Product Manager

Summary

Join Niche as a Product Manager to develop new communication features, enhancing the experience for student users and educational institution partners. Lead the development of innovative communication features that improve user experience, drive high-quality leads, and boost revenue growth. Improve how students and schools communicate on the platform through experimentation and testing. Own a backlog of hypotheses, leveraging user research, data analysis, experimentation, and iterative development. Develop features that enhance how students discover and engage with educational institutions while ensuring school partners receive quality leads. As the Product Owner, work closely with software engineering and design, leading product development efforts and ensuring alignment with business objectives.

Requirements

• Minimum 2+ years of relevant work experience as a product manager
• Proven track record of shipping successful products
• Experience working with and leading cross-functional teams
• Strong analytical skills with an ability to make data-driven decisions
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Experience in conducting user research and applying insights to product development
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, remote environment
• Proficiency with SQL (experience with Snowflake is a plus)
• Familiarity with Jira
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field

Responsibilities

• Learn about Niche by meeting with various team members to learn more about our company through our Onboarding meetings
• Work with members of the Product Management and Marketing teams to begin to understand the current state of our communication tools
• Attend product team meetings to begin to understand the team strategy and workflow and build relationships across the product development organization
• Collaborate with product managers and peers in the product development organization to learn about our tools and analytics processes
• Shadow product management team members to learn more about how we collaborate with other areas of the business and how your role fits with external stakeholders and teams
• Assume the role of Product Owner on a product team; this includes identifying tests and optimizations that drive our business goals, communicating and gathering requirements from stakeholders, maintaining and prioritizing a product backlog, and running bi-weekly sprint planning meetings
• Conduct thorough discovery work across both sides of our marketplace, understanding the needs of both student users and our educational institution partners
• Begin to analyze key user and business metrics and monitor results of various releases
• Begin to fully own a product backlog; this includes research and development of new features/initiatives and aligning to product and business strategic initiatives
• Responsible for analyzing and reporting on team metrics across the company; turn analysis into actionable next steps and enhancements
• Have an understanding of the tech stack and an ability to work and communicate effectively with developers on the team
• You will have deep knowledge of all aspects of the products you manage and how they integrate with company strategy
• Use data-driven and user insights to inform overall product and business strategy
• Continue to develop long term strategy; expand our product offerings as Niche evolves and expands

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Braze is beneficial but not required
• You're a problem-solver who finds ways around obstacles rather than making excuses
• You're energized by our mission to revolutionize the college search process
• You thrive in an environment that values iteration and continuous improvement
• You're comfortable with ambiguity and can navigate complex marketplace dynamics
• You play to win and consistently drive results

Benefits

• Best-in-class 100% paid employee health plan, including vision and dental and supplemental coverage
• Flexible Paid Time Off Policy
• Stipend that allows you to build your work from home office in a style and function that suits your personal preferences
• Parental leave for all employees (12 weeks fully paid) in addition to short term disability for birthing parents
• Meaningful 401(k) with employer match