[Wattpad] Product Manager

WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. (Wattpad & WEBTOON Family of Brands) • Toronto, ON

1d • $95,000 - $120,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Wattpad is seeking a Product Manager to join their Product team. This role is crucial in shaping the company's product strategy and driving significant outcomes for both users and the business. The ideal candidate is passionate about fandom, storytelling, the creator economy, and developing products for millions of users. The Product Manager will connect the product vision to business challenges and technology opportunities, collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team including engineering, design, marketing, and analytics. They will focus on understanding and solving user needs while ensuring business goals are met, facilitating solution determination, and representing the team to align efforts with organizational needs and stakeholder support.

Requirements

• At least 2-4 years of professional experience as a product manager
• Experience and understanding of technology systems
• Have strong product instincts about getting from a user pain point to an underlying problem
• Passion for the power of storytelling
• Excellent leadership and communications skills, with experience managing a variety of stakeholders
• Data-driven/analytical mindset with the ability to break down complex problems into manageable tasks and prioritize them and work comfortably in forecasts and revenue predictions
• Natural curiosity with a thirst to validate assumptions with data, insight and peer discussions to inform yourself better

Nice To Haves

• Degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Business, or UX Design an asset

Responsibilities

• Work with a multi-functional team to create, evolve and maintain multiple products across the platform
• Manage the product roadmap and ensure priorities are aligned with Wattpad's broader strategy
• Be responsible for hitting goals in line with the Wattpad’s strategy
• Facilitate a strong product discovery process around understanding users, partners and stakeholder needs constantly validating hypotheses
• Work closely with our engineering teams to better define, implement and iterate on solutions together
• Seek to deeply understand how readers engage with the platform, clearly define and prioritize challenges and opportunities to ensure we are working on the right things at the right time
• Work closely with the product management team to ensure a cohesive and integrated product experience that meets the needs of our users, while supporting each other’s development across the practice
• Build strong relationships across the company to help solve problems together

Benefits

• Career development; we believe in mentorship and investing in your learning, supporting you to achieve your goals
• Top industry health benefits, including vision and dental
• Your own health/wellness account to spend each year
• RRSP Contributions (Canada), 401K Contributions (USA)
• Generous vacation and Maternity/Parental leave top-up program
• Corporate discount for gym memberships for you and your family
• Work from almost anywhere in the world for part of the year
• Winter break shutdown

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree