Group Product Manager, Academia

• 7-12 years of product experience, with a focus on B2C products
• Previous experience in one of recommendations/ranking/relevance work, the payments tech stack, or user identity / data management work
• Previous experience hiring and leveling-up PMs
• Strong IC product skills; you know how to “lead from the front” and teach best practices
• Demonstrated ability to make a significant business impact, autonomously
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and oral
• Customer-centric approach with a knack for data-driven validation
• Extensive experience with A/B testing and user research (both qualitative and quantitative)
• Experience working with cross-functional teams (ENG, UXR, Data, Design) and exec leaders
• Startup experience is essential; bonus for a history of successful product pivots
• Technical understanding and ability to engage in high-level technical discussions
• Proven expertise in launching and scaling systems that support millions of users

Desirable

• We are seeking a high-performing Product Leader to lead our ‘Core Services’ Products group
• This group of product teams is responsible for key technologies and platforms leveraged across the company (including recommendations, payments, profile/identity management, and more)
• In this role, you will power the product teams responsible for providing our key technologies across the site
• The area of responsibility spikes on platform services, including experiences that serve customers directly and that power experiences that support other teams internally
• You will be responsible for 2 product teams to start, both with PMs in seats and the need to develop (and hire) the area further, with an initial goal of building out the team upwards of 4 product teams by early 2025
• Define the roadmap for our ranking / recommendation efforts, driving alignment with exec stakeholders
• Own the payment platform globally; help us identify merchants, banks, vendors, methods that drive more subscription (and reduce cancellations) on Academia
• Hire and support a high-performing product team; both with current roles and with expected future roles soon to emerge
• IC a product team in the early stages of your time with us, in order to show execution excellence and model performance to your reports
• Advocate for and provide best practices for product as a function, in both your area and across the company