Are you someone who very naturally possesses the vision to drive big picture change and growth but also will tend to the details or process necessary to attain those goals? Would you say that you are a very self-sufficient person comfortable when asked to lead projects or teams? Want to help make the world a safer, more sustainable and more creative place? If so, Black Spectacles’ Product Manager role may be the perfect opportunity for you to grow in your career!

At Black Spectacles, we’re a purpose driven company, aimed squarely at educating and inspiring architects across the world so they can thrive in their careers.

Our platform attracts architects around the world who want to push the limits of their industry. Our content — which includes podcasts, design tutorials and exam prep — helps architects keep pace with emerging technologies and software so they can do their best work.

Black Spectacles is Chicago-based with a fully remote staff. We are a Great Place to Work-Certified™ company and ranked #11 in Education on the INC. 5000 America’s Fastest Growing Company List in 2019. To keep that momentum going strong, we’re expanding our team of enthusiastic go-getters. We're on the hunt for a Product Manager to promote growth and innovation of our products aligning the voice of the customer with our product roadmap.

You will

• Research our industry and come up with current trends or ideas that will improve our product experience and capabilities.
• Prioritize a product backlog and collaborate with multiple product development team members to establish product roadmap and deliver high quality software.
• Analyze and document (JIRA) all product requirements.
• Prepare project plans, scoping documents and other artifacts as part of the Product development process.
• Lead Engineering and QA teams to ensure timely release of products.
• Collaborate with Marketing to coordinate releases to the user base.
• Work with Customer Experience to better understand the needs of our customers.

Requirements

• Significant demonstrated professional experience with software product management or in a Product Manager/Product Owner role
• Strong experience analyzing requirements, writing scoping documents, and prioritizing features and stories.
• Experience delivering both new SaaS products as well as improving upon existing SaaS products
• Experience working directly with customers/clients
• Experience using defect tracking tools like JIRA.
• Highly analytical with the ability to tie product decisions and recommendations to ROI, data, and available metrics
• Must be able to travel to Chicago for quarterly team meetings

Benefits

• 'Work from Wherever' Policy
• BCBS Medical Plans
• Principal Dental, Vision, Short-Term, Long-Term and Life Insurance
• HSA & FSA Programs
• 401k
• Profit Sharing Plans
• Unlimited Paid Time Off
• Paid Company Holiday Time Off
• Employer-Sponsored Training Opportunities
• Paid Volunteer Time
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Referral Program
• Quarterly & Annual Team Events

Black Spectacles is an equal opportunity employer.