Jonathan C Yang
Product at Notion
jyangsca@gmail.com
About
Product at Notion, previously Figma, Messenger, and Instagram. I'm particularly good at reasoning about design and systems. I attribute this to the good fortune of working with people much smarter than me throughout my career.
I like rockskipping, well-balanced utensils, and wall-mounted shelving. Currently, I'm musing on seasonal produce and Lindsey R. Shere's "Chez Panisse Desserts".
Work Experience
2024 – Now
Product Management at Notion ↗
New York, NY
I lead the core product team working on collaboration, wayfinding, and product architecture. We do this in service of workspaces that are open, organized, and collaborative.
I touch most parts of our product, including but not limited to: sidebar, home, inbox, notifications, comments, profiles, databases, mobile, and more..
2023 – 2024
Product Management at Figma ↗
New York, NY
I led the product team working on collaboration solutions for our largest and most complex customers. We work on a combination of strategic vision setting, tier differentiation, and deep partnership with teams across our business.
Previously, I steered the product teams working on file browser (figma.com) and search. We built better content creation, retrieval, and organization experiences, while looking after performance, quality & infrastructure, and ecosystem health of our broader product suite.
2020 – 2023
Product Management at Messenger ↗
New York, NY
PM on Messenger Calling. I led the Shared Experiences and Growth teams on Messenger Calling, stewarding 30+ contributors across engineering, data science, product design, user research, and marketing.
During my tenure, we shipped the Calls Tab, one of four primary surfaces on Messenger, adding 1M incremental callers. I also founded our experimental bets team, with attributions on several pending patents.
2021 – 2021
Product Management at Instagram ↗
San Francisco, CA + New York, NY
I supported the Instagram Live team. During my tenure, we shipped Paid Subscriber Lives, In-Stream Moderation, and Practice Mode.
I also supported the Instagram Video Calling team. We shipped link-based video calling. Built out augmented reality effects, media co-watching, 50 participant support, invite tracking, joining permissions, ringing, and cross-app calling.
2019 – 2019
Product Management at Atlassian ↗
Mountain View, CA
Co-founded the Confluence Cloud Ecosystem team, extending our API to unblock customers migrating from on-premise servers to cloud.
Education
B.A. Cognitive Science at UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Some serendipitous mélange of psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, linguistics, and computer science. Graduated with academic honors.
B.S. Business Administration at UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
An odd mix of finance, economics, accounting, alternative asset analysis, and other “business” interests..
Diplôme de Pâtisserie at Le Cordon Bleu
Paris, Île-de-France
Learned how to work fast, precisely, and clean. Also, learned how to ride a bike for the first time
Jonathan C Yang
Product at Notion
jyangsca@gmail.com
About
Product at Notion, previously Figma, Messenger, and Instagram. I'm particularly good at reasoning about design and systems. I attribute this to the good fortune of working with people much smarter than me throughout my career.
I like rockskipping, well-balanced utensils, and wall-mounted shelving. Currently, I'm musing on seasonal produce and Lindsey R. Shere's "Chez Panisse Desserts".
Work Experience
2024 – Now
Product Management at Notion ↗
New York, NY
I lead the core product team working on collaboration, wayfinding, and product architecture. We do this in service of workspaces that are open, organized, and collaborative.
I touch most parts of our product, including but not limited to: sidebar, home, inbox, notifications, comments, profiles, databases, mobile, and more..
2023 – 2024
Product Management at Figma ↗
New York, NY
I led the product team working on collaboration solutions for our largest and most complex customers. We work on a combination of strategic vision setting, tier differentiation, and deep partnership with teams across our business.
Previously, I steered the product teams working on file browser (figma.com) and search. We built better content creation, retrieval, and organization experiences, while looking after performance, quality & infrastructure, and ecosystem health of our broader product suite.
2020 – 2023
Product Management at Messenger ↗
New York, NY
PM on Messenger Calling. I led the Shared Experiences and Growth teams on Messenger Calling, stewarding 30+ contributors across engineering, data science, product design, user research, and marketing.
During my tenure, we shipped the Calls Tab, one of four primary surfaces on Messenger, adding 1M incremental callers. I also founded our experimental bets team, with attributions on several pending patents.
2021 – 2021
Product Management at Instagram ↗
San Francisco, CA + New York, NY
I supported the Instagram Live team. During my tenure, we shipped Paid Subscriber Lives, In-Stream Moderation, and Practice Mode.
I also supported the Instagram Video Calling team. We shipped link-based video calling. Built out augmented reality effects, media co-watching, 50 participant support, invite tracking, joining permissions, ringing, and cross-app calling.
2019 – 2019
Product Management at Atlassian ↗
Mountain View, CA
Co-founded the Confluence Cloud Ecosystem team, extending our API to unblock customers migrating from on-premise servers to cloud.
Education
Degree
B.A. Cognitive Science at UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Some serendipitous mélange of psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, linguistics, and computer science. Graduated with academic honors.
Degree
B.S. Business Administration at UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
An odd mix of finance, economics, accounting, alternative asset analysis, and other “business” interests..
Diploma
Diplôme de Pâtisserie at Le Cordon Bleu
Paris, Île-de-France
Learned how to work fast, precisely, and clean. Also, learned how to ride a bike for the first time