Senior Product Manager

Proton seeks a Senior Product Manager to lead a new privacy-focused community product in Geneva. The role involves defining strategy, managing the roadmap, and driving execution for a high-impact user base.

This position is responsible for leading a new product that sits at the intersection of product strategy, community dynamics, and Proton’s mission to empower users’ digital privacy. The successful candidate will own the roadmap and execution for a product designed to deliver privacy-first community experiences to millions of users, operating within a small, senior team with a broad scope.

Responsibilities

• Establish and steer the end-to-end product strategy and roadmap, starting from first principles and delivering shipped features without needing top-down direction.
• Define and monitor key metrics such as activation, engagement, retention, and community health, setting targets and adjusting quickly based on data signals.
• Leverage deep insights into online community behavior to formulate a clear product vision and a prioritized execution plan.
• Lead cross-functional execution involving 6–12 engineers, as well as design, data, and growth teams.
• Conduct structured discovery processes, including user research, competitive analysis, and direct feedback loops.
• Represent the product externally to users, partners, and internal leadership.

Requirements

• Over 10 years of product management experience, including significant time working on social, messaging, or community platforms.
• Strong grasp of community product mechanics, including engagement loops, content moderation trade-offs, trust and safety, and network effects.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to define success through numbers, run structured experiments, and make data-driven decisions.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to write and speak precisely and keep stakeholders aligned.
• Proven track record of leading products autonomously without a pre-defined roadmap.

Nice to have

• Experience developing privacy-respecting alternatives to mainstream social or community platforms.
• Familiarity with open-source community protocols such as atproto, IETF MLS, or Matrix.
• Background in scaling a community product from early traction to millions of active users.

What the company offers

• Meaningful work impacting millions of users who trust Proton with their privacy.
• A diverse, collaborative, and tight-knit team environment.
• Provision of the right hardware and software to perform at your best.
• Real challenges and ownership from day one, with investment in professional growth.
• Strong health coverage, retirement options, generous leave, and wellness support.
• Stock options available from day one.
• Opportunities for in-person collaboration in offices across Geneva, Zürich, Barcelona, London, and other locations.
• Daily lunch and snacks provided in the office.
• Coverage for public transport, bike allowances, or parking.
• Flexible working arrangements where outcomes matter more than clock-in times.

About the company

Proton operates with a clear mission to give people back control over their digital lives, answering only to users rather than advertisers, investors with conflicting agendas, or governments. The team comprises individuals from top institutions such as MIT, Harvard, Stanford, Caltech, Cambridge, and ETH.

• User-first mission focused on digital privacy and control.
• Team members from prestigious global institutions.
• Collaborative and diverse work environment.
• Flexible working policies emphasizing outcomes over hours.