Senior Product Manager, Brilliant Minds

We're Karat , the leader in technical interviewing and pioneer of the Interviewing Cloud
Karat's purpose is to unlock opportunity, and we built the world's first Interviewing Cloud to conduct predictive, fair, and enjoyable technical interviews 24/7. Karat helps companies expand interviewing capacity, unlock developer time, and raise engineering quality so they can hire smarter and grow faster, while creating more opportunities for software engineers. From our industry-leading solutions to Karat's Brilliant Black Minds program, the work we do here matters. We're a passionate, focused, human-centric team, and we want you to join us!
Come join our Brilliant Minds Team!
Come join our Brilliant Minds team
Our Brilliant Minds team is committed to supporting equity for underrepresented minorities, with an initial focus on Black Americans. As our company's flagship purpose program, this team amplifies the brilliance found in the software engineering community of URM developers through exposure, access, and fairness. As the only program of its kind, Karat enables its global network of Interview Engineers to make technical interviews more accessible, and the interview experience itself more equitable.
What you will do
As the Senior Product Manager for Brilliant Minds at Karat, you will own and define the program vision, strategy, and goals, creating delightful customer experiences for both program participants and corporate partners. You will own developing and executing on the strategy and roadmap to expand Brilliant Minds to a full-scale national program with maximum impact. In this role you will get to dream big for how the industry rethinks diverse technical hiring and work closely with the senior Leadership Team bringing Karat's vision for more fair, predictive and enjoyable interviews to life.

• Own and define the vision, strategy, and product roadmap, manage tradeoffs and dependencies with key stakeholders, and execute on deliverables.
• Work closely with Engineering, Go-To-Market, Design, Data Science, Program Management, and Interview Content teams to launch new products and models for the program.
• Present program health and solutions. Analyze program wins, learnings, gaps and needs, and partner with Karat leadership to increase the impact and reach of the product.
• Proactively identify and resolve strategic issues and delivery risks that may impair the team's ability to meet strategic, financial, and technical goals.
• Create buy-in for the product vision both internally and with key external partner institutions and corporate partners.

The experience you will bring

• Passion for driving more diversity in tech, and deep understanding of the early-career Black and/or Latinx engineering audience
• 4+ years of consumer-facing product management experience
• Experience conceptualizing, developing and launching software products or services from the ground up
• Ability to empathize with partner needs and drive alignment; excellent written and oral communication skills, including experience engaging and influencing senior executives
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to use data to back up assumptions, recommendations and drive actions
• Proven ability to think strategically and execute methodically

This is a full time, salaried position. Immigration sponsorship is not available.
Karat's HQ is based in Seattle, Washington, but our core team is distributed throughout the United States, Canada, and United Kingdom.
Benefits of joining Karat
Karat strives to offer everything you need to best support you today, tomorrow, and beyond.
Compensation / Time Off:

• Highly competitive salary and stock options
• 401(k) with company match
• Generous paid PTO (see below) and Sick Leave (10 days per year)
• Flexible time off policy for salaried positions
• Three weeks vacation per year for hourly positions
• Global parental leave (16 weeks paid with additional 8 weeks transition back to work in part-time capacity)
• 20 paid company holidays for 2023

Benefits / Wellness:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance via United Healthcare or Kaiser (for CA-based employees)
• 100% premium covered for employees
• 70% premium covered for dependents
• FSA, STD, LTD, Standard Life Insurance, and Optional Life Insurance
• Therapy and coaching for employees and dependents
• $150 per month reimbursement for miscellaneous benefits/wellness purchases

Learn more about us
Statement of Inclusivity:
Karat is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital/domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, veteran status or other legally protected status. Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no place at Karat.
We value a diverse workforce: people of color, womxn, and LGBTQIA+ individuals are strongly encouraged to apply.
If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know at [email protected] .
Karat is an E-Verify company.
Individual base pay depends on various factors, in addition to primary work location, such as complexity and responsibility of role, job duties/requirements, and relevant experience and skills. This role may be eligible for additional rewards, including commissions, bonuses, and equity.
The base salary pay range across the United States for this role is:
$119,875 - $150,000 USD