Toptal · 4 months ago
Senior Product Manager (New Business)
Toptal is a company focused on building and scaling its platform and products. They are seeking a self-starting Senior Product Manager to drive innovation and expand their product and service offerings, particularly in the development of mobile and desktop applications alongside their web platform.
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Responsibilities
Exercise discretion and independent judgment
Own and lead all aspects of an established agile team, including backlog grooming, triage, and prioritization, and cross-functional coordination
Define the scope of new product features and ongoing improvements across web, mobile, and desktop applications
Write and prioritize user stories and define acceptance criteria
Establish and maintain a high level of credibility with internal and external partners
Break down complex problems and use data and analytics, combined with high-quality user research, to inform product direction
Track progress, assess risks, coordinate delivery, and actively communicate contingency and mitigation plans for the team
Run various ad-hoc research and business analyses to assess opportunities and risks
Take ownership of identifying and solving complex product challenges that align with both short-term goals and long-term strategic initiatives
Apply system-analyst techniques and procedures, including consulting with users to determine hardware, software, or systems functional specifications
Onboard and integrate into Toptal while independently starting to study and learn the Toptal product suite
Become acquainted with your product area, the product goals, and those you will partner with
Work cross-functionally with Designers, Engineers and senior stakeholders to organize and prioritize your high-level roadmap and backlog
Start collaborating closely with your development team
Takeover all in-flight and planned initiatives
Fully support a product category, working collaboratively to complete quarterly planning and set OKRs
While exercising discretion and independent judgment, launch features that deliver high business impact
Be fully embedded into and own a development team
Monitor and measure the success of your initiatives against company goals
Continuously improve the team’s processes through meaningful contributions
Drive end-to-end delivery of our mobile and desktop apps, ensuring feature parity, high-quality user experience, and alignment with the web platform roadmap
Independently discover new product opportunities for your backlog
Develop a repeatable model for delivering upon our roadmap initiatives
Work across the Product team to measure and refine the roadmap, backlog, and processes to make improvements over time
Constantly re-evaluate your roadmap’s alignment with the strategic goals of the business, adjusting where necessary
Deliver your roadmap priorities and promises
Ensure your team has an incredible record of building impactful products in a timely and elegant fashion
Work cross-functionally to scale your team to meet the growing needs of our business and our users
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree is required, preferably in a technical discipline
5+ years of proven software product management experience
Proven ability to lead products end-to-end from early discovery and zero-to-one development through launch, iteration, and scale, even in ambiguous environments
Knowledge of AI product development processes
Comfortable working with SQL or spreadsheets to analyze data, as well as conducting research with internal and external users
Strong expertise in using data to make decisions with a variety of tools and methodologies to gather and synthesize information
Ability to creatively craft solutions through data and a customer-centric approach
Ability to build wireframes and mockups, with an aptitude for keeping things simple
Be meticulous and have a high bar for quality when writing user stories, reviewing designs, brainstorming technical approaches, and testing a feature before it is released
Be humble, willing to learn, and do whatever is needed to help us accomplish our goals
Experience using agile development methodologies with globally distributed teams and the ability to keep up with a fast-paced and global company
Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
You thrive in environments where you are empowered to lead by doing, working directly with users, data, and your team to make progress and drive results
Ability to work in a fast-paced, rapidly growing company and handle a wide variety of challenges, deadlines, and a diverse array of contacts
You must be a world-class individual contributor to thrive at Toptal. You will not be here just to tell other people what to do
Preferred
Experience with third-party system integrations is a plus
Company
Toptal
Toptal is a network of talent in business, design, and technology that enables companies to scale their teams, on demand.
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
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