Forbes is an iconic global media brand that has symbolized success for over a century. They are seeking a Group Product Manager to lead high-impact initiatives that drive audience engagement, retention, and growth across Forbes.com, owning the end-to-end reader experience and collaborating with various teams to deliver scalable experiences.
Responsibilities:
- Own the product vision for the Forbes.com sitewide experience, driving audience growth and engagement across core templates (homepage, articles, landers) and off-site channels including Push and Apple News
- Drive audience growth and engagement by improving key metrics such as time spent, recirculation, return frequency, and depth of engagement
- Lead testing and iteration to optimize user experience, performance, and conversion across high-impact surfaces
- Partner across Product, Engineering, Product Design to deliver scalable, accessible, and performant front-end experiences, balancing speed, quality, and technical constraints
- Collaborate with Editorial, Audience Development, Consumer Revenue, and Advertising teams to align product initiatives with audience growth goals and evolving discovery patterns
- Design and evolve audience experiences with an understanding of monetization models, ensuring page layouts and interactions balance user value, performance, and revenue outcomes while maintaining editorial integrity
- Identify and launch new formats, modules, and experiences that unlock incremental audience and revenue growth
- Partner closely with Business Intelligence to define success metrics and KPIs, using insights to inform prioritization, experimentation, and roadmap decisions
- Communicate performance, learnings, and product strategy to senior stakeholders
- Act as a senior product leader across initiatives, driving alignment and execution across cross-functional teams and mentoring other product managers as opportunities arise, with potential to take on formal people leadership responsibilities over time
Requirements:
- 6–8 years of product management experience, with ownership of consumer-facing digital products at scale
- Proven ability to drive audience engagement, retention, and growth through product- and experience-led initiatives
- Strong experience partnering with Product, Engineering, and Product Design on front-end or user experience–focused products
- Demonstrated success working cross-functionally with editorial/content, data, and business stakeholders
- Data-informed decision-maker with experience using experimentation, metrics, and insights to guide prioritization
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across teams and levels
- Experience in digital media, publishing, or other content-driven platforms
- Familiarity with monetization models such as advertising, subscriptions, or commerce, and how they intersect with user experience
- Experience collaborating with analytics or Business Intelligence teams to define and measure product success
- Comfort operating in fast-moving, highly visible environments with large, diverse audiences
- Passion for building audience-first products that balance editorial integrity, user value, and business outcomes