• Customer focused. You understand the needs of your customer intimately and represent them everywhere, grounding your approach in data and research
• Marketplace savvy. You understand different user types and can reason about incentives in a marketplace to create successful products
• Strong 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
• Comfortable using data for tactical and strategic decisioning, goal setting, and iterating quickly

Desirable

• Handshake is hiring a Product Manager to help us deliver a world class consumer experience
• More than half of college students in the US have a profile on Handshake but they’re using the platform primarily as a transactional job board
• In order to fully realize our mission and goals, we need to better engage students through content and community — and in this role, you will be critical to ensuring this
• 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!
• You’ll be part of a close-knit cross-functional team including not just R&D but also demand generation, marketing operations, product marketing, sales, customer success and insights - together building a truly game-changing SaaS platform
• At the same time, you’ll be mindful about making positive societal impact, including improving diversity, equity and inclusion in entry level recruiting
• Product Strategy. You’ll ensure that your squad has a cohesive product strategy that ladders up into the Content & Community team and company strategy
• Leadership. You’ll work with your team leads to represent your product area to executives, and translate company-wide strategies to your squad and into your roadmap
• Goal Setting. You’ll help hold your squad accountable to clear goals that ensure they are tracking effectively towards the strategy
• Planning and Execution. You’ll help your team and stakeholders prioritize and collaborate on the roadmap while ensuring we have appropriate alignment with stakeholders
• 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