Toptal is looking for a Senior Product Manager to drive innovation by expanding the breadth and depth of their product and service offering, leading a team of engineers and working cross-functionally to define, build, and launch mission-critical initiatives.
Requirements
- At least 3 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.
- Experience with third-party system integrations is a plus.
- 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 build wireframes and mockups, with an aptitude for keeping things simple.
Responsibilities
- Own and lead all aspects of an established agile team, including backlog grooming, triage, and prioritization, and cross-functional coordination.
- Responsible for defining the scope of new product features and ongoing feature improvements.
- Write and prioritize user stories and define acceptance criteria.
- 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.
Other
- Customer-centric Senior Product Manager with a proven track record of taking ownership and delivering results in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Self-starting Senior Product Manager.
- Establish and maintain a high level of credibility with internal and external partners.
- 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.
- 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 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.
- 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.
- Regularly and reliably attend scheduled virtual team meetings on camera.
- Work independently with minimal supervision.
- Use all required digital collaboration tools.
- Prioritize and self-manage workflows and deadlines.
- Reside in-market.
- Do not offer visa sponsorship or assistance.
- Authorized to work in the US at the time of hire.
- Resumes and communication must be submitted in English.