Forbes is an iconic global media brand that has symbolized success for over a century. They are seeking a Group Product Manager, Audience Experience & Growth to lead initiatives that drive audience engagement, retention, and growth across Forbes.com, collaborating with various teams to enhance the reader experience. This role offers the opportunity to shape the future of a globally recognized media brand at massive scale.
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