Director of Product - Commerce
At Teachable we empower creators to transform their knowledge into income. To accomplish this, our products enable individuals and small businesses to create, host and sell online courses and coaching. Teachable Creators has tens of thousands of active creators who’ve reached more than 45 million students around the world, teaching a diverse array of topics, ranging from crafting to card tricks to coding. Fifty million people worldwide consider themselves to be creators. More than two million people earn enough from their passion projects to consider it their full-time income. The rise of the creator economy means more people than ever want to share what they know and monetize it. Teachable is poised to offer best-in-class solutions to this ever-growing market.
In 2020, Teachable was acquired by Hotmart Company, a global leader in the Creator Economy with a shared mission of empowering creators to live out their passions. With offices in eight countries and more than 35 million users worldwide, Hotmart’s partnership ensures our creators—current and future—have access to best-in-class technology tools, so they can scale their online businesses with ease and truly make an impact on their students’ lives.
We seek an experienced Director of Product to help us direct and execute our student commerce and monetization strategy You will lead a team of Senior Product Managers and Product Managers, while collaborating with members of the technical leadership team and other cross-functional leaders to plan, execute, and iterate on our product roadmap. We're looking for someone who is highly experienced, pragmatic, and truly excited to participate in the Creator economy, which is expected to more than triple in size in the next 5 years alone.
Reporting to the VP of Product, you’ll be a valuable member of Teachable’s technical leadership team while having an opportunity to have an immense impact on the success of our current and future creators. You bring product vision and a passion for delivering quality products, have a profound understanding of our customers’ needs, and are a sought-after people manager and mentor.
In partnership with our Engineering and Design leaders, you will be responsible for helping creators grow their business, optimize their student funnel, and find new, innovative ways to grow and diversify their revenue streams. This encompasses everything from rapid A/B experimentation to optimize the checkout experience, helping creators price and package their content, and piloting new, experimental products to grow their business.
Our development teams are structured into cross-functional Product Engineering pods each consisting of 4-6 engineers, an Engineering Manager, a Product Manager and a Product Designer. You will oversee multiple pods spanning customer-facing feature development, supporting your engineering leads and managers and ensuring the successful execution of their initiatives and operations.
On the strategic level you will be responsible for developing the overall strategy, direction and roadmap for our commerce capabilities in collaboration with your engineering, design, and other internal departments. You will also be expected to continue building your team’s capabilities as your area of the business grows by hiring the right people and structuring the teams to be as effective as possible.
What You'll Do:
- Strategic leadership of the commerce capabilities of our platform, enabling creators to rapidly grow their business
- Continuously communicate and evangelize product strategy to provide vision, inspiration and motivation to employees and stakeholders within the product group
- Collaborate closely with engineering and product leadership to implement and lead efficient and iterative SDLC (software development lifecycle), quarterly planning and release processes
- Lead the execution of our product roadmap, ensuring that vision and strategy become tangible outcomes
- Develop a strong Product organization by recruiting, mentoring, training and coaching team members. The Director of Product will directly manage 3 Senior Product Managers and an Associate Product Manager.
- Work with Engineering, Sales & Marketing, Customer Operations, Legal, Finance and Leadership members to ensure both strategic alignment and tactical progress towards our product goals
- Connect regularly with Product leaders throughout Hotmart Co. to ensure alignment and integration across our parent company’s portfolio of product offerings
Who You Are:
- You have at least 6-8 years of relevant work experience in a high-growth tech startup or growth stage technology company, including at least 2 years as a people manager
- You are outcome driven and results oriented. You have a proven track record of building high-performing product teams, including recruiting, managing and developing people
- You have domain expertise in SaaS, commerce, or growth products. You have a genuine interest in our domain; you are passionate about the Creator economy, commerce, education, knowledge sharing and/or enabling individuals to become successful through entrepreneurship
- You have a demonstrated ability to create a compelling product strategy and vision, and successfully deliver meaningful outcomes for customers and the business
- You bias towards action, prioritizing testing, learning and continuous innovation
- You’re data-driven, with a deep understanding of business metrics and quantitative goal-setting and its impact on prioritization
- You’re someone who values ruthless prioritization and cross-team alignment.
- You can balance technical feasibility concerns along with user experience and business goals, weighing quick wins with long-term investments appropriately
- You’re someone who is empathetic with customer needs and ensures the output of our technology team addresses them
- You are a strong written and verbal communicator, and can explain and synthesize complexity with ease
- You’re a problem-solver who can help address roadblocks and take on complex problems as needed
Extra Credit:
- Experience working with multi-national/global organizations with multiple stakeholders
- Personal connection to the Creator economy or entrepreneurship
- Previous experience working within EdTech
- Ability to speak Portuguese is a plus!
Additional Details:
- This role is open to remote candidates in the U.S.
- Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
- For this role, the base salary range is $180,000 - $220,000. Total compensation also includes a competitive benefits package and Restricted Stock Units (RSUs). A salary offer will be determined by a number of factors including experience, skill level, education, internal pay equity, and other relevant business considerations. We review all teammate pay and compensation programs regularly to ensure competitive and fair pay.
At Teachable, we are committed to providing fair and competitive pay (using market data to inform our pay bands), rewarding high performance, and ensuring all employees have the opportunity and ability to impact Teachable’s overall company value. Base salaries will be reviewed at regular intervals throughout the year, typically following performance review cycles currently conducted bi-annually or in conjunction with a promotion.
While Teachable maintains our NY office for local employees to use, we operate as a remote-first culture in order to give our employees added flexibility. In order to maintain connection and create a community beyond the screen, Teachable holds company-wide, in-person events 2-3 times per year, where employees and teams can come together for team bonding, strategic alignment, goal-setting, and celebrations!
Benefits:
Comprehensive Health, Dental, & Vision benefits with an option covering up to 100% of monthly premiums Generous Vacation, Personal, and Sick Time
Parental leave, 16 weeks fully paid after three months of service
4% 401(k) with match after three months of service
Supplemental student loan repayment assistance or a professional education stipend
Tax-free commuter benefit
Gym/Wellness reimbursement up to $100 in pre-tax dollars per month
One-time $500 Work from Home (WFH) purchase card for new hires and ongoing WFH monthly reimbursement for certain home expenses of up to $100 per month
Headspace subscription
$250 Donation Match Program
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