Associate Product Manager

POLITICO's mission from the very beginning was to win the audience. We dedicate ourselves to providing accurate, non-partisan, impactful information to the right people at the right time so that they can act with confidence and speed. We experiment to avoid being disrupted and we have fun disrupting others. And we are not afraid to risk failure if it means being the best at what we do.

POLITICO is looking for a proactive and efficient Associate Product Manager to lead the creation and ongoing management of POLITICO Professional Subscription products. The product manager will lead projects and products as assigned by the Product Director including writing requirements, feature scoping, ideation with design, testing, delivery, and performance measurement. They will work with other team functions to build and demonstrate a strong knowledge of the target users and buyers.

The ideal candidate will be highly organized with excellent communication and time management skills. Candidate must be able to build positive relationships with key stakeholders, coordinate multiple projects and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

What you'll do:

• Deeply understand our core user personas, and craft product experiences that solve key problems
• Help lead the design and delivery of new digital products and/or enhanced digital product features
• Carry out usability research in coordination with the UX designer
• Work with stakeholders across the company: editorial, project managers, developers and QA to perform user acceptance testing, define requirements, create and update documentation, coordinate meetings and provide project updates
• Maintain product backlogs. Work with the Product Director to prioritize features and manage roadmap changes in line with the core product vision, business priorities and sales strategies
• Be the point-of-contact for stakeholders to ask product questions and issues from throughout the business. Identify when an issue requires additional input or escalation
• Ensure routine content tasks are completed consistently and on schedule, working with Editorial, Production, Sales, Marketing and other key functions.

What growth looks like:

• Exposure to different types of product, and we encourage people to dive further into projects that particularly appeal to them
• Global product exposure and best practices through POLITICO in Europe, as well as through Axel Springer
• Opportunity to specialize in particular products or to be promoted to take on more responsibility in a people management capacity

What you'll need:

• 1-2 years of experience
• Proactive problem solving skills
• Familiarity with Artificial Intelligence is a plus
• Familiarity with politics & policy and/or media space a plus
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Exceptional interpersonal skills with experience working with cross-functional teams
• Staying up-to-date with the product industry and helping to drive innovation
• Familiarity with ticketing software such as JIRA
• Experience writing acceptance criteria or product requirements
• Understand technical language, and have worked directly with developers

We are driven by our values. We are relentless contributors, disruptors of the status quo, collaborators, talent cultivators and DEI stewards. Our culture is defined by grit, total integrity and a prioritization on innovation.

We value our people.We offer a competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits package, including health and wellness benefits, commuter and cell phone reimbursements, retirement plans, as well as work-life balance flexibility and opportunities for career development. Click here for more on what we offer and what it's like to work for POLITICO.

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