Full-Time

Sr. Product Manager

Consumer Platform

Posted on 10/31/2025

MasterClass

MasterClass

501-1,000 employees

Subscription streaming platform offering expert-led classes

Compensation Overview

$185k - $205k/yr

Remote in USA + 1 more

More locations: Kitchener, ON, Canada

Hybrid

Category
Product (2)
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Required Skills
UI/UX Design
Product Management
Marketing
Data Analysis
Requirements
  • Love creating amazing consumer products.
  • 6+ years of experience in product management with a proven record of driving high-impact initiatives.
  • Experience working on consumer-facing products, ideally having led a 0-1 product or feature.
  • Metrics-driven mindset, with a strong track record of using data to guide decisions, prioritize work, and measure impact.
  • Proven ability to lead projects focused on raising the bar for Craft and Quality, improving UX in core experiences like casting and playback.
  • Experience with Personalization strategies that make digital experiences feel smarter and more relevant to individual users.
  • Experience designing and running A/B tests and experiments to optimize user flows, drive growth, and validate hypotheses at scale.
  • Familiarity with monetization or upgrade flows, including surfacing value at key moments to improve conversion to higher-tier plans.
  • Bachelor’s degree (degrees in engineering / CS is a major plus.)
  • Knowledge and passion for education, online experiences, and brand.
Responsibilities
  • Own and drive initiatives that meaningfully impact metrics across traffic, conversion, activation, renewal, and referrals.
  • Develop and maintain a product roadmap and strategy in collaboration with engineering, design, marketing, operations, and analytics.
  • Collaborate across engineering, data, design, and the AI teams to build new learning experiences.
  • Lead cross-functional alignment on initiatives, ensuring stakeholder buy-in and smooth execution.
  • Write detailed user stories, identify edge cases, and work with the engineering team to roll out features in an agile, continuous deployment environment.
  • Own Quality and Craft, ensuring a consistently high standard for design, user experience, and execution across all initiatives
  • Focus on elevating the brand experience, improving the polish and cohesion of key product areas
  • Ensure that product decisions balance both business impact and brand integrity, maintaining an exceptional user experience

MasterClass operates as a subscription-based streaming platform offering unlimited access to a library of classes taught by world-renowned experts across arts, business, design, sports, writing, and more. The product works via an annual membership that grants access to thousands of video lessons (about 20 lessons per class, each ~10 minutes) that users can watch on mobile, desktop, or TV; lessons feature cinematic visuals, hands-on demonstrations, and downloadable workbooks to reinforce learning. The service stands out from competitors through its high-profile instructors, polished production, and self-paced, immersive learning experience, with content designed for a global audience. Its goal is to provide lifelong learners with easy access to high-quality instruction from top experts at scale.

Company Size

501-1,000

Company Stage

Series F

Total Funding

$461.4M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2015

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • AI courses like Revolutionize Workflows boost subscriber retention in 2026.
  • MasterClass Executive partnerships with Bain and Deloitte drive B2B growth.
  • New classes by Rich Paul and Dweck expand into negotiation and mindset.

What critics are saying

  • YouTube free tutorials by Huberman erode premium subscription value now.
  • Coursera celebrity courses with certifications poach professionals immediately.
  • ChatGPT generates personalized lessons, obsoleting static videos within months.

What makes MasterClass unique

  • MasterClass features 200+ classes by celebrities like Ray Dalio and Carol Dweck.
  • Launched AI-native MasterClass Executive with Chicago Booth and OpenAI.
  • Offers immersive video lessons with workbooks across diverse subjects.

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