Product Manager (Evergreen)

Blue State•Oakland, CA

7h•$91,000 - $93,000•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 Product Manager roles. The Product Manager will work with leading nonprofits and progressive organizations to reimagine how they engage audiences through their digital product suite, which can include websites and digital marketing platforms. The role involves working closely 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 Blue State’s unique portfolio of clients. Product Managers at Blue State are generalists who create connections between strategists, designers, engineers, analysts, content producers, and client stakeholders.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in product management, particularly with website projects.
Experience with CMS-driven websites, such as those built on WordPress. 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.
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. You will not need to write any code, but you will need to speak to the capabilities of common web technologies.
Experienced with using qualitative and quantitative data to make product decisions
Willingness to wear multiple hats and get into the weeds across product needs including UX design, content strategy, and user research.
Ability to use wireframes to communicate recommendations to design teams
Excellent communication skills. Ability to interact with technical and non-technical stakeholders alike.
Strong collaborator and relationship builder. Colleagues know they can come to you for help working through issues or opportunities.
Empathy, positivity, respect, and the ability to be a role model at Blue State.

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.
Write and maintain functional requirements, ensuring that all functionality, user flows, and edge cases are understood by stakeholders. Documentation could range from lofi sketches to detailed acceptance criteria.
Develop testing and measurement plans in coordination with strategists and analysts.
Help create sprint plans and release schedules.
Manage stakeholder feedback, evaluating all proposed features against the product scope and ensuring that bugs are reported and prioritized correctly. Provide creative recommendations based on your technical expertise when features don’t fit in the budget. Make the tough calls when scope needs to be cut.
Support the greater Business Development team with the scoping of new client product engagements. Estimate effort, ensure that team members are aligned on what’s being proposed, and guard against proposals that aren’t feasible.
Contribute to the development and maintenance of general documentation and toolkits within the product management practice.