Senior Product Manager, Inkitt
Inkitt Product
$70-360k
Publishing novels based on site reader engagement
Open for applications
Publishing novels based on site reader engagement
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$70-360k
201-500 employees
Company mission
To discover talented writers and turn them into globally successful authors.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years in product management roles, with a proven track record of managing complex product lifecycles from ideation to launch, with experience in an early-stage startup environment
- Experience in customer engagement and community building
- Proficiency in SQL with the ability to use it comfortably on a weekly basis
- Experience in managing the product lifecycle for mobile and web applications within the B2C space
- Startup Hungry: You are proactive; able to thrive in a fast-paced evolving work environment
- Think out of the box: You have experience with identifying various business problems or product flaws by coming up with creative solutions. Passion for creating and designing useful innovative products
- Empathy: Deeply understand our readers, writers, engineers, designers, business stakeholders
- Location: Onsite in San Francisco, CA
What the job involves
- Lead, own, and enhance our Author Subscription Program by focusing on B2B relationships and developing features that drive creator growth and platform success
- Develop strategies to expand the number of published creators on our platform while ensuring they receive effective support and engagement
- Utilize insights into virality to enhance platform features and accelerate adoption, establishing us as the leading subscription service for authors
- With a deep understanding of our users’ needs, wishes, and problems, you will work closely with our Director of Product to build a long term roadmap and champion our customers’ needs at all times
- Oversee every step of the product lifecycle, including ideation, strategic planning, tactical initiatives, vision, strategy, roadmap, development, and distribution
- Define metrics and make product and strategic decisions based on A/B testing, experimentation, and user research
- Analyze & report product data from users, stakeholders, and other teams to shape requirements, features, and end products
- Collaborate with key stakeholders across product, engineering, design, analytics, SEO, QA, content, marketing, and more
Our take
The current publishing industry makes it very difficult for breakout authors to achieve success. Furthermore, publications are often based off subjective opinions of those in the industry, and potential readers have no input in the matter, despite them being the force that will drive a book's success.
Inkitt takes a different approach to publishing in order to give writers a fairer chance of success. The company allows writers to submit their stories onto the website where readers have free access to read anything posted. Using an algorithm, Inkitt then determines which stories have the most reader engagement, and based on this information, decides which to take to official print and publication.
7 rounds of funding to the sum of more than $100 million have allowed Inkitt to invest more in its algorithm and technology and open offices in San Francisco. It's also looking to expand into more mediums such as video content and audiobooks, with a long-term aim of building a media empire akin to Disney. Though there's a long way to go for that lofty aim to come to fruition, Inkitt has already attracted 33 million users and published dozens of bestsellers.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Feb 2024
$37m
SERIES C
Oct 2021
$59m
SERIES B
Total funding: $116.2m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive Health Plans including Fitness Classes
- Expat integration support including complimentary German classes
- Flexible working environment including weekly remote days
- High-performing culture for learning at speed + unlimited book budget
- Regular social events and free dinners
- Dog-friendly office
Articles
Leadership
Ali Albazaz
(CEO)Founder and CEO of Fünfi and then joined moviepilot as a Javascript developer. After this, Albazaz freelanced as a Javascript developer for six years.
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