Senior Technical Product Manager

About Spokeo

Join our mission to make the world more transparent with data.

Spokeo is a people search engine that helps over 18 million monthly visitors reconnect with friends, reunite with families, and protect against fraud. Additionally, our 12 billion records and over 250 million unique profiles help business professionals to locate people and assets, research criminal investigation subjects, and more.

Founded in 2006, we have grown to a remote-first company of nearly 200 dedicated employees with an average tenure of 4.5 years. Find out why we were named a “Best Company” for 2023 by Comparably for Women, Compensation, Happiest Employees, Company Perks & Benefits, and Work-Life Balance, as well as “Best CEO” for co-founder Harrison Tang

About this Opportunity

As Spokeo continues to grow, we are looking for an experienced Senior Technical Product Manager (Sr. TPM). You will collaborate with cross-functional Agile Scrum teams to deliver high-quality SaaS solutions in a timely manner that delight the customers. You will be responsible for creating, managing, and prioritizing the product backlog based on business objectives set by the customer and internal stakeholders.

The ideal candidate will have a successful history of leading cross-functional teams to deliver effectively and on time, with innovative solutions, and strong team camaraderie. Projects will be a mix of large and small – as the Sr. TPM will drive product enhancements both to internal middleware and CRM tools, which enable Spokeo to sell new products and manage new customer accounts that drive revenue growth and customer satisfaction, and to customer-facing features which bolster security, connectivity, data, and purchasing options. The successful candidate will motivate and lead their team to deliver beyond expectations.

This Sr. TPM will lead an Agile Scrum team to deliver impactful products that will grow revenue and increase customer satisfaction. While at Spokeo, this Sr. TPM can grow their business savvy and make strategic decisions on behalf of the customers. This position reports to the Senior Director of Product Management.

What you'll do:

• 40% - Lead a cross-functional Scrum team as Product Owner, owning the planning and prioritization of the backlog, monitoring key metrics, and driving efficient end-to-end product development from conception to launch

• 30% - Collaborate with product, engineering, design, and analytics teams to drive innovation. Implement new features, collect feedback and requirements, and gain deeper insights to drive the product's future

• 10% - Embrace the opportunity to challenge the norm and relentlessly pursue simple and elegant customer experiences

• 10% - Stay up-to-date with industry trends beyond Spokeo, align product teams and partners, and inspire leadership to support your product and business ideas

• 10% - Serve as a product evangelist, promoting alignment among leadership, cross-functional stakeholders, and the product team
  
  
  

What you've done:

• You have a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field

• You have 5+ years of experience with product management and or product development

• You have worked on building platform or infrastructure products, such as middleware, CRM, security/permissions management, and or case management tools

• You are experienced at collaborating with cross-functional teams, engaging senior stakeholders, and using agile software development

• You can create a well-planned roadmap by strategically breaking down projects into MVPs and subsequent phases, optimizing customer and business value with minimal effort

• You know how to utilize both quantitative (e.g., metrics, analytics) and qualitative data (e.g., research, user feedback) to inform product prioritization and decision-making

• You have excellent written and verbal communication skills. Your clear and concise product specs inspire and motivate teams toward a bold vision

• Experience with data related to public records, people, businesses, and/or properties is highly preferred

• Experience with MySQL, SQL is a must

Working at Spokeo

Our mission is to advance transparency, and to achieve that goal, we rally around six core values: listening with empathy, understanding the why, clarifying with data, innovating to learn, collaborating to achieve, and insisting on quality.

As a remote-first company, we are able to hire team members residing in the following US states: AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, KY, MD, MI, MO, NH, NJ, NV, NC, PA, SC, SD, TX, VA, or WA.

In addition to a highly competitive base salary, our generous benefits include:

• participation in a company bonus program
• stock options
• 401K matching for qualified roles
• 100% medical/dental/vision coverage
• unlimited PTO
• mental health resources
• paid home office equipment
• fitness reimbursements
• support paying for courses
• twice a year, we offer discretionary, merit-based salary increases.
• And more…

We extend written offers to candidates who successfully complete their selection process. Offers will depend on several factors, including, but not limited to, marketplace competition, job leveling, experience, and skills.

Privacy Notice for Candidates: https://www.spokeo.com/recruiting-policy

Spokeo is an equal-opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status. Spokeo fosters a business culture where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best products, and be relevant in a rapidly changing world.

Note: You must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of one’s employment visa at this time.

Recruiters or staffing agencies: Spokeo is not obligated to compensate any external recruiter or search firm who presents a candidate or their resume or profile to a Spokeo employee without 1) a current, fully executed agreement on file, and 2) being assigned to the open position (as a search) via our applicant tracking solution.

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