Product Manager, Axios HQ
$90-115k
+ Company equity
Content editing software
Job no longer available
Content editing software
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
$90-115k
+ Company equity
101-200 employees
Company mission
To help you create clear, smart and effective updates for your busy colleagues.
Role
Who you are
- The details: Ideal candidates will embody an entrepreneurial spirit and passion for Axios HQ’s mission and values - raise the bar, stay curious, be inclusive, always, and champion each other - and have the following skills/experience:
- 1-3+ years of professional product management experience on a software product, ideally SaaS
- Commitment to quality: pride in delivering unmatched products with measurable value
- Strong product intuition and strategic thinking
- Ability to drive alignment on complex projects
- Experience working closely with designers and engineers
- Facility with product analytics and reporting tools
- Track record of shipping products that solve real problems and delight users
- Working knowledge of web development (HTML, CSS, Javascript)
- Experience working on a B2B product preferred
- Experience with products with a machine learning component preferred
What the job involves
- Why it matters: Our Product Manager I will play an integral role in driving the vision for Axios HQ as an AI-powered essential communications tool
- Go deeper: In this role, you will make an impact to Axios HQ through the following responsibilities:
- Boosting product usage in order to achieve business outcomes
- Deeply understanding product usage and how our product fits into our customers’ lives
- Driving product discovery to uncover powerful product solutions that move our metrics
- Collaborating with product design and engineering to deliver an outstanding product experience
- Working with stakeholders across departments
- Using agile practices to learn, test, and ship novel solutions to our customers
- Steering product delivery in two-week sprints
Our take
Originally the software arm of news company Axios, Axios HQ was split into a separate businesses when Axios was bought out by Cox Enterprises in 2022. Now it runs as an independent organization, headed up by one of the original Axios founders.
The mission is to market the Axios style - ‘Smart Brevity’ - to organizations looking to be more engaging with internal communications; then, it helps them achieve it. The tool offers suggested writing templates, and uses ML to make style and phrasing suggestions. Users can also then track engagement and access analytics about the piece once it’s in colleagues’ inboxes.
Its 200+ customers already include a collection of blue-chips like Delta Airlines and AT&T, and various state school systems and local governments. Axios HQ is seeing remarkable renewal rates among them too, and many are availing themselves of the additional services growing up around the software product - like ‘Smart Brevity’ style training courses. Given the rapid success of the Axios HQ product ecosystem before going independent, this greater freedom could well see it take off in a big way.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Dec 2019
$27m
SERIES C
Nov 2017
$20m
SERIES B
Total funding: $57m
Company benefits
- Health insurance (100% paid for individuals, 75% for families)
- Primary caregiver 12-week paid leave
- 401K
- Generous vacation policy, plus company holidays
- Company equity
- Commuter and cell phone benefit
- A commitment to an open, inclusive, and diverse work culture
- Annual learning and development stipend
- One mental health day per quarter
- $100 monthly work-from-home stipend
- Tele-mental health services
- OneMedical membership, including tele-health services
- Increased work flexibility for parents and caretakers
- Access to the Axios “Family Fund”, which was created to allow employees to request financial support when facing financial hardship or emergencies
- Virtual company-sponsored social events
Company values
- Humility Wins - Put colleagues and the cause first
- Excellence Always - Be the very best at what you do
- Candor - Be candid, respectful, and have a high integrity
Company HQ
Court House, Arlington, VA
Articles
Leadership
Roy Schwartz
(CEO)Spent time as a partner at The Gallup Organization, then as VP and ultimately CRO of Politico. Is also President of Axios.
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