Associate Product Manager, Nylas
CA$100-135k
Productivity APIs for work automation
Open for applications
Productivity APIs for work automation
101-200 employees
Open for applications
CA$100-135k
101-200 employees
Company mission
To help developers leverage communications data and build features that increase customer engagement, productivity, and retention.
Role
Who you are
- Product Management Experience: A minimum of 2 years of experience in product management, preferably with technical products involving APIs, data transformations, or developer platforms
- Technical Collaboration: Demonstrated ability to partner with Engineering teams to define product requirements, assess trade-offs, and evaluate potential risks
- Adaptability and Initiative: Proven ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, efficiently managing work with minimal supervision
- Problem-Solving and Curiosity: A keen sense of curiosity with a proactive approach to identifying product improvement opportunities
- Technical and Business Acumen: Comfortable discussing technical concepts with engineers and reading technical documentation to create comprehensive product requirements, while also articulating business value and collaborating with product marketing to define go-to-market strategies
- Detail-Oriented Perspective: Skilled at diving deep into execution details while maintaining an overarching focus on strategic priorities
- Communication and Remote Team Experience: Exceptional communication skills, with a track record of collaborating successfully with distributed teams
What the job involves
- The Product department is tasked with the challenge of our company’s growth, by owning and shaping our diverse product portfolio to meet customer needs and drive innovation
- We set bold, forward-thinking strategies, taking calculated risks to propel the company toward ambitious goals
- Each team member is a highly effective contributor, entrusted with significant autonomy and full end-to-end ownership of their domain—from discovery to delivery and beyond
- This balance of autonomy and teamwork allows us to stay agile and deliver exceptional results
- Develop and Execute Product Strategy: Partner with leadership to create a strategic roadmap for the Nylas Connectivity Suite, which includes Email, Calendar, and Contacts
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with cross-departmental teams to ensure timely, high-quality product launches
- Product Communication: Maintain comprehensive product documentation and coordinate with product marketing to effectively communicate new products and features internally and externally
- Customer Engagement and Feedback: Gather and analyze product feedback, engage with customers, and conduct closed beta programs with key partners to inform product direction and prioritize initiatives
- Research and Decision-Making: Conduct research and validate assumptions to make informed product decisions, even when data is incomplete
Application process
- Round 1: 45 minute Google Meet interview with the hiring manager
- Round 2: 60 minute technical assessment via Google Meet or take home assignment with a team member
- Round 3: Three (3) 45 minute Google Meet interviews with various team members (max 3 hours)
Our take
Nylas provides productivity infrastructure solutions for modern software. Over 200,000+ developers use their powerful suite of tools to quickly and securely build productivity features into their applications, resulting in 12 billion+ API requests per day.
The number of businesses using their platform is rapidly increasing due to the Nylas infrastructure generating huge operational savings through more productive, secure, and intelligently-automated development cycles.
The company has remained focused on scaling its integrated and productivity-driven developer experience as well as furthering its investment in disruptive technologies that automate workflows and seamlessly integrate technologies such as conversational AI, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Optical Character Recognition (OCR), and cross-system intelligent automation.
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Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jun 2021
$120m
SERIES C
Jun 2020
$25m
SERIES B
Total funding: $173m
Company benefits
- Retirement plans
- Wellness stipend
- Paid parental leave: 12 weeks parental leave (maternity & paternity)
- Annual learning & development perk
- Voting/Election PTO: 4 hours of paid time off to vote in person or volunteer at a polling place
- Unlimited paid time off policy
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
Company values
- Customer Obsession - We create value for our customers because without our customers our company does not exist
- Creativity - We are creators. We are intrinsically motivated by the act of creation
- Velocity - We move with speed and direction
- Output-Focused - We value the results of our work, not the process
- Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging - We welcome people of all backgrounds and we value different viewpoints
- Open Communication - We speak our minds but we always do it with care for one another
- Trust - We trust one another to operate with the best interest of our customers and Nylas in mind
Company HQ
Tenderloin, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Christine Spang
(Board Member & CTO)Previously worked as Principal Developer at Oracle for 1 year and as Laboratory Assistant at MIT for 1 month.
Gleb Polyakov
(CEO)Previously Operations Consultant at B&G International for 1 year and Crowdfunding Director at Parallax Creative for 3 years.
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