12twenty is the leading platform for employers to connect with elite early career professionals. Our community includes millions of students, recent graduates, and alumni from top business schools, law schools, and universities around the world. We take pride connecting our community of candidates with recruiters from top companies across industries. Come join our fast growing organization!
Position Overview:
12twenty is seeking a Senior Product Manager with deep experience in the talent acquisition, recruiting, or staffing software space to lead the strategy, development, and evolution of our suite of career services and recruiting products. This is a unique opportunity to own high-impact initiatives that support students, alumni, and employers within the higher education ecosystem.
The ideal candidate combines strategic vision with a hands-on approach and is passionate about creating elegant, data-driven solutions that meet the needs of educational institutions, career centers, and recruiters. You will collaborate across engineering, design, marketing, and customer success to define and deliver product experiences that drive measurable outcomes for our users.
Responsibilities:
Product Strategy & VisionOwn the long-term product vision and strategy for a major product line or initiative.
Define and communicate a clear product roadmap aligned with company goals and user needs.
Evaluate and prioritize product opportunities based on market research, customer input, and business impact.
Lead and mentor cross-functional teams through the entire product development lifecycle—from ideation through launch and iteration.
Ensure clear communication and alignment between product, engineering, design, marketing, and sales.
Represent the product team in strategic discussions with executive leadership.
Engage directly with users and customers to uncover pain points, workflows, and success metrics.
Conduct competitive analysis and stay on top of industry trends, particularly in HR tech, recruiting platforms, and higher ed software.
Partner with UX and research teams to deliver intuitive, accessible, and high-impact user experiences.
Lead discovery processes including user interviews, data analysis, and prototype testing.
Leverage user feedback, support insights, and usage data to continuously iterate and improve the product.
Collaborate with marketing and customer success teams to deliver successful product launches.
Develop positioning, messaging, and documentation that enable sales and support teams to succeed.
Monitor and analyze product KPIs to ensure ongoing value delivery and user engagement.
Qualifications:
- 5+ years of experience in product management, with at least 2 years in a senior or lead role.
- Experience working in a scrappy, entrepreneurial, startup, scale-up, or otherwise resource-constrained organization.
- Demonstrated end-to-end product ownership is required. You must have personally identified and validated customer problems, shaped solutions, partnered closely with developers through execution, shipped products, and measured and iterated on results after launch.
- Hands-on experience building AI agents, workflow automations, applications, or functional AI-powered tools using platforms such as Hermes, OpenClaw, Grok Bot, or similar technologies. Prompting alone does not meet this requirement.
- Proven success leading B2B SaaS product initiatives in the recruiting, staffing, or talent acquisition space.
- Strong understanding of the product lifecycle, from research and strategy through execution and iteration.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills.
- Experience working with Agile teams and product tools (e.g., Jira, Productboard, Figma, Mixpanel).
- Passion for solving complex problems at the intersection of education, recruiting, and technology.
If you are a strategic thinker, passionate about building innovative products, and thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, we invite you to apply for the Senior Product Manager position at 12twenty. Join us in shaping the future of career services and recruiting solutions!
The annual compensation range for this position is listed below. This salary range is an estimate, and the actual salary may vary based on company compensation practices, job related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and trainings, in addition to geographic location.
In addition to the range below, US employees are eligible for equity. Employees in this position are also eligible to participate in the Company’s standard benefit programs, which currently include the following: medical, dental, and vision benefits, 401(k), and paid time off.
Annual compensation range: $120,000 - $160,000
The annual compensation range for this position is listed above. This salary range is an estimate, and the actual salary may vary based on company compensation practices, job related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and trainings, in addition to geographic location.
In addition to the range below, US employees are eligible for equity. Employees in this position are also eligible to participate in the Company’s standard benefit programs, which currently include the following: medical, dental, and vision benefits, 401(k), and paid time off.
- Competitive salary
- Generous PTO policy
- Full benefits, including 401(k)
- Regular team happy hours and activities
- Remote work flexibility
12twenty is an enterprise level talent acquisition platform connecting the world’s largest employers with students and alumni from top business schools and other graduate level institutions. The market for talent, especially highly qualified talent, continues to grow more and more competitive. 12twenty’s unique position as the connection between students, schools, and employers has fueled our rocketship growth. Come be part of our journey!
12twenty offers competitive salary and stock options and an amazing team to innovate and collaborate with. We love what we do, we embody a passion for continuous improvement, and we support each other to be excellent!
Check out a video from a recent user conference: https://vimeo.com/1205520510
Skills Required
- 5+ years of product management experience
- At least 2 years in a senior or lead product management role
- Experience in a scrappy, entrepreneurial, startup, scale-up, or resource-constrained organization
- End-to-end product ownership, including customer problem validation, solution shaping, developer partnership, product delivery, measurement, and iteration
- Hands-on experience building AI agents, workflow automations, applications, or functional AI-powered tools using Hermes, OpenClaw, Grok Bot, or similar technologies
- Experience leading B2B SaaS product initiatives in recruiting, staffing, or talent acquisition
- Strong understanding of the product lifecycle from research and strategy through execution and iteration
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills
- Experience working with Agile teams and product tools such as Jira, Productboard, Figma, or Mixpanel
- Passion for solving problems at the intersection of education, recruiting, and technology
What We Do
12twenty is empowering schools to make smarter, data-driven decisions. Our intuitive platforms allow career advisers to more effectively manage the employment process, give students a better understanding of the recruiting cycle, and help employers find the perfect candidate. The world's top schools are using 12twenty to streamline their career analytics and management process. Founded in 2010, 12twenty is a Santa Monica-based startup made up of passionate, talented, and hardworking individuals committed to bringing innovation to higher education.
