SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today, SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of making life multiplanetary and expanding consciousness to the stars.
SpaceXSI is building Super Intelligence to help humanity understand the universe. Our teams are building the full Super Intelligence stack: from our Colossus supercomputers, to Grok models, to our suite of applications, including Grok Bot, Grok Build, Grok Imagine, Grok Voice, and X. We're creating a powerful flywheel where more compute trains better models, better models power more useful products, and what we learn from people using those products shapes what we build next.
SENIOR PRODUCT MANAGER, COMMERCE PLATFORM
As a Senior Product Manager for our Commerce Platform, you will own product direction for the billing systems and purchase flows that power paid products across Grok, X, Grok Bot, and Cursor. This is a technical product role. You will be hands-on with the systems and able to contribute code, but your primary focus is product management for a large-scale billing system. You will do the work of a product manager, applied to building, maintaining, and triaging issues across highly scaled billing infrastructure. This high-impact role offers the opportunity to directly drive significant revenue growth while shaping systems that serve hundreds of millions of users worldwide.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Own the product roadmap for the commerce platform billing system across Grok, X, Grok Bot, and Cursor
- Define requirements and drive delivery for purchase flows, including checkout, paywalls, upsell, and promotional offers
- Lead triage of billing issues at scale. Set priorities, coordinate fixes with engineering, and close the loop with support and finance
- Drive the unification of the subscription system across apps and the integration of SpaceXAI payments into the Starlink payment network
- Manage product requirements across payment rails, including Apple App Store, Google Play, and Stripe
- Contribute code directly where it speeds up delivery, such as prototypes, tooling, data analysis, and small fixes
- Define and track billing health and revenue metrics such as payment success rate, involuntary churn, and conversion
- Partner with legal, tax, and compliance teams on market-specific billing methods and compliance requirements to accelerate global expansion
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
- 5+ years of product management experience on large-scale consumer applications
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:
- Strong product management background with deep experience building large-scale, high-stakes systems (Monetization, subscriptions, or fintech, billing, payments, or transactional platforms preferred)
- Technical depth to read and write production code and to hold architecture discussions with engineers
- Strong track record shipping and operating complex backend-heavy products for consumer applications at scale
- Passion for revenue-generating products and creating exceptional user experiences
- Hands-on experience with Apple App Store and Google Play in-app billing and Stripe
- Experience working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
- Prior experience as a software engineer
- Familiarity with distributed systems, global payments infrastructure, or A/B testing frameworks
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:
$180,000 - $275,000 USD
Base salary is just one part of our total rewards package at SpaceXSI, which also includes equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short & long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and various other discounts and perks.
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Skills Required
- 5+ years of product management experience on large-scale consumer applications
- Strong product management experience building large-scale, high-stakes systems, preferably monetization, subscriptions, fintech, billing, payments, or transactional platforms
- Ability to read and write production code and participate in architecture discussions
- Track record shipping and operating complex backend-heavy consumer products at scale
- Experience with revenue-generating products and user experience optimization
- Hands-on experience with Apple App Store and Google Play in-app billing and Stripe
- Experience in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
- Prior experience as a software engineer
- Familiarity with distributed systems, global payments infrastructure, or A/B testing frameworks
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare is described as comprehensive, including medical, dental, vision, mental health support, and fertility benefits. Additional protections such as disability and life insurance, plus HSA/FSA options, are also outlined.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity is positioned as a core component of total rewards alongside high base salaries for technical roles. Pre‑IPO stock grants are highlighted as enabling participation in potential company growth.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — The package includes flexible or generous PTO, paid holidays, and paid sick days. Company materials also describe flexible vacation policies intended to help manage fast‑paced workloads.
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