Product Manager

Recidiviz•New York, NY

23d•$135,000•Remote

About The Position

Recidiviz is thrilled to be hiring a Product Manager to join our team! We’re a small, fast-moving nonprofit that builds tools that impact criminal justice decision making and outcomes. That’s where you come in. We’re looking for a creative, high-agency product leader who can help shape our roadmap, rally cross-functional teams, and bring impactful ideas to life with scrappy execution and strategic insight. About us Recidiviz is creating safer, healthier communities by improving outcomes for people in the criminal justice system. We build technology to reduce the number of people in prison and to help criminal justice leaders embrace data-driven decision-making. Using software tools and thoughtful product design, we’ve been able to safely and permanently reduce incarceration and improve outcomes. We work side-by-side with leaders of the criminal justice system, people in prison and on supervision, and ecosystem partners to build a better path forward. In addition to the revenue we earn from state partners, some of the most respected philanthropists and foundations support our work. People who succeed at Recidiviz lead with kindness and humility, assume good intent, learn from failure, and fix problems when they see them. They are excited to work arm in arm with government leadership and staff to improve outcomes. They are great listeners. They build deep relationships with and empathy for the people we work with and the people who our mission serves, even when those two groups feel at odds. About the role Product Managers at Recidiviz own big, complex, mission-critical problem spaces and turn them into high-impact, highly-loved software. You’ll work with engineers, designers, and justice system leaders to identify opportunities, ship products, and iterate fast. Travel is part of the role and planned collaboratively — but the role is remote-flexible with offices in NYC and Oakland for those who prefer hybrid. Please note: We expect this role will require 10-25% of time spent traveling domestically across the US, about 1-3 trips per quarter. We expect these trips to include visits to prisons and parole offices.

Requirements

3+ years of experience in product management building user-facing software
Strong product sense and strategic intuition — you can see the big picture and sweat the details
Comfortable leading through ambiguity and independently making calls with imperfect data
Proven ability to collaborate with complex stakeholder relationships with empathy, diplomacy, and clarity
Love being scrappy - you spot opportunities others miss and aren’t afraid to roll up your sleeves to chase them. You treat constraints as catalysts, not roadblocks, and bring ingenuity to both strategy and execution.
Technical fluency — you’re comfortable working closely with engineers and understanding architectural tradeoffs
Passion for our mission to make the criminal justice system more humane, equitable, and effective
Willing to travel: We expect this role will require 10-25% of time spent traveling domestically across the US, about 1-3 trips per quarter. These trips include visits to prisons and parole offices.

Nice To Haves

Experience shipping products in government, health, criminal justice, or similarly complex domains
Background in startups, civic tech, or other resource-constrained, impact-driven environments
Strong storytelling skills for motivating teams, aligning stakeholders, and driving change
Corrections industry working experience, or lived experience navigating the corrections system

Responsibilities

Lead strategy and execution for one or more of our state partner portfolios — from vision to wireframe to deployment and iteration
Translate ambiguous real-world needs into smart, user-centric product decisions in collaboration with state partners, engineers, and designers
Drive product discovery with grit and creativity — conducting interviews, mapping workflows, and testing hypotheses in scrappy ways
Define metrics, track outcomes, and communicate impact across internal and external audiences
Foster a strong product culture grounded in clarity, curiosity, and urgency
Roll up your sleeves to help with whatever it takes — we’re a small team, and we all pitch in

Benefits

Effective, extremely thoughtful colleagues, working together on a mission that matters
90% medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage for you and your dependents
Flexible time off, including 20 days of PTO, 3 days of paid volunteering time, and 13 paid holidays per year
401(k) retirement plan with 5% company match and no vesting period
12 weeks of paid parental leave
Complimentary One Medical membership (availability based on location)
Partnership with Carrot to provide employees with inclusive fertility and family-forming benefits, as well as a small but growing number of hormonal health and gender-affirming care benefits
Monthly ClassPass credit for personal wellness
Free mental health support via Talkspace
Well-located offices in Oakland and Manhattan, with the flexibility to work remotely or go into either office as you choose
An annual company offsite and other ad-hoc gatherings
All the exhilarating challenges and stretch opportunities of a tech startup, combined with the mission-driven heart of a nonprofit