Drive adoption and growth of the Premium product offering.
Define the overarching strategy for your group and align with exec stakeholders.
Hire and support a high-performing product team; with a track record of empowering reports.
Be an Individual contributor a product team in the early stages of your time with us, in order to show execution excellence and model performance to your reports.
Advocate for and up-skill product as a function in your area, and across the company.
Develop and maintain a comprehensive product roadmap that aligns with company objectives and market demands.
Lead cross-functional collaboration to ensure seamless product development and launch processes.
Conduct and analyze market research to identify new opportunities and stay ahead of industry trends.
Implement data-driven decision-making processes to optimize product performance and user experience.
Establish and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure product success and drive continuous improvement.
Foster a culture of innovation and experimentation within the product team and across the organization.
Serve as a key communicator between product teams and senior leadership, providing clear updates and strategic insights.
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related technical field. (will accept equivalent foreign degree).
6 years of total experience in either business to consumer ("B2C") or subscription products.
3 years of experience in growth, pricing, or subscription feature development is required.
2 years of experience in hiring and leveling-up Product Managers.
2 years of experience demonstrating strong IC product skills, including leading from the front and teaching best practices.
2 years of experience leading autonomous projects that resulted in significant business impact.
2 years of experience applying a customer-centric approach and validating decisions with data.
2 years of experience working with cross-functional teams, including Engineering, User Experience, Research, Data, and Design.
1 year of startup experience.
2 years of experience engaging in high-level technical discussions.
3 years of experience with A/B testing and user research (both qualitative and quantitative).
3 years of experience scaling products to millions of users.
Will also accept any suitable combination of education, training, and/or experience.
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