Technical Project Lead

Snap Inc is a technology company. We believe the camera presents the greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Snap contributes to human progress by empowering people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world, and have fun together. The Company’s three core products are Snapchat, a visual messaging app that enhances your relationships with friends, family, and the world; Lens Studio, an augmented reality platform that powers AR across Snapchat and other services; and its AR glasses, Spectacles.

The Snapchat Product team combines creativity, research, data-driven insights, and operational excellence to shape the experiences that make Snapchat engaging and impactful for our global community. This team of Designers, Product Managers, and Strategists works collaboratively across areas such as Core Growth, User Experience, Bitmoji, Augmented Reality, and Emerging Products. Together, they craft innovative solutions that enhance user connections, elevate content and AR experiences, and drive the growth and evolution of Snapchat's core platform.

The AR/Gen AI Product team is looking for a Technical Project Lead to join the team at Snap Inc!

What you’ll do:

• Lead, implement, define and maintain organizational processes that accelerate key program initiatives and make them more efficient 

• Manage and deliver on complex technical projects that require coordinated effort from multiple functional areas to be successful

• Drive and define operational programs for key Lens Experience initiatives, focusing primarily on Lens Distribution, Delivery, Ranking, Creator Success and Partnership and working as necessary on new programs as they arise 

• Representing the voice of the team in key decisions and in structural program processes (i.e., organize executive business reviews, planning sessions, product roadmap tracking and launches)

• Identify decisions required to move key projects forward, determine the decision makers, and ensure decisions are made in order to accelerate project efficacy and impact

• Perform risk management and scope management on projects, identifying blockers and areas for improvement

• Ensure that teams are aligned and that project impact is operationalized and evaluated properly

• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders, tackling blockers as they arise

• Coordinate with Product & Engineering stakeholders to build program strategy and playbooks

• Plan and execute high value cross-team meetings socializing information across the organization

• Provide hands-on program management during analysis, design, development, testing, release, and post release phases

• Build and maintain systems for tracking key program health

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

• Track record of providing program management and operational excellence during all phases of software development from kick-off to ship—demonstrating critical thinking and thought leadership

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, and experience building relationships with stakeholders and teams

• Ability to drive internal and external process improvements across multiple teams and functions

• Experience operating autonomously and leading large-scale efforts across multiple teams and functions, with stakeholders in different disciplines across time zones

• Analytical and problem-solving experience with large-scale platforms, infrastructure and organizations

• Experience leading initiatives with a global footprint having worked on software products, and complex systems/infrastructure at scale

Minimum Qualifications:

• 5+ years of operations or technical product/program/project management experience 

• Fluency with common operational tools: such as JIRA, Confluence, Google Suite, Excel, Slack, Quip etc.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in software development or engineering supporting large organizations of 500+ people

• Project Management/TPM experience in Social Media, AR, Game Development, or Media Content Distribution

• Project Management experience working  on large scale projects with large XFNs (including Product Management, Design, Engineering, Data Science, Content Production) 

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field 

If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please don’t be shy and provide us some information.

"Default Together" Policy at Snap: At Snap Inc. we believe that being together in person helps us build our culture faster, reinforce our values, and serve our community, customers and partners better through dynamic collaboration. To reflect this, we practice a “default together” approach and expect our team members to work in an office 4+ days per week. 

At Snap, we believe that having a team of diverse backgrounds and voices working together will enable us to create innovative products that improve the way people live and communicate. Snap is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. EOE, including disability/vets.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law (by example, the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, where applicable).

Our Benefits: Snap Inc. is its own community, so we’ve got your back! We do our best to make sure you and your loved ones have everything you need to be happy and healthy, on your own terms. Our benefits are built around your needs and include paid parental leave, comprehensive medical coverage, emotional and mental health support programs, and compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success!

Compensation

In the United States, work locations are assigned a pay zone which determines the salary range for the position. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. The starting pay may be negotiable within the salary range for the position. These pay zones may be modified in the future.

Zone A (CA, WA, NYC):

The base salary range for this position is $142,000-$214,000 annually.

 

Zone B:

The base salary range for this position is $135,000-$203,000 annually.

Zone C:

The base salary range for this position is $121,000-$182,000 annually.

This position is eligible for equity in the form of RSUs.