Senior Product Manager, Platform Extensibility

Company Description

Since we opened our doors in 2009, the world of commerce has evolved immensely, and so has Square. After enabling anyone to take payments and never miss a sale, we saw sellers stymied by disparate, outmoded products and tools that wouldn’t work together.

To solve this problem, we expanded into software and built integrated solutions to help sellers sell online, manage inventory, book appointments, engage loyal buyers, and hire and pay staff. Across it all, we’ve embedded financial services tools at the point of sale, so merchants can access a business loan and manage their cash flow in one place. Afterpay furthers our goal to provide omnichannel tools that unlock meaningful value and growth, enabling sellers to capture the next generation shopper, increase order sizes, and compete at a larger scale.

Today, we are a partner to sellers of all sizes – large, enterprise-scale businesses with complex operations, sellers just starting, as well as merchants who began selling with Square and have grown larger over time. As our sellers grow, so do our solutions. There is a massive opportunity in front of us. We’re building a significant, meaningful, and lasting business, and we are helping sellers worldwide do the same.

Job Description

The Developers Team team is driving the evolution of our systems to an open platform that provides access to a rich ecosystem of services for our merchants. We are focused on helping third-party developers build applications and integrations to meet the needs of different merchants to help them better run their business. And good business for them, is good business for us.

You will manage the strategy, priorities, roadmap and delivery of Platform Extensibility Services. You will be responsible for tackling some of the most difficult and technical challenges in our platform. You will work with our most senior leaders in both engineering and product to establish the investment strategy for this area. The key measure of success is accelerating the delivery of APIs and tooling allowing Developers to build new experiences on Square's platform. You will enable us to grow the services and APIs we launch in the future.

If you're looking to improve the growth and direction of a company, you will find this role compelling, challenging, and rewarding.

You Will:

• Build the strategy for essential services that grow Square's Developer Platform.
• Work with our engineering managers to guide delivery of this work
• Work with our senior product and engineering leaders across many teams (Payments, Catalog, Customers, Orders and many more) to identify the biggest opportunities for us to help external Developers while accelerating other teams ability to deliver this functionality
• Develop industry-leading products that uniquely serve Square's customers
• Inspire your cross-functional peers to build a strong partnership in delivering excellent products
• Influence important partners throughout Square to align resources and prioritization

Qualifications

You Have:

• Experience shaping and driving key strategies that have shaped the investment portfolio
• Customer empathy and experience shaping product direction and execution based on customer needs
• Experience building developer platforms and ecosystems
• Navigated product scale challenges in a high-growth environment
• Deeply technical experience where you have worked with the most senior engineers to build solutions
• Developed industry-leading products that have gained a positive reputation and product loyalty
• 5+ years of product management experience or equivalent; prior experience as an engineer is desirable

Additional Information

Block takes a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on your location. U.S. locations are categorized into one of four zones based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.

Zone A: USD $202,500 - USD $247,500
Zone B: USD $192,400 - USD $235,200
Zone C: USD $182,300 - USD $222,800
Zone D: USD $172,200 - USD $210,400

To find a location’s zone designation, please refer to this resource. If a location of interest is not listed, please speak with a recruiter for additional information. 

Benefits include the following:

• Healthcare coverage
• Retirement Plans including company match 
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Wellness programs, including access to mental health, 1:1 financial planners, and a monthly wellness allowance 
• Paid parental and caregiving leave
• Paid