The Athletic · 4 hours ago
Staff Product Manager (Remote)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$185K/yr - $205K/yr
8+ years expThe Athletic is powered by one of the largest global newsrooms in sports media, delivering comprehensive stories about sports teams and athletes. As a Staff Product Manager, you will lead cross-functional teams to drive product strategy and execution, focusing on enhancing technical infrastructure and capabilities to support the company's ambitious growth strategy.
JournalismNewsSports
Responsibilities
Own a Cohesive Strategy and Roadmap Across a Portfolio of Product Areas
Drive Impact Across Your Teams
Be a Leader of Your Domain and the Product Org at Large
Improve Organizational Operations
Independently define strategy for horizontal systems or experiences spanning multiple product areas
Look 12–24 months ahead, planning across seasons and multi-year initiatives
Articulate the "why" behind product strategy to gain and maintain alignment across stakeholders
Prioritize platform-level solutions based on multi-team ROI
Prioritize roadmap based on downstream impact across teams, not just local outcomes
Inform the overall direction of our product beyond immediate ownership
Be accountable for multiple teams’ north star and KPIs
Build and lead cross-functional teams that ship with quality and velocity
Unblock and accelerate multiple teams simultaneously
Deliver durable solutions that reduce rework and future operational overhead
Operate with minimal oversight; consistently avoid surprises
Balance speed with long-term scalability and maintainability
Own outcomes end-to-end, from conception through sustained impact
Influence multiple teams and senior stakeholders without direct authority
Independently navigate - and serve as a trusted thought partner - to technology and company leadership, to drive consensus on complex initiatives
Proactively align teams around shared goals, definitions, and success metrics
Foster a highly collaborative cross-functional environment focused on shared metrics and objectives
Mentor PMs on strategy, tradeoffs, and long-term thinking
Create reusable frameworks, tools, or processes adopted across teams; viewed as the “gold standard” for the PM org
Own 1+ complex Product or Tech Org process or culture initiatives
Qualification
Required
8+ years of highly relevant product management experience
Clear domain expertise in your area(s) of focus - you are expected to hit the ground running and bring your knowledge and skills to create immediate impact
Exceptional strategic thinking with the ability to translate business goals into product strategy and roadmap
A bias to action and the ability to rally teams to deliver results
Excellence with data - analyzing data, deriving insights, and making data-driven decisions
Excellence with A/B testing as a tool to rigorously deliver impact
Excellent collaboration skills and ability to influence a team and drive alignment with stakeholders
Empathy for users that translates into intuitive, delightful experiences
Eagerness to try new things and learn - and a willingness to fail
Benefits
Highly competitive, employer-contributed medical, dental, vision, basic life and disability insurance plans
Savings accounts for medical, wellness, and childcare expenses
401k retirement savings plan and employer match
Paid time off including paid sick leave, 12 paid holidays, 15 days of accrued vacation to start, and up to 20 weeks of Paid Parental Leave
Company
The Athletic
The Athletic is an online media company that specializes in online news publishing for the sports industry.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2023 (1)
2022 (1)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$139.46MKey Investors
Bedrock Capital PartnersFounders FundBedrock Capital Partners,Founders Fund
2022-01-06Acquired
2020-01-21Series D· $50M
2019-05-29Series C· $21.76M
Leadership Team
Adam Hansmann
Co-Founder & President
D
David Ortenberg
SVP, Operations
Recent News
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