Carbon Five is a software product consultancy working with a range of clients across technologies, markets and company sizes. We are seeking a mid to senior level Product Manager in the San Francisco office with 4-6 years of experience as a product manager on agile/lean software development teams. It’s an excellent environment to gain a breadth of experience. As part of the Carbon Five team, you’ll work with clients across industries and scale, to build successful products and grow effective teams.
Core Responsibilities
- Collaborate with client, developers and designers to define a feasible product that will support the vision, strategy and goals and translate into actionable stories
- Help define project milestones and keep the team on track while maintaining an open path for extensibility and disruption
- Actively create conditions for team success
- Wrangle stakeholders as needed
- Assist with the identification/refinement of product metrics
- Plan kickoffs and facilitate collaboration exercises
- Introduce and/or co-lead an Agile (XP) process
- Identify and communicate project risks and plan mitigations with the team
- Communicate and share out aspects of the process
- Be an effective teacher of process change
- Participate in early stage business development discussions and help educate prospects on modern software delivery
- Work with team to scope projects and estimate team size and budget
Desired Experience/Skills
- 4–6 years in a Product Management or related role, preferably in a fast-paced, continuous delivery environment
- Experience working in tight collaboration with design and engineering
- Results oriented — no task is too big or too small
- B2B and B2C product exposure — or ability to navigate the differences between the two
- Solid communication skills
- Systems thinker with experience in project management, user research, business development, and data analysis
- Have strong communication and collaboration skills, including the ability to receive and deliver constructive feedback
- Ability to think on the fly, tolerate ambiguity, suggest solutions for problems found, and demonstrate good judgement
- Ability to stay composed, constructively communicate, and effectively collaborate with clients and teammates when opinions differ
What We Offer
- A new domain, and opportunity to solve a new problem, several times a year
- New collaboration techniques for working with clients, developers, and designers
- Competitive salary + 401K with employer annual profit share contribution
- Full health (Medical, Vision, Dental) + pre-tax commuter benefits
- 3 weeks PTO + 1 week during end of the year holidays
- Lunch or breakfast provided 3x/week
- Paid parental leave
- Professional development budget of $2k/year
- Company-sponsored social events
- Endless banter and puns