Product Lead

Summary

Join Collective, a company redefining how businesses-of-one operate, as their Product Lead for Taxes. You will own the vision and strategy for the tax product, leading a cross-functional team to create intuitive and seamless tax experiences for our customers. This role requires deep product management experience, tax product expertise, and the ability to navigate complex regulatory requirements. You will leverage data and A/B testing to make informed product decisions and drive business outcomes. Collective offers a competitive salary, stock options, comprehensive benefits, and a collaborative team culture. We are backed by top-tier VCs and offer opportunities for rapid growth and increased scope.

Requirements

• 5-6+ years of product management - You have a deep understanding of the product craft throughout the entire product lifecycle - delivering successful & innovative products
• Tax product expertise – You understand the importance of a customer’s early experience and the role of taxes. You are able to define and execute on key “aha” moments for customers to increase propensity for retention. You understand deeply how to enable our customers to become net promoters & referrers of the product
• Experience building intuitive, delightful product experiences in domains with complex regulatory requirements - You are able to wade through high legal and compliance complexity to deliver experiences that are delightful while being compliant
• Fluency with data & A/B testing – You are very comfortable defining & running A/B tests. You know how to leverage data to make product decisions rapidly & insightfully
• An “owner” and “driver” mindset – You are biased toward action and get stuff done. No task is too big or too small for you. You strive to solve problems independently, while striking the balance of asking for help
• Drive for simplicity & elegance – Ability to take on complex product challenges and find elegant, simplifying solutions to avoid making them our customers’ and partner’s problems
• A high quality bar – For your own contributions and those of the people around you
• Comfort & skill with ambiguity - Ability to independently solve ambiguous problems with - first principles and structured thinking
• Strong written and communication - High signal, clear & succinct, and structured communication
• Intellectual curiosity & humility – Product development is a deep team sport. You are intellectually curious, a team player, and have strong opinions loosely held w/ humility

Responsibilities

• Own the vision, strategy, implementation, and customer & business outcomes for Taxes
• Lead and inspire an XFN team (design, engineering, operations, legal, sales & marketing etc.) to ideate on and ship innovative experiences
• Deeply understand business and product performance to ensure the team is focused on the highest leverage opportunities that balance long term growth with immediate business needs
• Manage the roadmap and team processes to enhance quality and velocity of execution, make tradeoff decisions between business priorities and available resources
• Drive effective partnership both cross-functionally, across product teams, and external partners to ensure the team is effectively strong business outcomes
• Define the framework and metrics to measure the impact of the team; deeply understand the core drivers and monitor progress

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a fast-paced, high growth environment
• Prior consulting (BCG/Bain/Mckinsey) or investment banking experience
• Reforge certification(s)

Benefits

• Compensation Range: $175,000 - $190,000 annual base salary
• Location: San Francisco (Hybrid) or US Remote
• A diverse and collaborative team culture
• Stock options package
• 14 company holidays + flex PTO
• 401K
• Employer paid Health, Vision and Dental Insurance
• 100% coverage for employees
• 75% coverage for dependents
• PC or Mac laptop + $750 Home office stipend
• Generous paid parental leave
• Fertility benefits, up to $8k
• Team events and virtual gatherings
• $600 wellness bonus