Product Manager, SMB (Remote)

Company Description

At Marketplace, our mission is to help readers turn their aspirations into reality. We arm people with trusted advice and guidance, so they can make informed decisions they feel confident in and get back to doing the things they care about most.

We are an experienced team of industry experts dedicated to helping readers make smart decisions and choose the right products with ease. Marketplace boasts decades of experience across dozens of geographies and teams, including Content, SEO, Business Intelligence, Finance, HR, Marketing, Production, Technology and Sales. The team brings rich industry knowledge to Marketplace’s global coverage of consumer credit, debt, health, home improvement, banking, investing, credit cards, small business, education, insurance, loans, real estate and travel.

Job Description

Forbes Marketplace is looking for a Product Manager to join our rapidly growing team within the Small Business Vertical. This role offers a unique opportunity to significantly contribute to the development of 0-1 products in our innovative business hub, identifying new monetization opportunities, addressing unique needs of underserved markets, and building highly differentiated products for our large portfolio of small business owners.

Responsibilities:

• Identify monetization opportunities and untapped customer markets in the small business space, creating unique and impactful solutions.
• Lead the development of new software products, understanding customer pain points and employing a high degree of craftsmanship aligned with our product principles.
• Rapidly execute product initiatives, promoting a culture of learning and drawing insights from each project.
• Engage in direct communication with customers for product discovery, ensuring our solutions are closely aligned with their needs.
• Identify and implement strategies to continuously improve product reliability, scalability, security, maintainability, and performance.
• Work closely with engineering teams to improve standards, tooling, and processes.
• Utilize SQL for data analysis, deploy experiments, and generate actionable insights to inform product development and strategy.

Requirements:

• 2+ years of experience in a product management role, ideally with a background in software engineering.
• Demonstrated success in developing software solutions that not only meet but exceed operating targets in terms of reliability, scalability, and performance.
• Understanding of engineering principles and experience in partnering with engineering teams to improve standards, tooling, and processes.
• Preference for candidates with familiarity with the small business sector and a proven track record of building high-impact solutions in this space.
• Proficiency in SQL, GA, Amplitude with experience in conducting experiments and extracting actionable insights from data.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills, strong leadership and problem-solving abilities, with the capacity to handle multiple tasks under pressure.

Benefits:

• Competitive compensation package
• Ability to work remotely
• Unlimited PTO
• Every third Friday of the month off
• Winter break closure; the week between Christmas and New Years
• Home office setup
• Wellness Reimbursement

Additional Information

Forbes Marketplace provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

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