Senior Technical Product Manager, Identity Management
About Strava
Strava is the app for active people. With over 180 million athletes in more than 185 countries, it’s more than tracking workouts—it’s where people make progress together, from new habits to new personal bests. No matter your sport or how you track it, Strava’s got you covered. Find your crew, crush your goals, and make every effort count. Start your journey with Strava today.
Our mission is simple: to motivate people to live their best active lives. We believe in the power of movement to connect and drive people forward.
Senior Technical Product Manager, Identity is a critical role responsible for owning and evolving Strava's authentication, authorization, and access control systems across our iOS, Android, and web platforms. In this role, you'll ensure that millions of athletes worldwide have secure, seamless access to their Strava experience while balancing user convenience with platform security and privacy. This position sits at the intersection of security, user experience, and platform growth, working to reduce friction in the authentication experience, implement modern identity standards, and support Strava's mission to build the most engaged and trusted community for athletes.
We follow a flexible hybrid model that translates to more than half your time on-site in our San Francisco office — three days per week.
What You'll Do:
Own the product roadmap for Strava's identity platform, including sign-up (Apple and Google Sign-In, web authentication standards), login, password management, multi-factor authentication, and account recovery flows with a unified user experience and security and technical requirements
Own and evolve Strava’s authorization and access-control systems, including role-based and attribute-based access controls for both user-facing and internal features, ensuring the right users have the right permissions while maintaining privacy, security, and compliance
Define and execute strategies to improve authentication conversion rates while maintaining security best practices and implementing modern authentication methods (OAuth, SSO, biometric authentication, passkeys)
Drive feature parity and consistency across iOS, Android, and web platforms while respecting platform-specific patterns and best practices, working closely with native mobile and web engineering teams
Collaborate with Security, Legal, and Trust and Safety teams to ensure compliance with privacy regulations (GDPR, CCPA) and industry security standards, defining requirements for session management and secure authentication practices, and supporting safety and abuse prevention across the platform
Define and track key metrics for identity systems including authentication success rates, account recovery completion, security incidents, and user satisfaction
Partner with User Lifecycle, Community Management, Marketing, Growth, and Developer teams on initiatives requiring identity system integration, communicating roadmap and technical decisions to leadership and cross-functional partners
What You'll Bring to the Team:
Cross-platform experience managing features across mobile (iOS/Android) and web applications
Technical depth with understanding of authentication protocols (OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML), identity management systems, and security best practices
You have experience building identity systems that serve a portfolio of applications, and you understand the nuances of token management, session continuity, and cross-app authentication
Data-driven mindset with experience using analytics to inform product decisions, define metrics, and conduct experimentation
Proven ability to work effectively with engineering teams and translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders
Strong communication skills with experience presenting to leadership and influencing cross-functional teams
Experience with consumer-facing applications at scale (preferred: 10M+ users)
Passion for fitness, sports, or the Strava community (a plus)
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Why Join Us?
Movement brings us together. At Strava, we’re building the world’s largest community of active people, helping them stay motivated and achieve their goals.
Our global team is passionate about making movement fun, meaningful, and accessible to everyone. Whether you’re shaping the technology, growing our community, or driving innovation, your work at Strava makes an impact.
When you join Strava, you’re not just joining a company—you’re joining a movement. If you’re ready to bring your energy, ideas, and drive, let’s build something incredible together.
Strava builds software that makes the best part of our athletes’ days even better. Just as we’re deeply committed to unlocking their potential, we’re dedicated to providing a world-class, inclusive workplace where our employees can grow and thrive, too. We’re backed by Sequoia Capital, TCV, Madrone Partners and Jackson Square Ventures, and we’re expanding in order to exceed the needs of our growing community of global athletes. Our culture reflects our community. We are continuously striving to hire and engage teammates from all backgrounds, experiences and perspectives because we know we are a stronger team together.
Strava is an equal opportunity employer. In keeping with the values of Strava, we make all employment decisions including hiring, evaluation, termination, promotional and training opportunities, without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, physical handicap, mental disability, medical condition, disability, gender or identity or expression, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, marital status, height and/or weight.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.