About the position
As a Staff Product Manager at Descript, you will be responsible for defining the strategy, building the roadmap, and shipping features for one of the key product teams. Working closely with a team of world-class PMs, engineers, designers, researchers, and product marketers, you will play a crucial role in delivering value to users and driving the success of Descript's business. With a focus on data-informed decision making and a deep understanding of the market and user needs, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and test product hypotheses, ensuring the delivery of intuitive and delightful user experiences.
Responsibilities
- Define the strategy, build the roadmap, and ship features for one of the key product teams
- Work closely with a team of PMs, engineers, designers, researchers, and product marketers
- Own and drive the feature roadmap for the team, from idea generation to execution and analysis
- Collaborate with design, engineering, and marketing to ship product features that delight users and have a meaningful impact on the business
- Develop a deep understanding of the market, users, and product opportunities across segments, countries, and platforms
- Use qualitative and quantitative insights to develop the team's strategy and inform product ideas
- Embrace data-informed decision making by developing and testing product hypotheses
- Capture insights from growth test success and failures and communicate them to the broader team
- Have 7+ years of product management experience at a SAAS company, preferably in a startup environment
- Care deeply about understanding customers and have experience in customer discovery and defining features that solve customer problems
- Be highly organized and process-oriented, comfortable working in environments where individuals set their own day-to-day priorities
- Have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and collaborate well with a diverse set of colleagues
- Be technically-minded and have experience using analytics and business intelligence platforms for analysis and cohort analysis
- Appreciate quality and have experience collaborating with designers and engineers to build intuitive and delightful user experiences.
Requirements
- 7+ years of product management experience at a SAAS company, preferably in a startup environment
- Demonstrated experience in customer discovery and defining features that solve customer problems
- Highly organized and process-oriented
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
- Technical skills, including experience using analytics and business intelligence platforms
- Familiarity with common SAAS KPIs
- Enthusiasm for quality products and ability to collaborate with designers and engineers to build intuitive user experiences
Benefits
- Generous healthcare package
- Catered lunches
- Flexible vacation time
- Remote work options between PT and ET time zones
- Equal opportunity workplace
- Dedicated to diversity and inclusion