Join Yahoo! Personals, one of the company's fastest growing premium services. We're looking for smart, motivated and creative people to join our User Experience and Design, Engineering, Product Management, Marketing and Business Development teams. Apply now if you're excited about shaping the future of the #1 online dating service.
User Experience and Design
Interaction Designer
Yahoo! is seeking a Interaction Designer to join the User Experience and Design team for Yahoo! Personals, Yahoo!'s online dating business. Yahoo! Personals is the world's second largest online dating service and holds a significant place in Yahoo!'s portfolio of products and services. The User Experience and Design team's mission is to define and design the user experience for Yahoo! Personals, recently ranked as the #1 user experience in the online dating industry.
You will be responsible for providing strategic interaction design leadership to maintain and further Personals' dominant industry position. As a senior member of the user experience team, you will partner with product management, marketing, and engineering to inform product strategy and deliver best-of-class user experience designs. You will play a leadership role within the talented Personals user experience design team, consisting of passionate design researchers, interaction designers, and visual designers who work in a highly collaborative environment within and across functions. You will also be expected to provide functional expertise across Yahoo! by mentoring other designers and introducing new and innovative design solutions that balance business and user needs with superb functional design sensibilities. More
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Design Researcher
Yahoo! is seeking an experienced Design Researcher to join the User Experience and Design team for Yahoo! Personals. Yahoo! Personals is one of the world's largest and most popular online dating services and holds a significant place in Yahoo!'s portfolio of products and services. The User Experience and Design Team mission is to define and design the user experience for Yahoo! Personals, recently ranked as the #1 user experience in the online dating industry.
You will be responsible for planning, designing, and conducting a variety of design research techniques to generate actionable recommendations that will maintain Yahoo! Personals' dominant industry position and extend its market leadership by defining the next generation of online dating. You will collaborate closely with the Personals UED Team that consists of talented design researchers, interaction designers, and visual designers who work in a highly collaborative environment with one another and their cross-functional counterparts. Your research will be vital to defining the Yahoo! Personals user experience strategy, spearheading a user-centered design process, and developing the most useful, usable, and delightful online dating experience in the world.
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Engineering
Web Developer
The Yahoo! Personals team is looking for an experienced, self-motivated, and passionate presentation-layer web developer. The Yahoo! Personals team is responsible for overall performance, availability, reliability and scalability of several large-scale systems involving several servers and gigabytes of data.
You'll work closely with software engineers, interaction designers, visual designers, user experience researchers, marketers, and product managers. You will have a strong command of XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, cross-browser compatibility issues, optimization techniques (both in file weight and perceived/actual rendering speed) and internationalization issues. You must have 2-3 years of industry experience with at least one year building CSS based layouts. Experience with PHP, Apache, Unix environment, and CVS is required. Knowledge of DHTML, browser degradation strategies, accessibility techniques, device-portability techniques is a plus. A Computer Science degree and/or related work experience with regular expressions and algorithms is a big plus.
If you're interested, please provide URLs and code samples of your work. Having your own site is a bonus!
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Architect
The Yahoo! Personals team is looking for a highly experienced, self-motivated, and energetic Architect. The Yahoo! Personals engineering team is responsible for overall performance, availability, reliability and scalability of several large-scale systems involving several servers and gigabytes of data.
You will be responsible for working with and guiding a team of over 30+ engineers. You will be a hands-on architect, a proficient developer, and with project lead experiences. 5 to 8 years of experiences in unix environment required. You need to have a strong background in C/C++ with extensive experience in large, distributed, object-oriented client/server and web-based system. Experiences in Perl, Shell or any other scripting languages are required. Database, Unix networking, Sockets, TCP/UDP experiences are required. Experience with Apache, HTTP, and PHP are required. You should also have strong problem solving skills and excellent written and verbal communication skills. BSCS or equivalent is required. MS or PhD in Computer Science a plus. More
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Senior Software Engineer
Come be a part of the team at Yahoo! dedicated to making online dating a wonderful experience for our customers. The Yahoo! Personals Engineering Team is looking for a senior software engineer. You must have experience developing professional quality distributed/web applications and superior communications skills with both technical and non-technical people.
REQUIREMENTS:
5-8+ years of software development experience in a unix environment; hands-on software designer, a proficient developer; good knowledge of software engineering practices, including release management, configuration management, and project planning; extensive experience in large, distributed, object-oriented client/server and web-based system; experiences in several of C/C++, Databases, PHP, Perl, Apache, HTTP and Shell scripting desired; experience in Unix networking, Sockets, TCP/UDP is a plus; excellent written and verbal communication skills required; strong trouble-shooting and problem solving skills, and ability to optimize existing processes; exposure to site monitoring tools; BSCS or equivalent is required. MS or PhD in Computer Science a plus. More
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Senior Software Engineer, Yahoo! Personals Japan
Yahoo! Personals is looking for a highly experienced, self-motivated, and energetic Senior Software Engineer. The Yahoo! Personals team is responsible for overall performance, availability, reliability and scalability of several large-scale systems involving several servers and gigabytes of data. You will work with a diverse group of people across International divisions of Yahoo! Personals committed to providing highest quality Yahoo! Personals service, including interaction with Product, QA and operation teams, as well as 3rd party partners and customers. You will co-ordinate, guide, and execute International engineering road map, deploy and customize Yahoo Personals products for Japan market, and be a critical member of the Personals International team. You know how to manage a matrix structure and excel at working within a large and dynamic organization. Can manage multiple projects at the same time and prioritize when needed.
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7-10 years of professional software development experience; Experience in large, distributed, object-oriented client/server and web-based system in a UNIX environment; Experiences in several of C/C++, Databases/MySQL, PHP, Perl (or similar scripting tools), Apache, and HTTP; Strong analytical skills with data structures and algorithms; Experience in Unix networking, Sockets, TCP/UDP is a plus; Good knowledge of software engineering practices, including release management, configuration management, and project planning; Exposure to site monitoring tools; MSCS or equivalent; Fluency in Japanese
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Senior Software Engineer, Yahoo! Personals International
Yahoo! Personals is looking for a highly experienced, self-motivated, and energetic Senior Software Engineer. The Yahoo! Personals team is responsible for overall performance, availability, reliability and scalability of several large-scale systems involving several servers and gigabytes of data. You will work with a diverse group of people across International divisions of Yahoo! Personals committed to providing highest quality Yahoo! Personals service, including interaction with Product, QA and operation teams, as well as 3rd party partners and customers. You will co-ordinate, guide, and execute International engineering road map, deploy and customize Yahoo Personals products for Japan market, and be a critical member of the Personals International team. You know how to manage a matrix structure and excel at working within a large and dynamic organization. Can manage multiple projects at the same time and prioritize when needed.
REQUIREMENTS:
7-10 years of professional software development experience; Experience in large, distributed, object-oriented client/server and web-based system in a UNIX environment; Experiences in several of C/C++, Databases/MySQL, PHP, Perl (or similar scripting tools), Apache, and HTTP; Strong analytical skills with data structures and algorithms; Experience in Unix networking, Sockets, TCP/UDP is a plus; Good knowledge of software engineering practices, including release management, configuration management, and project planning; Exposure to site monitoring tools; MSCS or equivalent; Fluency in one or more Asian (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) languages
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Engineering Manager
Yahoo! Personals is looking for a highly experienced, self-motivated, and energetic hands-on Engineering Manager. The Yahoo! If you are intrigued by the challenge of building highly scalable, distributed and reliable software running on huundreds of servers in a dynamic team environment, and you are excited by the thought that millions will see your work every day, this job is for you.
You will work with a diverse group of people across cross-functional divisions of Yahoo! Personals committed to providing highest quality Yahoo! Personals service, including interaction with Marketing, Product, Engineering, Q/A and Customer Care, as well as 3rd party partners and customers. More
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Product Management
Product Manager 2
Yahoo! Personals, the leading online dating service, seeks a product leader who is an innovative strategic thinker with extensive hands-on product management experience. You will identify, evaluate and drive opportunities to grow our business and improve subscriber conversion and retention efforts. You will oversee and have ultimate responsibility for core product functionality by identifying market requirements, defining the product vision and leading development and maintenance efforts. You will lead a cross-functional team of business developers, engineers, designers, marketing managers, and customer care representatives and manage a team of outstanding product managers who are passionate about delivering the world's best online dating experience.
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Lead large cross-functional teams (market and usability research, marketing, design, engineering, customer care, and data tracking & reporting) to launch and continuously improve core Yahoo! Personals features and functionality; Identify site-wide product enhancements that will optimize key user funnel activities (trialing, conversion, engagement, retention); Mentor and assume responsibility for the professional growth of a team of product managers; Work with management to formulate business cases for new products and help craft a compelling long-term vision for Yahoo! Personals; Define, track and improve key business and product success metrics; Develop a comprehensive strategic understanding of the online dating and relationships landscape and identify areas for competitive differentiation. More
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Product Manager 1
Yahoo! Personals, one of the company's fastest growing premium services, seeks a Product Manager, who will take ownership of developing a increasing user interaction and engagement strategy for Yahoo! Personals. You will identify market requirements, define the roadmap for key product components, lead the development process, and track product usage and customer satisfaction metrics. You will work closely with a highly talented team of marketing managers, designers, engineers, business developers and customer care representatives, who are passionate about delivering the world?s best online dating experience.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Assume end-to-end responsibility for the planning and development of a user interaction/engagement strategy: identify customer needs, generate market and product requirements documents, and drive product implementation; Lead cross-functional teams (market and usability research, marketing, design, engineering, customer care, and data tracking & reporting) to launch and continuously improve features and functionalities; Define, track and improve key business and product success metrics; Develop deep understanding of online dating landscape and identify areas for competitive differentiation. More
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Project Manager, Yahoo! Personals Japan
Yahoo! Personals, one of the company's fastest growing premium services is looking for a dynamic, talented project manager to join the International Product Management team. In this newly created role, you will play a pivotal role in defining and launching our product for Yahoo! Japan and to support the ongoing technical and product exchanges. As the primary liaison between Yahoo! Inc and Yahoo! Japan Personals teams you will be working closely with Product Management, Marketing, Engineering and QA, and Design to manage the schedules. To be considered, you must be self-motivated, able to multi-task in a very fluid environment, and possess well-developed communication skills.
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Coordinate and monitor translation, quality assurance, and release criteria, communication status and escalate key risks and issues to Japanese & US managements; Successfully manage and prioritize projects using project planning techniques and software through all phases of the project lifecycle; Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive adherence to project plans, and take responsibility for achieving team deliverables, hitting target milestones, managing risks to the schedule, and resolving project conflicts throughout the full product lifecycle; Track project activities against plans, develop/manage project status documentation and communications between Japan and US; As part of project status tracking and reporting, continuously assess project risk factors and recommend appropriate courses of action to mitigate; Develop and implement continuous improvement processes for assigned projects; Collaborating with product managers through the complete product development lifecycle; Establish and maintain strong and effective working relationships with teams across all business units in Japan & US to assure knowledge transfer; Organize, coordinate and schedule Japanese team visits, training as appropriate and as necessary. More
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Marketing
This position is responsible for developing and managing innovative, best-of-class, integrated marketing programs. Lead strategic development and management of consumer marketing programs, secure and manage marketing partnerships and promotional tie-ins. Supervise internal cross-functional teams and external agencies to develop campaigns. Success will be measured by program's ability to generate awareness and trial, while elevating the brand, delivering on aggressive performance and business goals and driving Y! Personals into the leadership position in the industry.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Secure partnership investment in co-marketing media value from top national consumer brands; Lead strategic development and management of consumer marketing programs, secure and manage marketing partnerships and promotional tie-ins; Drive creative strategy and development of partner marketing programs across multiple channels: micro site, banner ads, email, PR, viral outreach, non-traditional media, print, TV and radio; Provide project leadership across multiple functional teams to ensure efficient and timely delivery of high-quality programs that meet both Y! Personals and partner objectives. Supervise internal cross-functional teams and external agencies to develop campaigns; Liaison with internal and external partners throughout program to define parameters and execute against established objectives and brand requirements; Coordinate with Legal and Privacy to ensure all programs meet strict Y! Policy guidelines; Program budgeting, performance tracking and post mortem analysis; Work with Sales to secure partner involvement and oversee all partner contract negotiation once initial parameters have been established. More
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Business Development and Finance
Director, Business Development and Strategy
Serving as an instrumental member of the Personals business unit's global leadership team, the Director, Business Development and Strategy performs critical functions directly related to the success of the business unit - working closely with the product line managers. These functions will include business analysis and modeling, and business development and strategy. These functions will be supported across these key properties in the Yahoo! Network. The role requires a unique individual with strong experience in corporate / business development in a consumer internet environment.
Serve as the primary interface between the leaders of the Personals Business Unit and Yahoo!'s corporate development team and also the VP of the Personals Group for all aspects of corporate and business development; Drive aggressive measurement and management of business to goals; Working with the Director of Business Operations, create key success metrics and accurate reporting for all strategic and business development initiatives; Work with BU leads to ensure ongoing reports include all appropriate key metrics and refine for maximum focus on these key metrics; Serve as the key resource for the leaders of the BU to analyze results and assess current and potential business opportunities and risks; Work with BU leads to understand key priorities and competitive landscape; Initiate and manage research and analyses necessary to size and develop new market opportunities across the BU; Craft detailed business plans and executive investment proposals for attractive opportunities demonstrating ROI; Prepare and frequently present analysis and results for senior executives; Initiate and lead business development efforts for Personals, including deal analysis, structuring, negotiations and closing; Act as a key resource in defining BU strategies; Work with BU leads to communicate and evangelize strategy throughout entire organization, at all levels. More
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Senior Finance Manager
In this newly created position as a key member of Yahoo!s Financial Planning and Analysis team, you will assist the Yahoo! Personals team in optimizing the business unit's profitability and performance. Yahoo! Personals was first introduced in the U.S. in 1997 and has quickly grown to become one of the leading and most popular online dating services available.
You will be responsible for financial reporting, detailed P&L forecasting, annual budget planning, financial modeling, detailed revenue analysis and other general FP&A support for the Business Unit management team. You will also be responsible for delivering key analysis of the financial and operational performance of the business on a weekly and monthly basis including involvement in operational dashboards and business unit quarterly reviews. More
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