Director, Technical Product Management, Map Platform Berlin, Germany

Director, Technical Product Manager, Map Platform

Berlin, Germany

About This Role

Strava is the app for active people. With over 150 million athletes in more than 190 countries, it’s more than tracking workouts—it’s where connection, motivation, and personal bests thrive. This role provides the opportunity to define and execute the product strategy for our mapping platform, which powers Strava's mobile and web user experiences. As a key product leader in a strategically important domain, you'll shape the product vision, drive innovation in geospatial technology, and foster collaboration across teams to deliver impactful mapping solutions.

We follow a flexible hybrid model that generally translates to around half your time on-site in our Berlin office—roughly three days per week.

You’re excited about this opportunity because:

• This isn’t just another role—it’s an opportunity to lead product initiatives in a strategically significant domain, central to the company’s growth and innovation.
• You’ll have the opportunity to dig into complex technical challenges and opportunities, especially around mapping.
• You’ll contribute to shaping both regional and global product strategies, serving as a key partner within the team.
• You’ll build solutions in the unique mapping space, where solving challenges like spatial accuracy and geographic visualization brings tangible, real-world impact.
• You’ll play a key role in fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation, promoting shared purpose and alignment across teams.
• You’ll help advance a positive mission and vision, supporting the movement of people around the world.

You will be successful here by:

• Establishing the product strategy & roadmap for our proprietary mapping platform while ensuring stakeholders across engineering, design, and business are aligned on priorities and execution.
• Leading the team to create innovative, scalable, high-quality mapping solutions that integrate seamlessly with user-facing features.
• Defining unique product strategies that deliver measurable user and business value to solve key mapping challenges including spatial accuracy, 3D visualization, real-time data integration, predictive analytics & recommendations.
• Ensuring Strava’s mapping solutions respect user privacy, meet the company’s security standards, and are localized to support a diverse, global audience.
• Creating an environment where employees feel empowered and aligned with the company’s mission.
• Coaching and mentoring direct reports and the cross-functional team to ensure clear communication, focus, and progress against shared goals.
• Demonstrating a bias for action and the ability to make high-stakes decisions that propel the product and company forward.

We’re excited about you because:

• 8+ years of experience in technical product management, with at least 3 years focused on mapping, geospatial systems, or real-time location-based services.
• Hands-on experience in industries leveraging geospatial data, such as gaming, autonomous vehicles, AR/VR, logistics, or environmental monitoring.
• Experience defining and delivering product roadmaps for geospatial platforms or location-based services.
• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional teams in designing, building, and scaling mapping products or services.
• Proven ability to translate technical mapping challenges into user-centric product outcomes.
• Proven ability to drive organizational alignment across engineering, design, data science, and product teams.
• Prior experience in roles such as a Software Engineer working with large-scale mapping datasets or an advanced degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or related fields.