Product Manager
Santa Barbara, CA, United States
Who We are:
ParentSquare is a rapidly growing Santa Barbara-based company that's changing the way schools and parents communicate every day. Sounds simple? We strive to keep it that way! Over 20,000 schools and 10 million parents and guardians across the U.S. utilize our platform to stay informed and involved from the way they prefer to be notified - email, text, voice, web, app, and social - to the ways they can interact with schools - forms, sign-ups, payments, RSVPs, language translations, chat and more.
We just celebrated our 13th anniversary and are excited to continue advancing K-12 communications equity with our intuitive and easy-to-use platform so districts and schools can connect with all parents and guardians.
Who We’re Looking For:
We are searching for a passionate Product Manager who will help us continue to grow and improve our platform; you’re someone who loves to learn a product inside and out and gain a deep understanding of not only the product but of the end-user experience as well as the competitive landscape. You’re an incredibly organized person who can seamlessly manage various ongoing projects, and you’ll play an active role in helping communicate new features through demos and training. As a member of a rapidly growing team, you aren't afraid to roll up your sleeves and help scale into the growth that's at our fingertips. Most importantly you share in our mission to improve the lives of students.
This Role Will Include:
Product Development
Identifying and filling product gaps with solutions that grow market share, improve customer experience, increase profitability and drive growth
Driving product launches including working with marketing team, customer success, and other product team members
Facilitating beta and pilot programs
Product Backlog
Translating product strategy into requirements and prototypes
Creating a scope and prioritizing the product backlog based on business and customer impact
Working closely with engineering teams to ship features with quick time-to-market and optimal resources
Working with QA resources to ensure product is tested for all customer type
Regular grooming and ownership of the team backlog
Product Feedback
Working with leadership, sales and customer success teams to gather insight, refine market fit and validate stakeholder benefits
Conducting demos and training for tech, sales and customer success teams
Interviewing customers to solicit feedback on company products and services
Acting as a product evangelist to build awareness and understanding
Creating buy-in for the product vision both internally and with key external partners
Our Ideal Candidate will have:
1-3 years of Product Management experience within SaaS
Proven work experience in product management
Proven track record of managing all aspects of a successful SaaS product throughout its lifecycle
Solid technical background with understanding and/or hands-on experience in software development and web technologies
Skilled at working effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders from development, customer success, sales, marketing and leadership
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Strong problem-solving skills
Entrepreneurial spirit and willingness to roll up one’s sleeves to get the job done
Bonus: Experience producing educational technology (Ed-Tech) products a plus and/or experience working in K-12 Education a plus
The perks of working for us are great!
You’ll get your foot in the door as our company continues to grow. We’re big believers in work-life balance and provide
Employer-paid health insurance (including dependent coverage)
An employer-matched 401K retirement savings program from day 1
Paid Parental Leave
Stock options
Health + wellness reimbursements
PTO that increases each year
15 paid holidays, including your birthday!
As a fully remote team, we’ll make sure you have all the tools and equipment you need to make your home office a place where you can thrive.
We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.
This role pays an annual salary of $75,000-$105,000 DOE
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