Senior Technical Product Manager, Babylist
CA$182.5-191.3k
+ Equity + Bonus
Online universal baby registry
Job no longer available
Online universal baby registry
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
CA$182.5-191.3k
+ Equity + Bonus
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help expecting parents get exactly what they need for the arrival of their new baby.
Role
Who you are
- You have 5+ years of experience as a Technical Product Manager
- You can speak in detail to examples of insightful strategy development, execution and delivery, and strong consumer advocacy
- Your development background shows a deep understanding of building complicated platforms and providing insight via data and best practices
- You have a strong background in tech and user-centric product development
- You have worked with multiple stakeholders and side-by-side with design and engineering
- You believe in building on a foundation of data and analytics
- You have a strong spidey-sense for when something may be off and can go multiple levels deep into the data (or elsewhere) to find the root cause
- You fix issues in a durable and visible way
- You bring clarity to ambiguity
- You naturally create mental models and share these more broadly to achieve alignment (or learn where the model breaks)
- You have examples of choosing to simplify problem areas in order to move teams forward
- You have experience building customer support platforms such as chat, social media, and other homegrown platforms
- You conduct user research and competitive analysis to inform channel strategies
- Sense of perfection
What the job involves
- As a Senior Technical Product Manager at Babylist, you will be dedicated to deeply understanding our users, how we support them, and our agent experiences
- You will play a leading role in helping elevate our user and agent experience while contributing to key product and technology decisions on new and existing platforms
- Our goal is to delight users with thoughtful experiences as they plan for their growing family
- This role will develop new experiences, tools, and solutions that contribute to our mission to take care of growing families so they can be confident, connected, happy, and healthy
- In this role, you'll lead end-to-end product development, becoming an expert in our technology stack while prioritizing user needs and experiences
- Your role also includes setting high standards for agent experience and driving transformative change initiatives
- You'll oversee a diverse portfolio of projects, spanning from ideation to execution
- You will leverage user feedback, prototype testing, and data analysis to inform smart decisions
- Employing various methodologies and tools, such as A/B experiments and dashboards, you'll ensure our products evolve to meet the dynamic needs of our agents and customers
Our take
Since its 2011 launch, Babylist has grown into one of the most highly rated baby registries in the US. The difference it offers is that it allows users to include products from any store in their registries. On top of this, the company’s model also focuses heavily on creating informational content, which allows it to generate ad revenue while building customer loyalty.
Originally scaled with fairly low venture funding, Babylist claims half of new parents in the US now use its services. This, given that the baby products industry is worth close to $90 billion, shows the company's immense growth and speaks to the impact it has made in the space.
Babylist has seen strong funding in the past, which has fuelled projects such as the launch of virtual showrooms and further expanded the company's presence. The company acquired Expectful, a health and wellness tool, in 2023 with the long-term vision of combining the two companies into a larger health and wellness media property that can help people navigate all aspects of parenthood from fertility to diapers.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
67% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Nov 2021
$40m
SERIES C
Total funding: $40m
Company benefits
- HAPPIER WEEKENDS – We work to live, not live to work. That means we generally don’t work nights or weekends, and we offer 10 paid holidays throughout the year, in addition to your paid time off.
- PAID TIME OFF THAT WORKS FOR YOU – Life is unpredictable. Use your time off for what you need, whether that’s a vacation, family event or a day to unplug.
- PARENTAL LEAVE – We offer a flexible, 12-week paid parental leave policy.
- FLEXIBLE BENEFITS – Choose from benefits that support your working style, whether that's remote, in the office or something in between.
- HEALTH & WELLNESS – Wellness benefits include 100% paid coverage for medical, vision and dental for full-time employees.
- BABYLIST STORE DISCOUNT – All full-time employees receive a generous Babylist Store discount.
Company HQ
Emeryville, CA
Leadership
Natalie Gordon
(Founder & CEO)Former Software Engineer at Amazon. Initially founded Babylist as a side project and has since taken the company to a market leading status.
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