Associate Product Manager

Who we are:

Everything runs on a single Rails app and one Postgres database, deployed on Heroku. Profitable, no outside investors, and no plans to take any. We grow when customers pay us. Founded in 1999, we now have 19 employees.

What this job is:

We need another Associate Product Manager to figure out what to build next in operations, and to say no to the rest. You will join as an independent contractor on a long-term agreement. Payment is monthly in USD. Expect to work a schedule that overlaps with US Eastern business hours until about noon ET. Communication happens mostly in Slack and short video calls.

What you'll work on:

• Define success metrics and check them after each release in Amplitude, Mixpanel or Looker.
• Own and prioritise the product backlog in Jira or Linear.
• Review competitor products and pricing.
• Make tradeoff calls on scope, timing and quality.
• Close the loop with sales and customer success on feature requests.
• Query usage data with SQL to find drop-off points.
• Coordinate launches with marketing, sales enablement and support.

What you bring:

• 1-2 years of product management experience on a software product.
• Ability to prioritise with incomplete information.
• Strong writing, including the discipline to keep documents short.
• Understanding of how APIs, databases and web apps fit together.

Preferred:

• Domain knowledge in payments, healthcare or logistics.

What you get:

Compensation: $870 - $990 per month

• Company laptop.
• Annual rate review.
• Monthly payments via wire transfer or Wise.

Duration: 9 months. Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at NH Labs, Inc..