Senior Product Manager, Skillshare
+ equity
Online learning community for creatives
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Online learning community for creatives
501-1000 employees
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+ equity
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To build a platform that gives everyone the opportunity to be creative.
Role
Who you are
- You have 5+ years of product management experience at a consumer brand owning a business-critical domain as a product manager, ideally with a focus on learning experiences, or content search and discovery
- You thrive on iteration: You’re passionate about improving existing products, refining core experiences, and connecting features into cohesive value propositions
- You have strong cross-functional communication skills; Ability to clearly articulate strategy, requirements, and high-level technical concepts to stakeholders, product designers, engineers, and business partners
- You have a proven ability to proactively lead teams and work cross-functionally with product, engineering, data, content, community, and marketing in a highly collaborative environment
- You are a creative problem solver with a comprehensive understanding of qualitative and quantitative research & analytical methods. You’re conducting user research sessions and analyzing product performance data and feedback to identify opportunities, test hypotheses, and drive results
- You are not afraid of diving into complex third party systems. You welcome the challenge to level up and learn and stretch your skills
- You possess strong decision-making and prioritization skills, with extensive experience working with engineers while overseeing and managing fluid roadmaps
What the job involves
- At Skillshare, we are building a global community of curious, lifelong learners, and we are excited to welcome a Senior Product Manager to optimize and enhance our member product experiences. This role is perfect for a product leader who thrives on iterating on existing products, improving foundational features, and fusing them into compelling, cohesive packages that drive engagement and value across a two-sided marketplace
- You will play a key role in refining Skillshare's core experience, working cross-functionally to deliver iterative improvements that benefit both students and teachers. With a deep understanding of our users and a sharp eye for experimentation, you’ll lead efforts to fine-tune and connect features to increase adoption, retention, and satisfaction
- You will lead user research and data insights to define and architect a clear vision for success, and expertly execute product delivery, using experimentation where possible to propel us forward. You will champion insights and seamlessly collaborate with content, community, operations, brand, and marketing departments, crafting best-in-class product experiences. At the heart of it all, you will embody a key influencer, inspiring our collective teams to deliver a robust, stable, and engaging experience
- Drive Strategic Alignment: Partner closely with the Director of Product Operations to execute initiatives aligned with company OKRs and product strategies, focusing on enhancing the member product experience
- Enhance User Experience: Lead efforts to refine, connect, and improve existing features for a seamless, engaging experience that reduces friction and drives measurable improvements for both student and teacher communities
- Lead Agile Product Execution: Oversee an Agile team of engineers, a designer, and cross-functional partners, ensuring collaboration across departments and third-party vendors. Facilitate Agile ceremonies, manage sprints, with excellent collaboration and communication skills
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with product design, engineering, data, community, content, finance, and marketing teams to drive customer value and business impact. Use qualitative and quantitative data, A/B testing, and customer insights to inform decisions and continuous improvements
- Product Roadmap Management: Develop and maintain a clear, prioritized roadmap aimed at improving customer acquisition, engagement, and retention. Clearly communicate the product vision and roadmap to leadership and key stakeholders
- System Health & Scalability: Advocate for the stability and scalability of core systems, ensuring foundational experiences and third-party integrations are reliable and ready for growth. Payment lifecycle management experience is a plus
- Project Execution & Delivery: Write detailed user stories, requirements, and specifications. Manage JIRA tickets, sprint planning, and project execution, ensuring effective data validation and feature rollouts. Design, run, and interpret experiments, including A/B tests, while defining clear product roll-out strategies
- Market Awareness & Innovation: Stay ahead of industry trends within the creator economy and online learning space. Continuously monitor competitors and identify innovation opportunities where Skillshare can innovate and pull ahead
Our take
Skillshare operates an online learning platform where members can access a range of creativity-focussed classes and courses. Targeting skills such as illustration, design, photography and video editing, the company allows individuals and teams to build and improve their skills whether for professional development or just for fun.
On the other side, Skillshare empowers professional creatives to share their skills, tips and tricks to earn money and build their communities. Top earners on the platform make upwards of $100,000 a year, as well as gaining access to a broad range of people who may be interested in their freelance services.
With more than 30,000 classes active on the platform, and over 10 million registered learners, Skillshare has proven its value and carved a strong foothold in the e-learning market. Moving forwards, it plans to continue enhancing its offering - recent additions include Badges, Class Certificates, and Learning Paths - as it further broadens its reach.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Nov 2022
$78.4m
SERIES E
Apr 2022
$5m
LATE VC
Total funding: $200.2m
Company benefits
- Excellent medical, dental, and vision plans
- Unlimited vacation (with a required minimum)
- Paid sabbaticals for tenured employees (every three years, starting at your 3-year anniversary)
- Learning and creativity stipend
- Wellness stipend
- Stipend for setting yourself up for success at home (think: desk, headphones, ergonomic chair)
- Monthly internet reimbursement
- Support for utilizing coworking spaces, including a partnership with Industrious
- Ongoing Emotional Fitness workshops with Coa
Company values
- Curiosity
- Transparency
- Impact
- Community
Company HQ
Flatiron District, New York, NY
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Leadership
Malcolm Ong
(Co-founder)Co-founded Skillshare in 2010 with Michael Karnjanaprakorn, who has since left the company. Currently Co-founder and CPO at Terminal 3. In the past, worked as Senior VP of Product at South China Morning Post.
Matt Cooper
(CEO, not founder)Member of the Board Of Directors at YunoJuno. Former Advisor and Board Observer at PowerToFly, SVP of Corporate Development at ScribbleLive, and CEO of Visually.
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