Descript is hiring: Product Manager, Editor in San Francisco

About The Role Descript's vision is to put video in every communicator's toolkit. Back in the day you needed like six monitors and a bachelor's degree to edit video. Descript lets you do it by editing docs & slides, and increasingly by just asking AI. In the future, maybe you won't even need to ask! But building a new way to record and edit videos that look & sound good comes with a series of unique design, technology, and business challenges. In other words, we need really good product managers. As a Product Manager on the Editor team, you'll be shaping the future of what creative collaboration looks like with AI, from recording to final polish. You'll work alongside a small, flat, highly collaborative team of experienced PMs, engineers, designers, AI researchers, and marketers. This is an opportunity to get hands-on experience with cutting-edge AI technology in a product users love and grow fast in your PM craft. What you'll do Develop a deep understanding of our customers, their creative goals, and the evolving video/AI landscape — and use those insights to guide the roadmap. Own and shape the recording experience so that anyone can look and sound great without special gear or expertise. Bring Descript's taste for great video into the recording and editing experience, shaping interactions and defaults so creators naturally produce work that feels polished and professional. Partner with AI research, engineering, design, and other teams to translate cutting-edge technology into reliable, delightful experiences. Own and drive the feature roadmap for your team from idea generation through to execution and analysis. You'll bring clarity and focus to your team, and help them deliver value to users reliably and effectively. Who you are You have seen (and shipped) some things: You have 3 or more years of product management experience, ideally with a product of technical complexity that incorporates generative AI models. You start with the customer : Plenty of "AI products" start with the technology and they all suck. You care deeply about understanding customers, and have experience in doing customer discovery and defining features that solve real problems. You are a fog sculptor : There are aspects to our product and its design that do not have real competitors yet. The product intuition and design conventions have not been decided. We need product managers who are attracted to ambiguous problems, know how to ask smart questions, and translate ideas into action. You care about craft : Our product is not a hype machine that runs on empty promises and vaporware. We think our product will be successful because people love to use it. That means sweating the details. But without the sweat, because you aren’t stressed out. You are funny, creative, maybe kind of weird : Ok, this isn’t a hard requirement but Descript is kind of a quirky place and the people who love it tend to like that about working here. So, just want to drop a hint early on. Also, the sense of humor is important because even though we take our work seriously it's still just, like, video creation and editing. We aren't flying rockets into space so let's all have a good time. The base salary range for this role is $175,000 - $265,000/year. Final offer amounts will carefully consider multiple factors, including prior experience, expertise, and location, and may vary from the amount above. About Descript Descript is building a simple, intuitive, fully-powered editing tool for video and audio — an editing tool built for the age of AI. We are a team of 150 — with a proven CEO and the backing of some of the world's greatest investors (OpenAI, Andreessen Horowitz, Redpoint Ventures, Spark Capital). Descript is the special company that's in possession of both product market fit and the raw materials (passionate user community, great product, large market) for growth, but is still early enough that each new employee has a measurable influence on the direction of the company. Benefits include a generous healthcare package, catered lunches, and flexible vacation time. Our headquarters are located in the Mission District of San Francisco, CA. We're looking to hire people who are local and able to join us at the office when needed. We're flexible, and you're an adult—we don't expect or mandate that you're in the office every day. But we do believe there are valuable and serendipitous moments of discovery and collaboration that come from working together in person. Descript is an equal opportunity workplace—we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. We believe in actively building a team rich in diverse backgrounds, experiences, and opinions to better allow our employees, products, and community to thrive. #J-18808-Ljbffr In Summary: Descript is building a simple, intuitive, fully-powered editing tool for video and audio — an editing tool built for the age of AI . As a Product Manager on the Editor team, you'll be shaping the future of what creative collaboration looks like with AI, from recording to final polish . En Español: La visión de The Role Descript es poner video en el kit de herramientas de cada comunicador. En un día que necesitabas como seis monitores y una licenciatura para editar videos. Descript te permite hacerlo editando documentos y diapositivas, y cada vez más solo pidiendo a la IA. En el futuro, tal vez ni siquiera tengas que preguntar! Pero construir una nueva manera de grabar y editar vídeos que se vean y suenen bien viene con una serie de diseños únicos, tecnología y desafíos empresariales. En otras palabras, necesitamos realmente buenos gerentes de productos. Como Gerente de Producto en el equipo del Editor, estarás dando forma a lo que parece la colaboración creativa con AI, desde la grabación hasta el pulido final. Trabajará junto a un pequeño y plano equipo altamente colaborativo de profesionales PMs, ingenieros, propietarios, expertos en inteligencia artificial (IA) e investigadores que trabajan rápidamente. Esta es una oportunidad para obtener experiencia profesional en el mercado sin necesidad de desarrollar grandes experiencias de trabajo, así que los usuarios puedan disfrutar de las imágenes gráficas y crear una gran imagen de vídeo, así como entender sus habilidades y mejorar la calidad de vida de los clientes. Colaborar con los equipos de investigación, ingeniería, diseño y otros para traducir la tecnología de vanguardia en experiencias fiables y deliciosas. Poseer e impulsar la hoja de ruta de características para su equipo desde la generación de ideas hasta la ejecución y el análisis. Llevarás claridad y enfoque a tu equipo, y les ayudarás a entregar valor a los usuarios de manera confiable y efectiva. Quién eres Has visto (y enviado) algunas cosas: Tienes 3 o más años de experiencia en gestión de productos, idealmente con un producto de complejidad técnica que incorpora modelos generativos de IA. Comience con el cliente: Muchos "productos AI" comienzan con la tecnología y todos suceden. Te preocupas profundamente por entender a los clientes, y tienes experiencia en hacer al cliente y definir las características que resuelven problemas reales. Eres un escultor:. Es divertido, creativo, tal vez un poco raro: Ok, este no es un requisito difícil pero el rango salarial básico para este papel es de $175,000 - $265,000 / año. Las cantidades de la oferta final tendrán a gustar eso sobre trabajar aquí. Así que, solo quiero dejar una pista temprano. Además, el sentido del humor es importante porque aunque tomamos en serio nuestro trabajo todavía es sólo, como creación y edición de vídeo. No estamos volando cohetes al espacio así que todos vamos a tener un buen tiempo. El rango salariales base para este rol es de US$175,000-US$265,000/año. Los montos de las ofertas finales considerarán cuidadosamente múltiples factores, incluyendo experiencia previa, experiencia y ubicación, y pueden variar desde lo anterior. Somos flexibles, y usted es un adulto. No esperamos ni ordenamos que esté en la oficina todos los días. Pero creemos que hay momentos valiosos y serendipitos de descubrimiento y colaboración que provienen del trabajo juntos en persona. Descript es un lugar de trabajo con igualdad de oportunidades. Estamos dedicados a las oportunidades de empleo iguales sin importar raza, color, ascendencia, religión, sexo, origen nacional, orientación sexual, edad, ciudadanía, estado civil, discapacidad, identidad de género o estatus de Veteranos. Creemos en construir activamente un equipo rico en diversos orígenes, experiencias y opiniones para permitir que nuestros empleados, productos y comunidad prosperen mejor. #J-18808-Ljbffr