• Customer focused. You understand the needs of your customer better than anyone else and prioritize them everywhere, grounding your approach in data and research
• Marketplace Fluent. You think holistically across the different user types and their respective incentives in a marketplace to create “matched”, end-to-end, successful products
• Strong systems and analytical thinker. Can connect the dots, spot challenges and edge cases, integrate multiple considerations
• Experience launching and managing a consumer social product with 1M+ active users
• Expert at using data for tactical and strategic decisioning, goal setting, and iterating quickly

Desirable

• Handshake is hiring a Senior Product Manager to help us deliver a world class consumer experience on iOS and Android
• More than half of college students in the US have a profile on Handshake, but they’re still spending the majority of their time using our web app to search for jobs
• In order to fully realize our mission and goals, and expand the use cases that students are choosing Handshake for, we know that we need to meet them where they spend most of their time - on their phones
• In this role you will own the overall craft and quality of our mobile apps, and you will work with PMs from across the company to make sure that each of their products is contributing positively to the mobile experience
• Ultimately, we believe Handshake can give every student access to the career-defining power of a supportive community and we need your help to make that happen!
• Product Strategy. You’ll ensure that your squad have a cohesive and differentiated product strategy that ladders up into the Content & Community team and company strategy
• Leadership. You’ll represent your squad and product area to executives, and translate company-wide strategies to your squad and into your roadmap. You’ll inspire your team on the product vision
• Goal Setting. You’ll hold your squads accountable to clear goals that ensure they are tracking effectively towards their strategy
• Planning and Execution. You’ll lead your team and stakeholders in prioritizing and collaborating on the roadmap while ensuring we have appropriate alignment with appropriate stakeholders. You will also exercise influence on adjacent product areas and organization-wide strategy
• Collaboration. You’ll work closely with other key leaders in the Content & Community team (i.e. design, marketing, engineering, data) as well as leaders in other lines of businesses (E.g. Career Events, Paid Employer offerings) to ensure cohesive strategy and execution