Product Manager, Events
Everyone is welcome at Handshake. We know diverse teams build better products and we are committed to creating an inclusive culture built on a foundation of respect for all individuals. We strongly encourage candidates from non-traditional backgrounds, historically marginalized or underrepresented groups to apply.
Your impact
Handshake is hiring a Product Manager reporting to the VP of Product. You will PM-lead the Spaces squad, one of two squads on the Live Connections team. The team owns the events and scheduling surface area across all three sides of our marketplace: students, employers and EDUs.
You’ll work closely with the Senior Product Manager of the Attendance squad to jointly develop and execute a roadmap for the Live Connections team. The team has multiple goals, including 1) driving revenue from our premium events product offering for employers 2) fostering a vibrant selection of career fairs and events for students to participate in both in person and virtually 3) helping students, EDUs and employers get the most out of events, especially through continuing connections afterwards.
In addition to working with engineers, designers, user researchers and analysts, you’ll also collaborate closely outside of R&D with product marketing, sales and customer success. All the while, you’ll be mindful about making positive societal impact, including improving diversity, equity and inclusion in early talent recruiting.
Your role
As a product manager, you’ll plan and deliver a roadmap to: Â
Expand and innovate: improve existing events and career fairs, explore new types of events, seamlessly integrate 1:1 meetings into marketplace touchpoints
Engage users: whether they are students, employer users or EDU partner users
Drive marketplace value: continually strive to identify and optimize the key points of value creation across all three sides of the network
You’ll own the lifecycle end-to-end for your product area, including:
Product development process: Leading a high performing cross-functional squad, including engineering and design partners, from research and roadmap planning to deliveryÂ
Launch and adoption: Partner closely on go-to-market and implementation. You never hesitate to roll up your sleeves and tackle something hands-on. It’s never someone else’s problem. You’ll run beta programs and pilots to maximize learning and minimize code investment, getting close to the customer and the details through the process.Â
Cross-Handshake partnership: Work with stakeholders across Handshake to innovate quickly but deliberately
Goals, metrics and tracking: Create a robust and clear thread of data from strategy through development through in-market iteration.
Your experience
Strong foundation in roadmap development and releasing products for complex, multifaceted marketplace businesses or SaaS platforms.
3+ years partnering with engineering teams to ship code. Ideally in a many-stakeholder environment with dependencies and collaboration.Â
Strong systems and analytical thinker. Can connect the dots, spot challenges and edge cases, integrate multiple considerations.
Extensive experience presenting both internally and externally including working with customers, users, and internal cross-functional partners and executives.
Working knowledge of SaaS products including solving for more than one user persona.
Experience working at a consumer marketplace, ideally a B2B2C marketplace like Handshake
User focused. You dive headfirst into understanding the needs of employers and build products grounded in data and research.
Compensation range
- $130,000-$160,000Â
For cash compensation, we set standard ranges for all U.S.-based roles based on function, level, and geographic location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies. In order to be compliant with local legislation, as well as to provide greater transparency to candidates, we share salary ranges on all job postings regardless of desired hiring location. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including geographic location as well as candidate experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed above.
About us
Handshake is the #1 place to launch a career with no connections, experience, or luck required. The platform connects up-and-coming talent with 750,000+ employers - from Fortune 500 companies like Google, Nike, and Target to thousands of public school districts, healthcare systems, and nonprofits. In 2022 we announced our $200M Series F funding round. This Series F fundraise and valuation of $3.5B will fuel Handshake’s next phase of growth and propel our mission to help more people start, restart, and jumpstart their careers.
When it comes to our workforce strategy, we’ve thought deeply about how work-life should look here at Handshake. With our Hub-Based Remote Working strategy, employees can enjoy the flexibility of remote work, whilst ensuring collaboration and team experiences in a shared space remains possible. Handshake is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Denver, New York, London, and Berlin and teammates working globally.Â
Check out our careers site to find a hub near you!
What we offer
Benefits below apply to employees in full-time positions.
At Handshake, we'll give you the tools to feel healthy, happy and secure.
- đź’° Equity and ownership in a fast-growing company.
- 🍼 16 Weeks of paid parental leave for birth giving parents & 10 weeks of paid parental leave for non-birth giving parents.
- đź’ť Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision policies including LGTBQ+ Coverage. We also provide resources for Mental Health Assistance, Employee Assistance Programs and counseling support.
- đź’» Handshake offers $500/ÂŁ360 home office stipend for you to spend during your first 3 months to create a productive and comfortable workspace at home.
- đź“š Generous learning & development opportunities and an annual $2,000/ÂŁ1,500 stipend for you to grow your skills and career.
(US Handshakers)
- 🏦 401k Match: Handshake offers a dollar-for-dollar match on 1% of deferred salary, up to a maximum of $1,200 per year.
- 🏝 All full-time US-based Handshakers are eligible for our flexible time off policy to get out and see the world. In addition, we offer 8 standardized holidays, and 2 additional days of flexible holiday time off. Lastly, we have a Winter #ShakeBreak, a one-week period of Collective Time Off.Â
(UK Handshakers)Â
- 🏦 Pension Scheme: Handshake will provide you with a workplace pension, where you will make contributions based on 5% of your salary. Handshake will pay the equivalent of 3% towards your pension plan, subject to qualifying earnings limits.
- 🏝 Up to 25 days of vacation to encourage people to reset, recharge, and refresh, in addition to 8 bank holidays throughout the year.
For roles based in Berlin, Poland, and Romania: Please ask your recruiter about region specific benefits.
Looking for more? Explore our mission, values and comprehensive US benefits at joinhandshake.com/careers.