Director, Product Management, Consumer Growth

$250,000 - $270,000/Yr

Handshake

Full-time - Senior

Remote

Real Estate

About the position

The Director of Product Management for Consumer Growth at Handshake will lead the strategy and execution of initiatives aimed at enhancing consumer engagement, particularly among Gen Z users. This role involves collaborating with top executives to drive the company's evolution from a job board to a comprehensive career network, focusing on product development, user engagement, and cross-functional partnerships to achieve significant growth in user interaction and satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Develop the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for growth product areas including registration, activation, onboarding, and retention loops.
• Lead a high-performing cross-functional squad, collaborating closely with engineering and design partners from research and roadmap planning to delivery.
• Define goals and own performance against key business metrics for growth, proactively driving accountability towards those goals.
• Represent the squad and product area to executives, translating company-wide strategies into actionable roadmaps.
• Partner closely with marketing and sales teams to launch products and maximize user adoption.
• Run beta programs and pilots to maximize learning and minimize code investment.

Requirements

• 3+ years experience building and leading consumer growth teams that drove demonstrable, business-inflecting growth.
• 7+ years of product management experience partnering with engineering teams to ship code.
• Strong systems and analytical thinker with the ability to connect the dots and spot challenges.
• Working knowledge of data-driven applications including mapping, schemas, and permissions that inform user interactions.
• User-focused with a commitment to understanding the needs of employers and building data-driven products.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in a many-stakeholder environment with dependencies and collaboration.
• Strong data analysis skills to identify trends and opportunities.

Benefits

• Work from home stipend
• Internet reimbursement
• Paid parental leave
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Employee assistance program
• Referral program
• Food provided