Staff Product Manager, Core Sync

November 24

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Dropbox

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Cloud Storage • Enterprise • Productivity

Dropbox is a cloud-based service that provides tools for storing, sharing, and accessing files across devices. It offers features such as document sharing, video review, automatic backups, and AI-driven scheduling. Dropbox also provides solutions for different sectors like teams, sales, marketing, and education, and industries including construction, media, technology, and manufacturing. With a focus on security, Dropbox ensures files are encrypted and protected against tampering. It offers integrations with various productivity tools and is trusted by major companies for efficient file management and collaboration.

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2007

🏢 Enterprise

⚡ Productivity

📋 Description

• Define and evangelize the long-term product vision, strategy, and roadmap for Dropbox’s Sync Engine — the foundational system that keeps content in perfect harmony across devices and teammates. • Lead and guide product direction for a deeply technical, cross-functional team of engineers, designers, data scientists, and platform partners. • Engage and cultivate relationships with partner teams across Dropbox (Desktop Experience, Mobile, Platform) to align shared goals, manage risks, and drive cohesive cross-surface experiences. • Become an expert in the Dropbox Desktop customer — understanding the needs of both individuals and teams through user research, partner feedback, data insights, and deep technical understanding. • Own complex, multi-quarter initiatives end-to-end, from defining product specs and success metrics to driving cross-company execution and sharing insights and learnings throughout the organization. • Proactively identify opportunities to improve sync reliability, speed, and transparency while maintaining Dropbox’s reputation for simplicity and trust. • Anticipate and adapt to platform evolution (Windows, macOS, Linux), ensuring Dropbox stays ahead of OS and filesystem changes. • Communicate clearly and crisply with leadership, articulating tradeoffs and strategic rationale while driving alignment through both formal processes and scrappy execution.

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of experience as a Product Manager, with a track record of shipping high-quality, user-facing products in deeply technical domains. • BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, Information Systems, Applied Math or Statistics, or relevant experience. • Strong technical depth — able to engage with senior engineers and make informed tradeoffs on architecture, performance, and scalability — while maintaining a deep empathy for the customer experience. • Demonstrated ability to translate complex technical systems into simple, delightful, and intuitive user experiences. • Proven success driving strategy and execution for platform or client-side technologies — ideally in sync, storage, networking, or distributed systems — that resulted in measurable customer value. • Skilled at balancing the “what” and “how”: you can navigate infrastructure decisions while keeping the end-user experience front and center. • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; able to connect technical performance metrics with customer satisfaction and business outcomes. • Excellent communication and storytelling skills — able to articulate complexity clearly and inspire both engineers and executives. • Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams in highly collaborative environments and operate effectively amid ambiguity.