Newsbreak
Senior Product Manager, ReelBee Consumer App
Mountain View, California, United States. Posted a month ago
The role
You will own the ReelBee consumer app across iOS, Android, and Web. You will manage the viewing experience, the monetization system, and short-drama entry points within NewsBreak and Scoopz.
What you will do
- Own the hybrid monetization system including ad-unlock, coins, subscriptions, and retention offers
- Lift first-purchase rate, first-week subscription renewal and ARPDAU through A/B testing
- Own retention and the viewing experience including first-day path, binge and resume flows, push and Live Activity re-engagement
- Partner with NewsBreak/Scoopz product and client teams on in-app short-drama entry points
- Align consumer-side placement rules with the algorithm team
- Align landing pages and first-open experience with the user acquisition team
- Plan iOS/Android/Web priorities and release cadence
- Coordinate engineering, design and data
- Define and track core metrics including retention, payment funnel, ARPDAU, and subscription renewal
- Deliver weekly product reviews and decisions
Required qualifications
- 5+ years in mobile product management
- 2+ years on monetization or growth for consumer content, entertainment or subscription products
- Deep understanding of paywalls, coin/episode unlock, subscriptions and ad-unlock
- Shipped A/B tests with quantified lift in payment or retention
- Strong analytics in Amplitude or similar
- Thrives on weekly releases and daily stand-ups
- Runs multiple product lines independently
- A short-drama / vertical-video user with instincts for hooks, paywall placement and binge behavior
- English as working language
Nice to have
- short-drama app experience
- basic SQL
- Mandarin a plus
- Hands-on with Apple/Google subscription policies, promotional offers, refunds and compliance
- Ad monetization product experience (rewarded video, mediation, eCPM)
- Distribution/placement strategy product experience
- 0→1 launch of a new app
About the company
NewsBreak is a local life and news platform with more than 40 million monthly users. It includes platforms like Nearby AI and NDot AI.