Product Manager

This is a fully in-office role in Austin TX. MondayFriday 9:00am5:30pm CT.

Our client is a well established company in the HR / Recruiting Technology space. Youllbe a Product Manager working across our search engagement and platform alongside experienced engineering and data science teams who know the product and the domain well. Your role is to add market perspective product strategy and a data-driven approach to figuring out what to build next.

Youllhelp define what good PM work looks like here which means building relationships earning trust andshowing your value through the decisionsyou make and the results that consumer-facing products that help candidates discover the right opportunities including our job search experience email and SMS engagement channels and features designed to turn first-time visitors into returning users.

Responsibilities

• Own the product vision strategy and roadmap across search engagement and engineering leadsto getalignment on priorities andbuildreal buy-in around wherewereheaded.
• Figure out where the biggest opportunities are by understanding both sides of the marketplace: what advertisers need to spend well and what job seekers need to find apply to and come back for the right jobs.
• Have a point of view on where product should itup with data about market gaps competitive dynamics and customer behavior. Be willing to defend it.
• Work directly with engineering on technical tradeoffs. You should be comfortable talking about search ranking recommendation systems engagement optimization bid mechanics and consumer-facing UI/UX even ifyourenot writing the code.
• Help build the product management function: figure out what good PM work looks like at and put rituals and processes in place that add value without adding overhead.
• Bridge the gap between what customers ask for and what the business actually sales feedback job seeker behavior data and engagement metrics into product strategy.
• Own job seeker retention and engagement across channels (web email SMS). Use data to understand what brings candidates back and what converts them into returning users.
• Define success metrics for your initiatives and hold yourself accountable to them.

Required qualifications

• 2 years of product management experienceas the primary PM embedded directly with an engineering team.
• Track recordof influencing without authority.Youvechanged the direction of a team or product by getting buy-in from people whodidntreport to for specific examples.
• Experience shaping a PM function.Youvehelped grow or reshape a product management function earned trust from technical teams and shown your value through results not process.
• Comfortable in technical debate.You can disagree with a senior engineer stay open to their perspective and keep the working relationship under pressure and work through disagreement constructively.
• Technically fluent.Youdontneed to code but you need to keep up in conversations about search systems ranking algorithms auction mechanics and data pipelines. Engineers should feel like you get the tradeoffstheyredealing with.
• Consumer product sense.Youveworked on user-facingproductsand you naturally think about what makes someone come back what drives engagement and how design choices affect working with designers and making calls that balance business goals with job seeker needs.
• Data-driven.You reach for evidence not opinion. When you propose somethingyouvealready thought about howyoudmeasure whetheritsworking.
• BA/BSrequired; technical degree a strong plus.
• Must be permanently eligible to work in the US without employer sponsorship.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in ad-tech programmatic advertising or two-sided marketplaces
• Background in search relevance recommendation systems or user engagement
• Experience with consumer-facing web or mobile products including lifecycle marketing retention or growth
• Experience in talent acquisition HR tech or job board platforms
• Graduate degree or engineering background
• Experience with supply-and-demand economics pricing or auction design

What success looks like

First90 days:Youvebuilt good working relationships across the search engagement and platform teams. You understand how the systemsworkyouvecontributed towhatsalready in flight andyouveidentified23 product ideas worth testing.

First 6 months:Youveshipped or started testing at least one initiative that came from your own analysis of the market or user behavior and the team got behind it because you made the case with data. You know how job seekers use our product across channels and where the biggest engagement gaps are.

First year:Engineering teams see you as someone who makes them better. The roadmap reflects a mix of technical investment market-driven bets and job at least one engagement or retention metric in a measurable way. Leadership has a clearer picture of where the product is going and why.

Benefits

• Competitive Total Compensation package
• Comprehensive company-paid health vision and dental insurance premiums for you and your dependents
• Company-paid gym membership orClassPass
• 401(k) retirement plan with 3% employer contribution
• 100% paid parental leave
• Unlimited PTO (responsibly managed)
• Paid company holidays
• Awesome company events

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