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Product Manager

Leads cross-functional product discovery, roadmapping, backlog prioritization, and launch execution to deliver impactful user experiences and commercial outcomes.

Product & Leadership Mid level $100,000 - $160,000 / year

What the role involves

  • Synthesize user research, data insights, and market trends into product roadmaps
  • Author crisp Product Requirement Documents (PRDs) and user stories with acceptance criteria
  • Prioritize delivery sprints balancing customer value, technical debt, and business goals
  • Define, monitor, and report on core product engagement and retention KPIs
  • Align executive stakeholders, sales, marketing, and customer support for go-to-market

Core skills

  • Product Discovery & Strategy (level 4/5)
  • User Research & Customer Interviews (level 4/5)
  • Agile & Scrum Methodologies (level 4/5)
  • Data-Driven Decision Making (level 4/5)
  • Roadmapping & Prioritization (level 4/5)
  • Cross-Functional Leadership (level 4/5)
  • Technical Literacy (level 3/5)

Preferred skills

  • SQL for Product Metrics
  • UI/UX Prototyping (Figma)
  • Go-to-Market Execution

Tools

JiraNotionFigmaMixpanelAmplitudeLinearGoogle AnalyticsPostHog

Experience expected

2-5 years in product management, consulting, UX research, or technical lead roles

Projects that prove the role

  • Comprehensive product discovery and launch of a self-serve onboarding flow
  • Feature prioritization matrix resolving competing requests from 50+ enterprise clients
  • Retention analysis identifying feature usage leading to 25% lower monthly churn

Evidence to collect

  • A PRD or product spec you wrote that shipped
  • A decision memo showing how you prioritised under constraint
  • A metric you moved, with the before and after numbers

What the interview covers

  • Product design sense: critique an existing product and propose improvements
  • Prioritization frameworks (RICE, Kano) under resource and deadline constraints
  • Root cause analysis on a sudden 15% drop in daily active users
  • Handling conflict between engineering feasibility and sales commitment

How the role progresses

  • Associate Product Manager
  • Product Manager
  • Senior Product Manager
  • Group Product Manager
  • VP of Product / Chief Product Officer

Certifications that carry weight

  • Product School Certified Product Manager
  • Reforge Product Strategy Certificate

Related roles

  • data-analyst
  • ui-ux-designer
  • business-analyst

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