Principal Product Manager, Wagmo
$165-195k
+Equity
3 days a week in office (New York City, NY)
Pet insurance and wellness plans
Be an early applicant
Pet insurance and wellness plans
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
$165-195k
+Equity
3 days a week in office (New York City, NY)
21-100 employees
Company mission
To bring pet parents the confidence they need to give pets the care they deserve.
Role
Who you are
- Experience: 8+ years of product management experience, with a strong background in B2B product development. Bonus points for experience in the employer benefits space
- Customer Empathy: Proven ability to understand and solve for customer pain points in complex, multi-stakeholder environments
- Strategic Vision: Demonstrated expertise in defining product strategy and roadmaps that align with business goals
- Data-Driven Mindset: Experience managing and using data and analytics to make informed decisions, define success metrics, and iterate on products
- Cross-Functional Leadership: A track record of collaborating with diverse teams across engineering, sales, marketing, and customer success
- Execution Excellence: Strong organizational skills to manage competing priorities and deliver results in a fast-paced environment
- Technical Acumen: Familiarity with technical concepts to effectively partner with engineering teams in particular integration with HR benefit admin, payroll, or other benefits systems
- Communication: Exceptional written, diagramming, and verbal skills, with the ability to translate complex ideas for various audiences
- Passion for Pets!
What the job involves
- Wagmo’s Principal Product Manager will own the product strategy, vision, and roadmap for key initiatives that directly impact the lives of pet parents and the employers who offer our product to their employees as an HR benefit
- This is a high-impact individual contributor role reporting directly to the VP of Engineering
- The ideal candidate is a seasoned product manager with significant B2B experience, ideally in the employer benefits space, who thrives on uncovering customer pain points and delivering innovative solutions
- You will work cross-functionally with teams across engineering, customer success, customer operations, sales, marketing, and design to bring products to life while aligning with Wagmo’s mission and goals
- Conduct research to uncover the needs, pain points, and workflows of both B2B clients and pet parents
- Engage directly with key customers, stakeholders, and market influencers to gather insights and shape product strategy
- Build and evangelize detailed customer personas to ensure the product strategy aligns with user needs
- Craft a compelling product vision that serves as a north star for Wagmo’s development efforts
- Ensure the product vision reflects a deep understanding of Wagmo’s competitive landscape, differentiators, and market opportunities
- Own and refine the end-to-end product roadmap to balance immediate impact with long-term growth
- Anticipate and address roadblocks, ensuring milestones are achieved without sacrificing quality
- Continuously refine the roadmap based on user feedback, data, and organizational priorities
- Act as the strategic leader in cross-functional initiatives, ensuring alignment and buy-in from all teams, including engineering, customer success, customer operations, sales, marketing, and design
- Drive accountability by clearly defining success criteria and project goals, leading to successful and well-informed product launches
- Run design sprint / rapid prototyping / hackathon exercises to accelerate product roadmap exploration
- Design and implement robust frameworks for tracking success to manage OKRs and KPIs that align with organizational goals
- Lead post-launch analyses to refine the roadmap and optimize performance
- Champion a culture of experimentation to validate ideas and drive innovation
- Inspire bold, customer-centric solutions that set new standards for excellence
- Collaborate with leadership to shape Wagmo’s long-term product strategy and measurable goals
- Explore innovative technologies and approaches to solve customer challenges effectively
- Proactively identify and mitigate risks that could impact product success or delivery timelines
Our take
Wagmo is a pet wellness company with a tech-first approach, designed to cater to the needs of new pet parents with a range of wellness and insurance plans.
The company provides two primary pet health plans: Wagmo Insurance for emergency care and Wagmo Wellness for routine pet maintenance. Backed by the National Speciality Insurance Company, Wagmo connects pet parents with budgeting tools, reliable veterinary care providers, and trustworthy advice, ensuring pets receive the care they deserve. These are provided to individuals on subscription or as a employee benefit through the workplace.
The Wagmo-Rover partnership marks a significant stride in Wagmo's mission to improve pets' and owners' lives. By teaming up with the largest online pet care marketplace, Wagmo expands its influence, granting discounted access to top-tier pet care for partner organization employees. This collaboration underscores Wagmo's commitment to responsible pet care and signals a bright future, as the company continues to innovate and collaborate to meet global pet owners' evolving needs.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Aug 2023
$8.9m
EARLY VC
Jul 2021
$12.5m
SERIES A
Total funding: $24.4m
Company benefits
- Equity in the company
- Company paid medical premiums for employee-only plan (3 out of 4 medical plans)
- Dental, vision, voluntary life, short term disability and long-term disability
- Commuter assistance
- Company paid Wagmo pet wellness and insurance plans through monthly reimbursement
- Unlimited paid time off
- 12 weeks parental time off
- 401k
- Company wide open feedback model
Company HQ
Greenwich Village, New York, NY
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Leadership
Christie Horvath
(Co-Founder & CEO)Graduated from Harvard Business School with a Master of Business Administration. Served as the Vice President of BlackRock for 6 years before founding Wagmo.
Alison Foxworth
(Co-Founder)Graduated from The Wharton School with a Master of Business Administration. Previously worked in Advisory Services and Financial Insurance at BlackRock. Also served as the Director at Garrison Investments Group.
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