Senior Product Manager

Summary

Join Niche as a Product Manager to lead a team focused on partner fulfillment, improving the connection between students and schools. You will work closely with various teams to understand user needs and prioritize backlogs. Responsibilities include acting as product owner, analyzing data, and reporting on team metrics. The role requires 5+ years of relevant experience in product management, preferably in enterprise B2B or marketplaces, and a proven track record in product development. Niche offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, flexible work arrangements, and opportunities for professional growth. This is a chance to make a significant impact on a mission-driven company.

Requirements

• A minimum of 5+ years of relevant experience in product management, preferably in enterprise B2B or Marketplaces
• Proven track record taking a problem through the full product development lifecycle, including product discovery
• Demonstrated expertise in working with recommendation systems, personalization algorithms, or similar technologies
• Outstanding communication and interpersonal abilities for effective collaboration across diverse teams, including engineers, designers, marketers, and executives
• Proven leadership skills to motivate teams, foster consensus, and influence stakeholders
• Strong business acumen, capable of assessing opportunities and developing compelling business cases for initiatives
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Product Development Organization and other key stakeholders, such as sales and operations, to understand our users, partners, and internal needs to inform the prioritization of backlogs
• Act as the product owner on a product team working closely with the team’s designers, and developers to build and regularly release using agile methodology
• Be responsible for analysis and reporting to validate and inform development and strategic initiatives
• Assume the role of Product Owner on a product team; this includes communicating and gathering requirements from stakeholders, maintaining and prioritizing a product backlog, and running bi-weekly sprint planning meetings
• Begin to analyze key user and business metrics and monitor results of various releases
• Collaborate with members of the operations, sales, and product team to gain expertise in our work flows and end users and ensure work stays aligned to the product vision
• Begin to fully own a product backlog; this includes research and development of new features/initiatives and aligning to product and business strategic initiatives
• Be responsible for analyzing and reporting on team metrics across the company; turn analysis into actionable next steps and enhancements
• Work closely with product marketing to introduce new features and drive engagement
• Use data-driven and user insights to inform overall product and business strategy
• Continue to develop long term strategy; expand the product offerings as the Niche evolves and expands

Preferred Qualifications

Proficiency in machine learning, data analysis, and statistical modeling

Benefits

• Full time, salaried position with competitive compensation in a fast-growing company
• 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
• We are a fully flexible workforce empowering our employees to choose to work remotely, in our Pittsburgh office or whatever combination suits you