Job Summary:PayPal's Developer Experience team builds the APIs, tools, and infrastructure that let developers put PayPal to work anywhere they build. As commerce moves into AI coding assistants and agentic platforms, we make PayPal the easiest way to move money on any surface.
We're hiring a senior/lead Technical PM with a strong engineering background to own Developer Tools & Platform - the technical foundation for all of DevEx. You'll own the APIs and extensibility contract that every client surface (CLI, IDE extensions, MCP servers, Developer Dashboard) builds on, so surfaces ship on existing API capability without custom backend work.
Job Description:Essential Responsibilities: - Uses data to build insights on product or platform requirements consistent with the shared vision for the product.
- Gathers insights from the customer experience and customer needs to input to product requirements
- Analyzes research, market analysis and usability studies, research and market analysis to support data-driven decision making
- Monitors product profitability measures, including budget.
- Lead sprint planning, daily standups and retrospectives to drive execution. Interfaces with product and technology leadership as needed.
- Partners with content developers, data scientists, product designers and user experience researchers to identify new opportunities.
Minimum Qualifications:- 3+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.
Additional Responsibilities & Preferred Qualifications:- A senior or lead-level Technical Product Manager profile with a strong engineering background.
- Familiarity with REST APIs is required. You can read code, reason about API design and versioning, and hold your own in architecture and design discussions.
- Experience owning an API, platform, or developer-facing service, including backward compatibility and release policy.
- Deep empathy for developers so you understand how they evaluate, adopt, and stick with tools, and you obsess over removing friction from that journey.
- Ecosystem instincts with the judgment to see which capability, surface, or investment unlocks the most value next, and the clarity to make the case for it.
- Excellent communicationso you can move fluidly between a technical spec, a partner-team conversation, and an executive readout without losing the thread.
- A bias for shippingbecause you'd rather ship a sharp v1 and learn than debate a perfect plan.
Subsidiary:PayPal
Travel Percent:0
The base pay for this role will depend on where you work and the relevant experience and expertise you bring. The expected range of pay for this role by location is:
Primary Location | Pay Range:San Jose, California: ($143,500.00 - $212,850.00 Annually)
Additional Location(s) | Pay Range:No other locations are assigned to this requisition currently.
Additional compensation for this role may include an annual performance bonus, equity, or other incentive compensation, as applicable.
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For the majority of employees, PayPal's balanced hybrid work model offers 3 days in the office for effective in-person collaboration and 2 days at your choice of either the PayPal office or your home workspace, ensuring that you equally have the benefits and conveniences of both locations.
Our Benefits:At PayPal, we're committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. And we can't do this without our most important asset-you. That's why we offer comprehensive, choice-based programs, to support all aspects of personal wellbeing-physical, emotional, and financial-delivering meaningful value where it matters most. We strive to create a flexible, balanced work culture with a holistic approach to benefits, including generous paid time off, healthcare coverage for you and your family, and resources to create financial security and support your mental health.
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