Uber
Lead Product Manager for Uber's Safety Media Product Team
Uber, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199
Lead Product Manager for Uber's Safety Media Product Team
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About The Role At Uber, “Stand for Safety” is a core value and central to our mission of reimagining how the world moves. The Safety Product team builds innovative technologies that enhance safety for riders, drivers, couriers, and the communities we serve. As a Lead Product Manager for the Safety Media team, you will lead our mission to build recording products that can bring additional peace of mind to every ride. You'll be responsible for delivering scalable, user‑friendly solutions that see broad adoption across our platform. In this role, you will drive the next‑gen of on‑device recording tech, building reliable video & audio capture that works across diverse devices and conditions. Your work will operate at a massive scale, supporting recording for millions of trips each day across thousands of device types in over 70+ countries, giving riders and drivers added protection. This role requires a strong technical background, exceptional leadership skills, and a passion for driving innovation in the safety space.
What the candidate will do
Partner with leads from Engineering, Data Science, Operations, Design, and Support to establish a bold vision and execute it in a way that balances speed, technical depth, engineering considerations and quality.
Combine technical expertise with strong product sense, diving deep into technical and analytical challenges, obsessing over user experience & finding novel solutions. Work side by side with engineers & design to prototype new device media capabilities, test them in real‑world scenarios, and iterate quickly to validate technical feasibility & user value.
Be an inspirational leader for your team and cross‑functional stakeholders. Internalize and deeply understand Uber's mission and strategies, as well as the mission and objectives of your team. Formulate a long‑ and short‑term product strategy to develop breakthrough products and solutions based on deep customer insights and business needs.
Galvanize technical and business stakeholders across the company to align to your vision. Lead other leaders without authority. Understand the differences in priorities across the business and across different local regions; work with our regional teams to understand issues on the ground and make those solutions a part of your roadmap.
Partner with User Experience Research, Operations, and Support teams to seek insights on user problems and evangelize those problems, along with your proposed solutions, across Uber. Work with our regional teams to understand issues on the ground and make those solutions a part of their roadmap.
Develop positive partnerships and make strategic trade‑offs advised by data. Collaborate and partner with engineering/business to develop a clear roadmap and drive execution across the organization. Work with researchers to conduct a program of quantitative and qualitative insight gathering and evaluation. Anticipate and remove obstacles that slow down or prevent us from delivering on product objectives.
Effectively present and communicate product strategy, implementation, and plans to various communities ranging from your immediate team to business audiences, external partners, and executive leadership.
Build and cultivate a strong team culture with a focus on execution and results. Be a highly effective collaborator and a magnet that cross‑functional partners seek out for input and look forward to working with.
Basic Qualifications
Minimum 5+ years of product management experience delivering highly successful and innovative products.
Bachelor degree or equivalent.
Technically proficient – have collaborated with engineers in developing sophisticated technical architecture.
Vision – crafted an inspiring and coherent product vision, multi‑year strategy, and quarterly roadmap that the team and the business rallied behind.
Product Sense – stellar design instincts, sharp analytical skills, and thoughtful product decisions. Own what you build.
Experience leading product managers and product management teams.
Leadership Experience – prior experience setting and delivering on a strategy you crafted, accountable for the outcomes.
A driver mentality – biased toward action, a great collaborator, able to simplify and push toward clarity and delivery.
Grittiness – never hesitate to roll up your sleeves and solve something hands‑on.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience working directly on Video, Recording, or Media‑focused products and platforms within an engineering and product management context.
Experience working within a highly matrixed organization including collaborators across Product, Eng, Business Ops, Public Policy, and more.
Experience running sophisticated experiments to assess the efficiency of releases.
Experience identifying risk trends and finding efficient ways to address them.
Strong technical fluency in areas like mobile platforms (iOS/Android), device reliability constraints (storage, battery, bandwidth), or security/privacy tradeoffs that come with handling sensitive media.
Track record of pairing technical depth with strong product sense, turning complex engineering capabilities into simple, trusted, and widely adopted user experiences.
Compensation & Benefits For NYC, NY-based roles the base salary range is USD$216,000 – USD$240,000 per year. For San Francisco, CA and other US locations the same range applies. You will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, may be offered an equity award, and other types of compensation. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at https://www.uber.com/careers/benefits.
Seniority Level Mid‑Senior level
Employment Type Full‑time
Job Function Product Management and Marketing
Industries: Internet Marketplace Platforms
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Lead Product Manager for Uber's Safety Media Product Team
role at
Uber .
About The Role At Uber, “Stand for Safety” is a core value and central to our mission of reimagining how the world moves. The Safety Product team builds innovative technologies that enhance safety for riders, drivers, couriers, and the communities we serve. As a Lead Product Manager for the Safety Media team, you will lead our mission to build recording products that can bring additional peace of mind to every ride. You'll be responsible for delivering scalable, user‑friendly solutions that see broad adoption across our platform. In this role, you will drive the next‑gen of on‑device recording tech, building reliable video & audio capture that works across diverse devices and conditions. Your work will operate at a massive scale, supporting recording for millions of trips each day across thousands of device types in over 70+ countries, giving riders and drivers added protection. This role requires a strong technical background, exceptional leadership skills, and a passion for driving innovation in the safety space.
What the candidate will do
Partner with leads from Engineering, Data Science, Operations, Design, and Support to establish a bold vision and execute it in a way that balances speed, technical depth, engineering considerations and quality.
Combine technical expertise with strong product sense, diving deep into technical and analytical challenges, obsessing over user experience & finding novel solutions. Work side by side with engineers & design to prototype new device media capabilities, test them in real‑world scenarios, and iterate quickly to validate technical feasibility & user value.
Be an inspirational leader for your team and cross‑functional stakeholders. Internalize and deeply understand Uber's mission and strategies, as well as the mission and objectives of your team. Formulate a long‑ and short‑term product strategy to develop breakthrough products and solutions based on deep customer insights and business needs.
Galvanize technical and business stakeholders across the company to align to your vision. Lead other leaders without authority. Understand the differences in priorities across the business and across different local regions; work with our regional teams to understand issues on the ground and make those solutions a part of your roadmap.
Partner with User Experience Research, Operations, and Support teams to seek insights on user problems and evangelize those problems, along with your proposed solutions, across Uber. Work with our regional teams to understand issues on the ground and make those solutions a part of their roadmap.
Develop positive partnerships and make strategic trade‑offs advised by data. Collaborate and partner with engineering/business to develop a clear roadmap and drive execution across the organization. Work with researchers to conduct a program of quantitative and qualitative insight gathering and evaluation. Anticipate and remove obstacles that slow down or prevent us from delivering on product objectives.
Effectively present and communicate product strategy, implementation, and plans to various communities ranging from your immediate team to business audiences, external partners, and executive leadership.
Build and cultivate a strong team culture with a focus on execution and results. Be a highly effective collaborator and a magnet that cross‑functional partners seek out for input and look forward to working with.
Basic Qualifications
Minimum 5+ years of product management experience delivering highly successful and innovative products.
Bachelor degree or equivalent.
Technically proficient – have collaborated with engineers in developing sophisticated technical architecture.
Vision – crafted an inspiring and coherent product vision, multi‑year strategy, and quarterly roadmap that the team and the business rallied behind.
Product Sense – stellar design instincts, sharp analytical skills, and thoughtful product decisions. Own what you build.
Experience leading product managers and product management teams.
Leadership Experience – prior experience setting and delivering on a strategy you crafted, accountable for the outcomes.
A driver mentality – biased toward action, a great collaborator, able to simplify and push toward clarity and delivery.
Grittiness – never hesitate to roll up your sleeves and solve something hands‑on.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience working directly on Video, Recording, or Media‑focused products and platforms within an engineering and product management context.
Experience working within a highly matrixed organization including collaborators across Product, Eng, Business Ops, Public Policy, and more.
Experience running sophisticated experiments to assess the efficiency of releases.
Experience identifying risk trends and finding efficient ways to address them.
Strong technical fluency in areas like mobile platforms (iOS/Android), device reliability constraints (storage, battery, bandwidth), or security/privacy tradeoffs that come with handling sensitive media.
Track record of pairing technical depth with strong product sense, turning complex engineering capabilities into simple, trusted, and widely adopted user experiences.
Compensation & Benefits For NYC, NY-based roles the base salary range is USD$216,000 – USD$240,000 per year. For San Francisco, CA and other US locations the same range applies. You will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, may be offered an equity award, and other types of compensation. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at https://www.uber.com/careers/benefits.
Seniority Level Mid‑Senior level
Employment Type Full‑time
Job Function Product Management and Marketing
Industries: Internet Marketplace Platforms
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