Role Description

Responsibilities

• Serve as the head of a new product incubation track, responsible for product strategy, execution, and go-to-market readiness.
• Manage a small, cross-functional team through 0→1 discovery, validation, and build cycles—moving quickly from concept to live product.
• Leverage AI and emerging technologies as core ingredients in the product experience and operational stack.
• Define and drive toward product-market fit using a combination of intuition, data, and rapid experimentation.
• Build alignment across stakeholders, communicate clearly, and distill ambiguity into direction.
• Cultivate a team culture rooted in ownership, urgency, creativity, and impact.
• Set clear goals and accountability loops, using metrics and qualitative feedback to inform prioritization and next steps.

Requirements

• 10+ years of product leadership experience, with at least 3+ years operating as a general manager, founder, or 0-1 product lead.
• Proven track record of building and scaling new products or business lines—ideally in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.
• Strong product instincts, with the ability to translate user problems and whitespace into crisp strategy and product direction.
• Familiarity with and passion for AI/ML and other emerging technologies.
• Ability to drive cross-functional alignment, motivate teams, and move fast while keeping high-quality bar.
• Hands-on operator with a bias toward action—comfortable doing whatever it takes to ship, learn, and iterate.
• Clear, structured communicator who brings clarity to complex problems and decisions.
• Passionate about Dropbox’s mission and excited to shape the future of digital work

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in startups, venture incubation, or innovation labs.
• Experience in productivity, collaboration, or knowledge work spaces.
• Familiarity with AI/ML technologies and LLM integration in product workflows.
• Technical or design background is a strong plus

Compensation

Company Description

Dropbox isn’t just a workplace—it’s a living lab for more enlightened ways of working. We're a global community of bold visionaries and resourceful doers who are shaping the future of Dropbox—and with it the future of work. Our Virtual First model combines the autonomy of a distributed workplace with the power of human connection, making space for both meaningful work and meaningful relationships. With our start-up mindset and enterprise-level opportunities, you can be who you are and grow into who you’re meant to be. Here, you can own your impact to make work more intuitive, joyful, and human—for you as a Dropboxer and for hundreds of millions of people worldwide. If you're ready to push boundaries—and yourself— Dropbox is ready for you.

Team Description

The Dropbox Product Management Team envisions and builds the future of work while growing our business, one product at a time. We're strategic thinkers and advocates for our users, crafting solutions that make work more intuitive and joyful. Using data, research, and strategy—and a healthy dose of empathy—we guide cross-functional teams toward the shared goal of creating transformative products that people love to use. If you're passionate about building solutions that reshape how the world works while delighting users in the process, join our Product Management team. Areas of work include Product Management, Product Strategy, User Research, Data Analytics, Product Operations, Growth Strategy, and Go-to-Market Planning.