Senior Technical Product Manager

MapQuest is a pioneer in online mapping and location services, guiding tens of millions of people each month and powering location-based solutions for businesses worldwide. Headquartered in Los Angeles, we provide a robust developer platform – including geospatial APIs, SDKs, and tools – that enables over 350,000 developers to integrate maps, routing, traffic, and search into their applications. Our platform and products (such as multi-stop route planning for delivery fleets) help organizations improve operations, connect with customers, and create great user experiences. After 25+ years of leading the industry, MapQuest continues to innovate with privacy-focused apps and enterprise SaaS solutions that make the world easier to navigate. We're looking for an experienced Senior Technical Product Manager to own the end‑to‑end roadmap for the MapQuest Platform business. You’ll blend platform thinking (APIs, SDKs, developer experience) with SaaS lifecycle stewardship (mobile + web) to deliver products that delight both developers and enterprise operations teams. You will collaborate with Engineering, UX, Sales, and Customer Success to drive revenue growth, expand into new verticals, and strengthen MapQuest’s reputation as the most trusted name in location‑based services.

Why MapQuest?

• Impact at scale — your roadmap touches millions of end users and thousands of businesses.
• Customer diversity — solve problems across trucking fleets, home‑health nurses, curbside retailers, and municipal agencies.
• Collaborative Los Angeles HQ — work on‑site with cross‑functional teammates in a culture that values innovation and career growth.

The Role You Will Have:

• Own the core product vision, roadmap, and execution for private search across web and browser extension.
• Partner with engineers, designers, and researchers to ship user-centric features that drive engagement, improve retention and trust.
• Manage diverse stakeholders, clearly communicate priorities, and set realistic expectations across teams.
• Evaluate system architecture trade-offs, and technical feasibility with engineering leads.
• Develop product hypotheses, run experiments, and use data to validate and iterate.
• Collaborate with marketing to support growth initiatives.
• Support Startpage’s business and partner initiatives aimed at expanding the user base and accelerating growth.
• Define and prioritize product opportunities grounded in user behavior, feedback, and competitive benchmarks.
• Demonstrate proficiency in engaging with both internal and external technical stakeholders to oversee complex integrations.

What You Will Bring:

• 5+ years of product management in a technical B2B context (developer platforms, SaaS, or cloud APIs).
• Proven success leading location, mapping & logistics products.
• Strong API and microservice fundamentals (REST, gRPC/GraphQL, OAuth2, rate limiting, SLAs).
• Experience shipping cross‑platform features across mobile and web.
• Familiarity with route optimization, geospatial data, and GIS concepts (e.g., geocoding, address parsing, etc).
• Data fluency: SQL, Amplitude/GA4, Tableau or similar BI tools; can build metrics dashboards and run experiments.
• Excellent stakeholder communication – can translate technical details into business value for execs and customers.
• Nice to have: Background in Transportation Management Systems (TMS), Field Service, or e‑commerce last‑mile delivery and experience pricing/monetizing consumption‑based APIs.

What We Have to Offer:

• Competitive salary + bonus + equity.
• Generous PTO + 11 company holidays.
• Open sick time.
• 100% covered Medical, Dental, Vision for employees.
• 401k with match.
• Health & Dependent Care Flex Spending Account.
• Paid professional development.
• Leadership & growth opportunities.
• Virtual company and team building events.