Senior Software Product Manager
About The Position
As a Senior Software Product Manager at Bezos Academy, you will help more parents and caregivers create moments that matter by inventing solutions for early childhood education. You will join a founding team that is building solutions to challenges in early childhood education, combining AI technology, mobile apps, and curated learning materials to put a coach in the pocket of every parent. You will drive the product strategy for family impact through our mobile app, leading a product development team from concept through launch and ongoing ownership. Your work will combine digital experiences for caregivers with analog activities for children. You’ll work from a basis of family insights to make hard trade-offs and prioritize what matters most: the children and families we serve. You have a track record of building first-generation products and experiences that customers love. You are a hands-on, mission-driven product leader adept at collaborating with engineers and designers to solve customer problems. You work resourcefully across platforms and constraints, define problems clearly, resolve ambiguity, and iterate your way to success. You know what makes a software product exceptional and impart that standard in others. You thrive in fast-paced startup environments, motivated equally by great products and great impact, inspired by our mission to expand access to early childhood development programs for families of all kinds.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- Eight or more years of relevant experience
- Five years in software product management or product development of mobile apps, learning software, or ecommerce using Agile / Lean methods
- Prior experience building mobile apps, AI-driven experiences, or e-commerce businesses
- Track record of customer obsession, working with data and insights to lead roadmaps, requirements, and execution of first-generation consumer products
- History of successful collaboration with engineering, design, and marketing counterparts by understanding their roles and working collaboratively and transparently
- Ability to travel up to 10% of the time
Nice To Haves
- Relentless prioritization and decision-making skills that enable your team to work with urgency in a fast-paced environment
- Superior communication and analytical skills, including a strong ability to clarify and solve ambiguous problems with strategic direction
- Direct experience with commerce platforms such as Shopify or Woo Commerce, cloud services such as AWS or Google Cloud, and/or content management systems such as Payload or Craft
- Demonstrated ability to engage and influence people and teams at all levels and backgrounds
- Experience building accessible, responsive products that allow customers to seamlessly transition devices, activities, or modes
- Experience with a demographically and economically diverse consumer audience
Responsibilities
- Drive the product strategy for family impact through our mobile app.
- Lead a product development team from concept through launch and ongoing ownership.
- Combine digital experiences for caregivers with analog activities for children.
- Work from a basis of family insights to make hard trade-offs and prioritize what matters most.
- Collaborate with engineers and designers to solve customer problems.
- Define problems clearly, resolve ambiguity, and iterate your way to success.
- Impart a standard of what makes a software product exceptional in others.
Benefits
- medical, dental, and vision insurance
- life insurance
- disability insurance
- a 401(k) plan with a 4% employer contribution match
- paid parental leave
- an employer-matched flexible spending account for dependent care
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
