Product Manager, Mobile Apps
San Francisco • FullTime
Posted 11d ago
Remote Work Policy
On-site
Employment Type
FullTime
Categories
Applied AI Engineer
About the job
Perplexity is seeking a Product Manager for its Mobile Apps team to shape the future of agentic AI on mobile platforms. This role focuses on the native iOS and Android experiences, guiding users from discovery and onboarding through search, action, and cross-device continuity. You will identify key user problems, define product direction, and collaborate with design, engineering, data science, and research to deliver intuitive and dependable experiences. The ideal candidate possesses strong product judgment, user empathy, analytical skills, and a deep understanding of mobile platforms, with a proven track record of shipping exceptional mobile products.
Responsibilities
- Identify high-leverage mobile user problems and translate them into clear product direction.
- Partner closely with design, engineering, data science, and research to deliver fast, intuitive, cohesive, and dependable experiences.
- Anticipate opportunities for innovation and value in how people use AI on mobile.
- Envision new mobile experiences and deliver a long-term vision across iOS and Android.
- Understand the levers for mobile product-led growth, engagement, and retention.
- Align product expectations with native platform capabilities and constraints.
- Work with research to evaluate and steer nondeterministic models into high-value outcomes for mobile users.
- Make difficult product decisions in the face of uncertainty.
- Develop a deep understanding of mobile user needs, behaviors, and friction through direct product use, qualitative research, product data, and experimentation.
- Make complex AI behavior understandable and controllable on small screens through clear interaction models, thoughtful defaults, and well-designed feedback.
- Drive alignment when improvements span iOS, Android, web, backend systems, or multiple teams.
- Communicate product decisions, tradeoffs, progress, and learnings clearly to leadership and cross-functional partners.
Requirements
- Strong experience with product management and leadership.
- Strong experience working with data and metrics.
- Experience shipping and scaling high-quality consumer mobile products across iOS or Android.
- Deep understanding of native mobile interaction patterns, platform capabilities, performance, and reliability.
- Experience with rapid mobile prototyping, experimentation, and data visualization.
- Experience building data-driven flywheels for iterative improvement.
- Has initiative and desire for ownership.
- 4+ years of product management experience.