear documentation, alignment, and decision-making across cross-functional stakeholders
• Define, own, and evangelize success metrics across engagement, retention, and revenue contribution
• Use data to evaluate product performance, identify opportunities, and inform roadmap evolution
• Contribute to business planning and P&L awareness, articulating how mapping investments drive member value and company growth
• Help shape the evolution of Outside’s broader mapping platform, including data pipelines, map rendering, layering systems, and integrations
• Collaborate across brands to identify shared capabilities, reduce duplication, and increase leverage
• Serve as a strong product leader within the Mapping organization, raising the bar for product thinking, clarity, and execution
• Mentor and support other product managers, fostering a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement

Requirements:

• 7+ years of product management experience building and scaling consumer-facing products
• Proven track record of owning complex product areas end-to-end, from discovery through delivery and iteration
• Strong experience working with designers and engineers to ship polished, high-quality mobile and web experiences
• Demonstrated ability to define success metrics, analyze results, and adjust strategy based on data
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to align diverse stakeholders
• Comfort operating in ambiguous problem spaces and making principled tradeoffs
• Experience with modern software development practices, including agile delivery and iterative experimentation
• Ability to reason about platform architecture, technical constraints, and long-term system health—even if you are not an engineer
• Experience collaborating on products with meaningful backend complexity
• Strong user empathy paired with business judgment
• Outcome-oriented, execution-focused, and comfortable owning hard decisions
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a bias toward learning and impact
• Experience with mapping or geospatial products (consumer or enterprise), including tools like OpenStreetMap, ESRI, or custom mapping stacks
• Familiarity with geospatial data concepts such as map layers, routing, tiles, GPS, and offline data
• Ability to write SQL or use analytics tools to explore product performance independently
• Experience integrating content (editorial, video, or community-generated) into product experiences
• Technical fluency, including knowledge of at least one programming language