Vice President of Product, FreeWill
Product & Engineering
$240-260k
This role also has the potential to earn an annual executive bonus + Company stock options
More information about location
Philanthropy and estate planning tools
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Philanthropy and estate planning tools
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$240-260k
This role also has the potential to earn an annual executive bonus + Company stock options
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
To help people do the most good for the people and causes they love.
Role
Who you are
- This person loves thinking about the business and social impact of their product strategy, is unafraid about making hard trade-off decisions, and should thrive in a fast-paced environment with ambiguity
- 5+ years of experience leading product or engineering teams
- 10+ years of experience in product or engineering management, including at a B2B SaaS company
- Proven success in recruiting high performing, diverse talent at high velocity and building an effective and inclusive team culture
- Expert at product management best practices including: feature work, growth work, scaling work, and PMF expansion
- Strong problem solving skills. Makes data-driven decisions, and is open-minded towards different perspectives
- Strong communication, emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills – up, down, across, and externally
- Acts with integrity, professionalism, low ego, and high self-awareness
- Enjoys collaboration, listening, and learning
- Comfort moving quickly in a fast-paced environment and making decisions with imperfect information
- Impact and results-focused
What the job involves
- We are looking for a visionary product leader who is able to lead FreeWill in building products that fundamentally change the way that nonprofit fundraising teams are able to unlock transformational gifts
- The VP of R&D will lead the product, design, engineering, and IT / security teams, currently a total of over 30 US-based team members. This role recruits and hires, onboards, manages performance, and develops these teams
- The VP is a member of our executive team, contributing to company-wide decisions and leadership. The VP will help us scale the company from 200 to 300 people and beyond over the next two years
- The VP will be customer-centric in their approach to building products, and will inspire the entire FreeWill team to be similarly customer-centric and focused on deep listening in their approach to the market
- This person should be an inspirational manager who has pattern recognition of what great R&D organizations look like
- This person will be supported by a team that’s excellent at execution, low-ego, and makes sound business and product decisions come to life. This person will be smart, tenacious, and kind
- Goals:
- Build and manage a strategic, high-performing product, engineering, design, and IT/ security team
- Build a series of successful products that achieve product-market fit
- Tactics:
- Hire and develop strong and diverse talent on the product, engineering, and design teams
- In addition, to directly managed US-based team, work closely with our newly acquired tech team in Lahore, Pakistan to build and test MVPs of new products
- Advocate for the right resources at the right times to achieve goals
- Develop processes and best practices for product, design, and engineering departments to work well together
- Ensure strong collaboration across the tech teams and the go-to-market teams (sales, marketing, customer success)
- Help Co-CEOs articulate and perpetuate product vision throughout organization
- Manage Director of Product Strategy, who owns product roadmapping and manages the product management team
- Work closely with Director of Expansion to validate new product lines
- Act with and lead others to act with FreeWill’s values of focus, joy, kindness, and courage
Application process
- Recruiter Phone Screen (30 minutes)
- Hiring Manager Interview minutes)
- Live Exercise (we will send you something to prepare and then you will meet with team members to present)
- Final interviews with 2-3 FreeWill team members (2-3 separate 30 minute interviews)
- Offer (contingent on positive references)
- Please note that steps in the hiring process can and may change and the Recruiter will be your point of contact in sharing any updates in terms of the process
- If you are selected to move forward in this process, the Recruiter will share more details about the hiring process and interviewers. However, this is a good estimate of what you can expect
- For most executive roles, our hiring processes take an average of 6-12 weeks
Our take
Estate planning has long been seen as a complex, intimidating, and costly process, resulting in a significant number of adults in the US, approximately 70%, not having a will. FreeWill, however, aims to change this perception by offering a user-friendly tool that enables anyone to create these crucial documents.
By leveraging FreeWill, individuals can take control of their end-of-life planning and ensure that their assets are distributed according to their wishes. The platform guides users through the necessary steps, helping them name beneficiaries, designate asset distribution, and appoint executors to manage their estates. The company also sets itself apart with its Crypto for Charity platform. By including options pertaining to digital currencies, FreeWill makes it easier for Crypto and NFT users to make tax-advantaged donations as well.
FreeWill's no-cost estate planning tools are made possible through the support of nonprofit organizations, allowing individuals to create their wills and leave a gift for a cause they care about. By integrating charitable giving into the estate planning process, FreeWill encourages individuals to consider philanthropy as part of their end-of-life plans. With over $7.8B+ committed to nonprofit organizations to date, the company's dedication to supporting charitable causes and the significant impact individuals can make through their estate planning choices is truly evident.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
-12% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Mar 2022
$30m
SERIES B
Total funding: $30m
Company benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Stock options
- Flexible PTO and work schedule
- Commuter benefits
- Paid parental leave
- Office snacks and drinks
- Book stipend
- Team events and volunteering
Company values
- Focus: Our mission is to help people do the most good for the people and causes they love
- Kindness: We treat each other and the people that we serve with genuine care. We believe that's the best way to keep improving ourselves and our products
- Joy: We work hard and make sure to have fun along the way. We believe that joy comes from doing worthwhile things alongside great people
- Courage: Our values guide the actions we take. We always try to do the right thing, especially when it scares us
Company HQ
Hell's Kitchen, New York, NY
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Leadership
Jennifer Xia Spradling
(Co-CEO)Graduated from Stanford University with a Masters in Business Administration. Previously worked as an Advisor at Paribus, an Private Equity Associate at Bain Capital and as a Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company.
Patrick Schmitt
(Co-CEO)Graduated from Stanford University with a Masters in Business Administration. Previously the VP of Marketing at Farmingo and the Head of Innovation at Change.org.
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