Product Manager
Hashtag Board Co seeks a talented Product Manager to help lead our emerging platforms product initiatives. The ideal candidate should be familiar with how to manage product development from conception to launch stage.
Job Responsibilities
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Stay abreast of ever changing technology landscape, including mobile web & native applications, VR & other video tech, social media tools, smart devices, etc.
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Identify innovation opportunities in our existing products and overcome any obstacles to delivering
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Facilitate creative team in finding interactive, tech based to solutions for new editorial projects
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Work with sales & marketing teams to ideate around technology concepts for campaigns
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Track key performance indicators for all R&D products & provide concise summary on the performance of each
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Communicate and align strategy with key stakeholders, must have strong ability to translate raw ideas into functional products
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Write business cases, product requirements and business rules for new and existing products and services and detail how each platform which will utilize them
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Manage R&D product backlog & weekly sprints
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Engage with the development team to help determine the best technical implementation methods as well as a reasonable schedule for delivery
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Communicate product releases and implementation plans to all key stakeholders
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Iterate existing products through data driven processes like multivariate & A/B split testing
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Evaluate & manage relationships with 3rd party vendors
Qualifications
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College graduate; Business or Engineering background preferred
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3-5 years of Product Management experience with consumer-facing content site or social network
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Working knowledge of web technologies with skills to design/code basic prototypes
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Experience leading new product development from conception to launch
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Comfort in Agile/Scrum development process
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Creative problem Solver with strong analytical skills
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Excellent communication skills
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Familiarity with mobile and/or social software products and technologies
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Can do attitude and self-starter
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Love for technology with a punk rock mentality ready to challenge the status quo