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About the Company:
Ten things you should know abou Yelp:
- Yelp was founded in 2004 to help people find great local businesses like dentists, hair stylists and mechanics
- As of December 2009, more than 26 million people visited Yelp in the past 30 days
- Yelpers have written over 9 million local reviews, over 85% of them rating a business 3 stars or higher
- In addition to reviews, you can use Yelp to find events, special offers, lists and to talk with other Yelpers
- Every business owner (or manager) can setup a free account to post offers, photos and message her customers
- Yelp makes money by selling ads to local businesses - you'll see these yellow, clearly labeled "Sponsored Results" around the site
- Paying advertisers can also promote a favorite review at the top of their Yelp page, but can never change or re-order their other reviews
- Yelp has an automated filter that suppresses a small portion of reviews - it targets those suspicious ones you see on other sites
- You can Yelp on your phone at http://m.yelp.com, or use Yelp for iPhone, Yelp for BlackBerry, Yelp for Palm Pre, and Yelp for Android
- The Weekly Yelp is available in 30 city editions to bring you the latest business openings & other happenings
The ideal candidate:
Requirements (and we mean it!):
- Techie Cred: CS or similar degree so you can talk to our enginerds about Python, map reduce jobs, and naive Bayesian algorithms without a translator.
- Problem Solver: Love to figure out complex problems and constantly think about how to make processes more efficient.
- Design Chops: While Yelp PMs hold technical degrees, we're also passionate about design and have either schooling or significant experience building beautiful sites or apps. You should, too.
- Passion about the Space: You love the world of social networking, local search, and consumer websites.
- Non-Nerd Empathy: You're interested in FriendFeed, Twitter, etc. as much as the next nerd, but you also recognize that you're designing for a non-techie audience.
- A Conditional Love for Yelp: Like a BFF or a tee ball coach, you should love us but also be able to tell us what we're doing wrong. You'll need to be able to dish out the criticism here and take it, too.
- A Need for Speed: Daily release cycle? Bring it!
Job Description and responsibilities:
Yelp is looking for a Product Manager to lead the creation of mission critical applications. In this role you will use analytical and problem solving skills to provide Yelp's many different departments with the applications they need to grow at a fast pace. Your products will make us more efficient and will be the engine behind making Yelp an even better website.
You will:
- Design intuitive, elegant interfaces that will help support Yelp's various departments
- Work with our all-star engineering team to hone and iterate on your ideas
- Identify, analyze and prioritize new features
- Manage the design/build/test/release process end-to-end.
- Strive for design perfection but love to release and iterate
To apply:
Send us a note sharing why you fit the requirements above and ideas on how you would improve Yelp! http://hire.jobvite.com/j/?aj=ogRiVfw4&s=job4dev