Lead Editor Product Manager

Descript
San Francisco, United States
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 225,000 - 290,000 annuallyFunction: Product ManagementExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Customer discovery","Systems thinking","Product intuition","Cross-functional collaboration"]

Own the Narrative Editing team’s product roadmap for script-first editing in Descript. Understand creators’ goals and the evolving AI video landscape to shape intuitive, end-to-end recording, script generation, translation, and regeneration workflows. Collaborate with AI Research to launch features like video regeneration and automatic speaker identification, while ensuring the product scales reliably for larger teams and complex use cases.

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Lead Editor Product Manager

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Job Summary

Own the Narrative Editing team’s product roadmap for script-first editing in Descript. Understand creators’ goals and the evolving AI video landscape to shape intuitive, end-to-end recording, script generation, translation, and regeneration workflows. Collaborate with AI Research to launch features like video regeneration and automatic speaker identification, while ensuring the product scales reliably for larger teams and complex use cases.
Location: San Francisco, United States
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Product Management

Key Responsibilities

  • •Develop a deep understanding of customers and their creative goals to guide the editor roadmap.
  • •Bring Descript’s taste for great video into product interactions, defaults, and user experience.
  • •Expand editing capabilities by partnering with the AI Research team to launch features like video regeneration and automatic speaker identification.
  • •Own recording, script generation, and translation flows for end-to-end video workflows in Descript.
  • •Ensure Descript scales reliably for larger teams and more complex workflows.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 225,000 - 290,000 annually
Perks:Health Insurance401kMeal AllowancePaid Leave

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of product management experience shipping creative tools or workflow products.
  • •Systems-minded product thinking to design intuitive experiences for complex, end-to-end workflows.
  • •Experience with customer discovery and defining features that solve real customer problems.
  • •Ability to work through ambiguous product areas by asking smart questions and translating ideas into action.
  • •Care about product craft and iterative details that make the editor truly enjoyable to use.
Experience:5+ yearsAI video
Skills:Customer discoverySystems thinkingProduct intuitionCross-functional collaboration
Languages:English

Company Brief

Descript
Descript provides an all-in-one audio and video editing platform that combines transcription, multitrack editing, screen recording, and AI-powered tools for creators and teams to produce podcasts, videos, and marketing content more quickly and collaboratively.
Industry: Enterprise Software
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Funding: Series C
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2017
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