Senior Product Manager

Handoff•Austin, TX

11d

About The Position

Handoff is seeking a Senior Product Manager to own the roadmap, strategy, execution, and outcomes for a core product area. The role involves leading a cross-functional squad with engineering and design to transform complex contractor problems into simple, high-impact products. This position is ideal for an individual with strong judgment, deep customer obsession, and a commitment to evidence-based execution, who is energized by complexity and detail-oriented in a fast-paced, AI-driven startup environment.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in Product Management, ideally in vertical SaaS and high-growth tech startups or scaleups.
Experience building B2B SaaS products.
AI experience strongly preferred.
Track record of owning meaningful product areas from strategy and discovery through launch, adoption, and measurable impact.
Experience building 0→1 or early-stage products and rapidly iterating toward adoption.
Strong skills in customer discovery, research, experimentation, and ruthless prioritization.
Proven ability to work hand-in-hand with engineers and designers in agile environments.
Excellent writing and communication skills - able to produce crisp specs, epics, prototypes, and roadmap docs.
AI-native mindset — comfortable using AI in your own work and excited about building products where AI fundamentally changes customer workflows.
Excitement about construction, remodeling, and home services - genuine curiosity about contractors’ world and transforming the construction industry.
Startup DNA - comfort in ambiguity, bias for action, stamina for fast-moving environments.

Nice To Haves

Experience building CRM, project management, payments / fintech / banking, AI-driven products, or self-serve PLG (product-led growth).

Responsibilities

Own the squad roadmap, strategic direction, execution, traction, and outcomes for a core product area.
Identify and prioritize the highest-leverage customer and business problems, making clear tradeoffs about what to build and what not to build.
Conduct continuous customer discovery (interviews, prototypes, field visits, user behavior) and translate insights into clear specs, user stories, and priorities.
Partner closely with engineering and design from ambiguous problems to simple, polished solutions, iterating quickly from discovery through launch and beyond.
Define success metrics, set up tracking, analyze performance, and drive measurable improvements in adoption, activation, retention, and business outcomes.
Produce and update the roadmap and communicate product direction across leadership and GTM teams.
Translate features into benefits, positioning, and customer outcomes, supporting sales, marketing, and onboarding with clear collateral.
Ensure quality through QA, polish, and validation of every flow and edge case before launch.
Apply Handoff’s product principles (simplemaxxing, mobile-first, AI-first, and customer-obsession) to every design, feature, and product decision.