Cost Optimisation Product Manager

About the role

Social Discovery Group (SDG) is a group of social discovery companies that turns virtual intimacy into the new normal, with a portfolio of social entertainment platforms connecting people across cultures and regions. It is looking for a Cost Optimisation Product Manager to turn its partner cost optimisation operations into a self-sustaining product. This is not a coordination role: you own the product from discovery to delivery, and the product you build replaces manual effort, resolves partner issues automatically and makes the business more profitable.

Key responsibilities

• Own the full product lifecycle: discovery, prioritisation, specs, delivery and iteration.
• Map current manual operations (partner analytics, escalations, write-offs, refunds, chargebacks) and eliminate them through product solutions.
• Build a product that surfaces cost-reduction opportunities automatically, replacing manual reporting with real-time signals.
• Design partner-facing flows that resolve issues without human escalation: automated write-off processing, refund/chargeback handling and payout adjustment logic.
• Define and instrument metrics such as cost per partner, manual task volume, resolution time and revshare rate trends.
• Work with engineering and data teams: write clear specs, unblock development and own the roadmap.
• Identify and integrate tooling (CRM automation, reporting pipelines, workflow engines) that reduces manual overhead.
• Deliver a long-term roadmap with clear, measurable financial impact.

Required profile

• Proven product manager experience shipping internal tools, automation platforms or operational products.
• Experience working with partner networks, marketplace operations or vendor management workflows as a product owner.
• Ability to turn messy operational pain into clean product requirements.
• Strong analytical mindset: reads data, forms hypotheses and ships to validate them.
• English C1 and Russian C1 (mandatory); Spanish or Mandarin is a strong advantage.
• Experience in finance, billing or cost optimisation is a strong plus.

Required skills

• Advanced Google Sheets and data tooling, able to prototype logic before engineering builds it.
• Product management and roadmap ownership.

What we offer

• Remote work, full-time.
• Pay level shared with candidates before employment starts.
• 28 calendar days of vacation and 7 wellness days per year.
• Bonuses up to $5,000 for recommending successful applicants.
• 50% payment for professional training, international conferences and meetings.
• Corporate discount for English lessons and health benefits, including compensation of up to $1,000 gross per year for medical insurance or doctor's fees.
• Equipped workplace in offices or co-working locations, or reimbursement of workplace costs up to $1,000 gross once every 3 years.
• Internal gamified gratitude system with bonuses exchangeable for merchandise and team activities.