Product Manager, Captions
Growth
$150-200k
Office located in Union Square, NY
AI-powered creative studio
Open for applications
AI-powered creative studio
21-100 employees
Open for applications
$150-200k
Office located in Union Square, NY
21-100 employees
Company mission
To empower our customers, regardless of background or experience, with the ability to bring their vision to life in seconds.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of experience in growth, user acquisition, or scaling consumer-facing or subscription-based businesses
- Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Business, Marketing, Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field
- Experience leading growth initiatives in high-growth environments, focusing on user acquisition, onboarding, engagement, and retention
- Proven expertise in data-driven decision-making, with a strong ability to analyze growth metrics, perform A/B testing, and drive experimentation to optimize product performance
- Experience with SEO strategies, including programmatic SEO, content optimization, and leveraging SEO tools to drive organic growth
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, with experience working closely with engineering, design, data science, marketing, and other teams to execute growth strategies
- Track record of success in driving growth through product-led strategies (PLG) or viral mechanisms that scale user bases
- Experience with tools for growth optimization, including customer segmentation, funnel analysis, and retention models
- Strong leadership and communication skills, capable of influencing stakeholders at all levels and presenting complex strategies to executive leadership
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving environment, balancing short-term execution with long-term growth planning
- Passion for scaling innovative .products and creating meaningful experiences that drive both business growth and user satisfaction
- Advanced degree (or equivalent) in Business, Marketing, Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field
What the job involves
- We are a rapidly growing team of ambitious, experienced, and devoted engineers, researchers, designers, marketers, and operators based in NYC
- You'll join an early team and have an outsized impact on the product and the company's culture
- Captions is looking for a Growth Product Manager to drive user acquisition, engagement, and retention for our platform
- You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams to identify growth opportunities, optimize user flows, and implement data-driven strategies that scale our product
- Your work will focus on enhancing activation and retention while expanding our user base and maximizing customer lifetime value
- This is a unique opportunity to make a direct impact on Captions' growth at a fast-paced startup in the video editing and AI creative tools space
- Drive User Growth: Define and execute strategies to acquire, engage, and retain users, focusing on increasing activation rates, feature adoption, and long-term retention
- Optimize Onboarding & Activation: Lead initiatives to enhance user onboarding, reduce friction, and accelerate time-to-value for new users, improving overall activation and retention
- Data-Driven Decision Making: Use data and user insights to continuously improve user flows, product features, and overall experience, ensuring growth metrics are met and exceeded
- Lead Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with engineering, design, data science, marketing, and sales teams to implement growth strategies and optimize user journeys across the platform
- Experimentation & Iteration: Lead A/B testing and experimentation to drive insights and refine product features that contribute to scaling user acquisition and engagement
- Identify Growth Opportunities: Monitor market trends, competitor strategies, and user feedback to identify new growth opportunities, guiding the product roadmap accordingly
- Foster Product-Led Growth (PLG): Develop product experiences that naturally drive user acquisition and engagement, turning Captions into a self-sustaining, growth engine
- Develop and execute an SEO strategy to drive organic growth through programmatic SEO, content marketing, and optimizing existing pages for search visibility
- Optimize User Retention: Build re-engagement strategies, leveraging push notifications, in-app messaging, and personalized content to drive long-term user retention
- Collaborate with Leadership: Present and communicate growth strategies, results, and product plans to executives and cross-functional teams, ensuring alignment with business objectives
Our take
As AI integration grows in creative fields, concerns arise about the future of professions like writing and design. However, Captions has transformed these anxieties into opportunities by harnessing AI technology to streamline the creative workflow.
By automating tasks in music, graphic design, and video production, Captions allows users to generate compelling content directly from their mobile devices. With a focus on meeting the rising demand for captivating digital content, its subscription-based model covers key processes like captioning, editing, dubbing, and soundtracking.
Captions' innovative approach has garnered attention, securing funding from tech giants like Sequoia Capital and Andreessen Horowitz. This investment will grow the company's machine learning team and invest further into in-house research efforts and technical infrastructure.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Jul 2024
$60m
SERIES C
Jun 2023
$25m
SERIES B
Total funding: $85m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
- Anything you need to do your best work
- We’ve done team off-sites to places like Paris, London, Park City, Los Angeles, and Nashville with more planned in the future
Company HQ
Civic Center, New York, NY
Leadership
Gaurav Misra
(CEO)Previously the Head of Design Engineering at Snap Inc, Senior Software Engineer at Localytics, Software Development Engineer at Microsoft, and Software Engineer at Lattice Engines.
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