Contract Product Manager (Evergreen)

Blue State•Oakland, DC

1d•$60 - $90•Hybrid

About The Position

This is an evergreen job post, meaning it is not an active job posting but an expression of interest for future Contract Product Manager roles. The role involves working with leading nonprofits and progressive organizations to reimagine how they engage audiences through their digital product suite, which can include websites and marketing platforms. The Product Manager will collaborate with Tech, Strategy, Design, and Analytics teams to conduct user research, identify product requirements, define content strategy, create sprint plans, write acceptance criteria, and test and iterate on deliverables for clients.

Requirements

3+ years of experience in a product management role or similar role, and experience with website projects.
Experience with CMS-driven websites, such as those built on WordPress.
Familiarity with and interest in marketing platforms, including CRMs, and data and personalization technology used by organizations to engage and mobilize their supporters.
Familiarity with HTML, CSS, and JS.
Experienced with using qualitative and quantitative data to make product decisions
Ability to use wireframes to communicate recommendations to design teams
Cognizance of the overall AI landscape and the ability to evaluate AI outputs critically.
Willingness to wear multiple hats and get into the weeds across product needs including UX design, content strategy, and user research.
Excellent communication skills.
Ability to interact with technical and non-technical stakeholders alike.
Strong collaborator and relationship builder.
Empathy, positivity, respect, and the ability to be a role model at Blue State.

Nice To Haves

You will not architect a WordPress site yourself, but you will vet designs and feature requirements for feasibility and judge an engineering team’s progress.
You will not need to write any code, but you will need to speak to the capabilities of common web technologies.

Responsibilities

Assess clients’ digital platforms, identify goals, and communicate solutions that help clients achieve their strategic objectives.
Cultivate an understanding of users’ needs and behaviors through interviews, analytics, and other forms of research.
Create personas and user journeys, and represent users’ perspective in planning sessions.
Conduct product research and lead feature ideation and prioritization sessions.
Evaluate all proposed features against the product scope.
Provide creative recommendations based on your technical expertise when features don’t fit in the budget.
Make the tough calls when a sprint plan is over budget.
Write and maintain functional requirements, ensuring that all functionality, user flows, and edge cases are understood by stakeholders.
Be the client-facing expert on product functionality, answering questions and solving problems.
Develop testing and measurement plans in coordination with strategists and analysts.
Manage agile product builds, overseeing sprint plans, standups, and backlogs.
Use project management tools such as Jira to track progress and communicate status.
Manage stakeholder feedback, ensuring that issues are reported and prioritized correctly.
Use your tech skills to clarify defects for developers and augment bug reports with necessary context.
Use AI to accelerate your work, whether that’s writing requirements, creating prototypes, or organizing inputs.