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Mapbox is the leading real‑time location platform for a new generation of location‑aware businesses. Mapbox is the only platform that equips organizations with the full set of tools to power the navigation of people, packages, and vehicles everywhere. More than 4 million registered developers have chosen Mapbox because of the platform's flexibility, security and privacy compliance.

What We Do

Mapbox Search empowers developers and businesses to explore, access, and use rich location data – including addresses, places, and boundaries – to build smart, relevant, dynamic, and user‑focused geospatial products. It also powers in‑vehicle search for automotive partners such as Toyota, Porsche, and Zeekr.

• Mapbox Blog: Mapbox Search Box API – Expanded POI coverage & smarter search
• Mapbox Blog: Mapbox delivers precise reverse geocodes for asset tracking
• Mapbox Blog: Geospatial storytelling with Tableau and Mapbox Boundaries
• Mapbox Customer showcase: Picnic

What You'll Do

As a Principal Product Manager for Search, you will partner with a passionate group of globally distributed engineers, external customers, and internal stakeholders such as Sales, Product Marketing, Business Development, Legal, Marketing, and Finance to make customers wildly successful and drive outsized business growth.

In This Role, You Can Expect To

• Define and execute end‑to‑end vision and strategy for your product.
• Conduct analysis to inform your product roadmap and prioritize the product backlog.
• Develop and refine key metrics and mechanisms to build the right product and continuously validate your strategic direction.
• Explore and implement new use cases that address customer pain points and unlock new revenue opportunities in partnership with engineering and the broader organization.
• Own pricing and packaging of your product as a standalone SKU, including sales enablement, marketing, customer trials, and partnership opportunities.
• Engage customers via video conversations, emails, and in‑person visits (10% travel) to understand their needs and validate proposed solutions.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to align product goals and delivery phases with overall business objectives.
• Become the expert and point of contact for your product for internal and external questions, feedback, and requests.

What's Important For This Role

• Over 10 years of product leadership experience guiding API, SDK, and data products through full discovery, development, launch, and adoption in the B2B space.
• Demonstrated technical depth with the ability to break down complex concepts and communicate them clearly to both technical and non‑technical audiences. Strong customer orientation focused on understanding user problems and delivering thoughtful, intuitive product experiences.
• Data‑driven decision maker with advanced analytical skills and a track record of using evidence to evaluate product quality and inform next steps.
• Skilled at prioritizing tradeoffs and driving teams toward delivering meaningful and immediate value for customers.
• Strong written and verbal communicator with the ability to convey complex ideas concisely across broad audiences, including FAQs, roadmaps, and business cases.
• Proven ownership mindset with the ability to independently build, execute, and iterate on product strategies with minimal direction.
• Ability to simplify complex challenges and identify the most efficient, high‑impact solutions for customers.
• Go‑to‑market leader with experience owning pricing and packaging and developing strategies that successfully scale product adoption.

Nice To Have

• Experience working with AI/ML teams and a passion for the navigation and search domain space.

What We Value

• High‑performing creative individuals who dig into problems and opportunities.
• A workplace where people can be their whole selves, supported by health care, parental leave, flexible arrangements, and continual learning.
• An environment of teaching and learning to equip employees with the tools needed to be successful.
• A commitment to growing a diverse team and encouraging people of all backgrounds, genders, ethnicities, abilities, and sexual orientations to apply.

Seniority Level

• Mid‑Senior level

Employment Type

• Full‑time

Job Function

• Product Management and Marketing

Industries

• Software Development

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