Do you thrive on seeing roadmaps become reality? Do you love working with teams of people to achieve shared results? Are you motivated to improve user experiences and delight customers with mobile apps? Discogs has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Product Manager who can roll up their sleeves and get hands-on to collaborate toward bringing improved user experiences to our products.
Location
While we are a remote company we are only accepting applications at this time from the following areas: OR, WA, CA, CO, ID, AZ, TX, IL
Who We Are
Discogs is the largest crowd-sourced, community-driven database of recorded music information in the world. Every day, millions of people use the Discogs Marketplace to connect, learn about music, and buy and sell vinyl records, CDs, and cassettes. As Discogs continues to grow, we are looking for bright, dedicated, creative, and highly motivated people to help us realize our mission to serve the music fan in everyone. We are relatively small, so individual contributions can have a large impact. High value is placed on quality, critical thinking, and continuous improvement. Our teams work collaboratively but are distributed geographically and open-source tools are important to who we are and how we work. We value the experiences and skills each team member contributes to helping us serve our music community.
Who We’re Looking For
The objective of the UX Product Manager is to work with a cross-functional team to deliver on their roadmap at the direction of the business owner, delivering value for end users while growing the business. The PM will work with internal and external stakeholders to help drive priorities that improve the daily experience of our users. Primary product responsibilities include the Discogs mobile apps and the internal design system.
What You’ll Accomplish
You are an experienced Product Manager that thrives in driving roadmaps to become reality. You understand what it takes to develop a high quality user experience. Problem solving intrigues you and you are able to make confident decisions based on research and data. Communicating is a way of life for you and you understand that it takes honesty and courage to drive your product forward. You understand that no product is developed in a vacuum and that it takes constant iteration to reach big results.
- At business owner’s direction, maintains and manages product priorities
- Works with the business owner to set project goals/KPIs and aligns value to both users and Discogs
- Runs the execution of projects, driving alignment with cross-functional teams to plan, align, and deliver product and feature launches
- With support from the business owner and functional manager, is able to monitor team dynamics and problem solve to maintain a highly functioning team.
- Coordinates with stakeholders such as Marketing and UX to incorporate market and user analysis into product decisions
- Uses thorough documentation to establish requirements and use cases for the purpose of stakeholder alignment and building epics and stories for the backlog
- Represents business interests and the implications and dependencies that come from other teams when making product decisions
- Constantly communicates with stakeholders about project timelines and regularly engages with RACI members to ensure progress
- Consistently evaluates the backlog against capacity and communicates with their manager and pillar leads about constraints
- Validates information that impacts scope, timeline, and resources to ensure work is worth doing and can be accomplished
- Works closely with Product Coordinator(s) and other pillar team leaders to communicate roadmap priorities, ensure day-to-day execution, and coordinate product launches
- Uses data to recommend, monitor, and track the viability of the roadmap and overall health of the pillar’s areas of ownership
- Monitors the pulse of the community during product and feature launches
- Other duties as assigned
Requirements
What You’ll Contribute
- Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) from four-year college or university, or equivalent work experience
- 7+ years work experience in a product role
- Strong demonstrated experience working with delivering mobile apps to market
- Professional certification preferred, e.g. CSPO, Project Management, software development methodologies (Scrum, Agile, Lean, etc.)
- Project management experience and/or certification
- Ability to effectively present and communicate information to stakeholders and senior management
- Experience using Product Development tools (Atlassian suite preferred–Jira, Trello, and Confluence)
- Experience working in online communities and/or ecommerce environments is preferred. Having history as a Discogs user may be considered as a suitable substitute
- Ability to analyze data from various sources such as analytics tools, reports, and surveys
- Experience with large scale, high traffic websites that operate on a global scale is preferred
- Demonstrate understanding of service-oriented architecture and microservices; APIs; automated testing; continuous deployment
- Understand agile principles and drives iterative processes to release and improve upon feature and product launches
- Experience working with UX teams is preferred
Benefits
What We Provide
- Competitive compensation: salary, plus performance-related bonus program
- 401(k) with employer match
- 100% company-paid medical and dental insurance benefits for you and your dependents
- 4 weeks paid vacation, increasing based on tenure
- 18 weeks paid leave for birth moms
- 8 weeks paid parental leave, including for adoption
- Monthly wellness allowance
- Annual professional and personal development allowance
- Work from home office set-up and expense allowances
- Flexible work location opportunities
- Employer matching toward charitable contributions
- Starting Base Salary – $110,000 – $112,500 annual
What We Believe In
Discogs’ mission is to serve the music fan in everyone. We represent a diverse and inclusive community, and we are committed to serving our community with innovative and creative solutions. We know that innovation happens best when varying perspectives are embraced and integrated. Our global team reflects our global community.
Discogs is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Applicants needing accommodation to apply should contact us at 503-597-6340
If you apply for this role, you will be required to upload a resume, cover letter, and fill out a few questions regarding your application. Once submitted, our hiring team will review your application and contact you if you are selected for an interview. Whether you are successful or not, we will store your application and data in our system for a maximum period of one year from the application date in case another role becomes available that you are suitable for. If you have any questions or concerns about us storing this data and/or the period of time, please contact us at legal@discogsinc.com and we will respond to you within 30 days.