Senior Product Manager, Ops Tools
Build the Platform that powers global tradeThe opportunity
Trade is highly collaborative, with multiple parties interacting across the globe. Our vision is to unite modern technology with human collaboration to raise the access and quality of trade. We want to make trade accessible to all. You will be a part of solving some of the toughest challenges in the industry.
Join us in innovating and automating the Freight Forwarding experience for global internal and partner Operators where we deliver the right work to the right people at the right time, becoming the most cost efficient service providers in the industry.
You will:
- Work with a cross-functional team of designers, engineers, and operations specialists to bring the product vision to life.
- Become a domain expert: understand our various user operation personas and the work involved to move freight across air, land, and sea.
- Understand customer and business needs, write clear stories to help designers and engineers execute fast, and jointly make rapid progress building products with meaningful impact.
- Be a strong voice for your team, communicating feature releases and managing expectations with stakeholders inside and outside the company.
- Add to our product culture and continuously improve Flexport’s product processes.
- Work with a global team across San Francisco, Chicago, Shenzhen and Amsterdam.
You should have:
- At least five years of product management or relevant work experience.
- Passion, curiosity, and willingness to face challenges and solve problems.
- Ability to deal with ambiguity - given an open-ended task, you can deliver impactful work with minimal supervision.
- Empathy for end users - partner with Design team to craft intuitive workflows that improve our user experience and satisfaction.
- Great communication - You are able to communicate effectively, write strong product requirements, and drive consensus across functions and teams.
- Technical competence – you can discuss API’s and services with the engineering team (you don’t need to be able to code).
Bonus if you have:
- Logistics or a SaaS Mid-Market / Enterprise product experience
- Experience working at a company that has scaled quickly
- Experience working with an international team
About Flexport
We believe trade can move the human race forward. That’s why it’s our mission to make global trade easy for everyone. Flexport is building the platform for global logistics, empowering buyers, sellers and their logistics partners with the technology and services to grow and innovate. Today, companies of all sizes—from emerging brands to Fortune 500s—use Flexport technology to move more than $10B of merchandise across 112 countries every year.
Worried about not having any logistics experience?
Don’t be! Our mission is to make global trade easy for everyone. That’s why it’s important to bring people from diverse backgrounds and experiences together with our industry veterans to help move the global logistics industry forward.
We know this industry is complex. That’s why we invest in education starting day one with Flexport Academy, a one week intensive onboarding program designed specifically to set every new Flexport employee up for success.
At Flexport, our ability to fulfill our mission of making global trade easy for everyone relies on having a diverse, dedicated and engaged workforce. That is why Flexport is committed to creating and nurturing an environment where anyone can be their authentic self. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, health status, marital and family status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.