Product Manager

Job Description

A BIT ABOUT US Lever's vision is connecting human potential to meaningful work. Hiring is the most strategic challenge that every company faces, and Lever is one of the most recognized brands in talent acquisition software. As the innovation leader in our space, we are searching for great people to join us and push further. We are proud of the company we’ve built so far, but we are even more excited for what is yet to come. Our 5000+ customers include global leaders, startups that are disrupting industries, and businesses around the world. Lever has raised $123 million in funding, most recently a $50M Series D in November 2021. With an overall gender ratio of 50:50 women and men, Lever is also fiercely committed to building a team culture that celebrates diversity and inclusion. We have been certified as a “Great Place to Work”, along with “Best Company Outlook 2022,” and “Forbes Best Startup Employers 2022,” and the list keeps growing! Our people are Lever’s biggest competitive advantage. For more information on our team culture, visit https://inside.lever.co/ . THE CHALLENGE We are looking for an experienced Product Manager to join the team and collaborate to innovate around our Talent Acquisition solution. The successful candidate will help us drive our core roadmap and collaborate with customers to deliver value in areas such as candidate relationship management. The role will partner with Design and Engineering to continue driving innovation for our customers. THE OPPORTUNITY As a PM, you will have the ability to deliver meaningful customer value in a SaaS environment, while you hone your continuous discovery skills, and collaborate with a team of committed product experts. You will contribute to a broader strategy and roadmap discussion based on your unique understanding of our market and customers, and gain experience across the entire product lifecycle, from idea to launch. THE TEAM In the Product Manager role you will report to the Head of Product, and work collaboratively with a distributed team of product management and design experts who execute on our product strategy through roadmap. You will also have the opportunity for cross functional collaboration across our entire company - Engineering, Services, Support, Customer Success, Sales and Marketing.

THE SKILL SET

• 3-5 years experience as a Product Manager or Product Owner in a B2B SaaS company
• A proven track record of applying full lifecycle product management principles working on a key area of a product - roadmap to launch
• Experience using modern PM practices such as continuous discovery, user story mapping, rapid prototyping, etc.
• Experience with Scrum or other agile development
• Bias to action and hands on experience delivering measurable business results
• An interest and ability to learn quickly in a high growth environment
• Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to interact with customers
• Data driven decision making
• Experience collaborating with product design

WITHIN 1 MONTH, YOU'LL

• Complete Ramp Camp, our onboarding program designed to get you up to speed on our business, vision, and team
• Complete Lever product certification to gain a deep understanding of our end to end capabilities
• Gain a good understanding of our processes and systems
• Shadow Product/Design teammate(s) to learn how we plan and deliver releases, work with cross functional teammates and interact with customers
• Focus on a deeper understanding of the product area you will own
• Gain an understanding of our currently defined roadmap
• Learn about the competitive landscape for TA solutions

WITHIN 3 MONTHS, YOU'LL

• Shadow customer interactions to understand how our customers use our solutions and where their pain points are
• Meet with Sales and CS to gain the prospect/customer perspective
• Meet and begin engagement with the Engineering team you will partner with, and start to immerse yourself in their current work and understand the backlog
• Participate as part of Product in the planning process for our next release
• Shadow a release launch to understand Product’s role

WITHIN 6 MONTHS, YOU'LL

• Define both personal and team level OKR’s and track performance against these
• Partner with your design and Engineering colleagues to deliver key features in a release
• Engage with customers for continuous discovery to ensure the feature meets customer needs
• Articulate the features in terms of customer value and carry this through to launch
• Define key data you will consume for decision making, and ensure we are collecting data around adoption and use for future investment

WITHIN 12 MONTHS, YOU'LL

• Leverage your product, data, competitor and customer knowledge to contribute to strategic roadmap discussions and help plot the differentiated roadmap for your area
• Continue to monitor competitive developments and leverage these where relevant
• Be perceived as the SME in your area of the Lever solution, while maintaining a solid understanding of our end to end capabilities
• Contribute your expertise and experience to continuous improvement for our Product organization
• Mentor newer members of the Product team

Is this role not an exact fit? Sign up to stay in touch, we'll let you know when we have new positions on the team. The Lever story Lever is a leading Talent Acquisition Suite that makes it easy for talent teams to reach their hiring goals and to connect companies with top talent. Lever is the only platform that provides all talent acquisition leaders with complete ATS and robust CRM capabilities in one product, LeverTRM. The LeverTRM features allow leaders to scale and grow their people pipeline, build authentic and long-lasting relationships, and source the right people to hire. Lever Analytics provides customized reports with data visualization, see offers completed and interview feedback, and more, to inform strategic decisions between hiring managers and executives alike. Our platform also enables companies to hire with inclusivity in mind, helping eliminate any hiring bias. Lever supports the hiring needs of over 5,000 companies around the globe including the teams at Netflix, Spotify, Atlassian, KPMG, and Nielsen. For more information, visit https://www.lever.co . California residents applying for positions at Lever can see our privacy policy here . #LI-EM1 #LI-REMOTE #BI-REMOTE Apply for this job