Bluestatedigital

Bluestatedigital

Product Manager (Evergreen)

NY, DC, Oakland

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 86 days ago
HTMLCSSUX ResearchUX DesignWireframingProduct ManagementContent MarketingBusiness DevelopmentWordPressResearchCommunication

About the role

  • Interested in joining Blue State's Tech team?
  • Submit an application so you can be considered when a role becomes available.
  • Please note: this is an "evergreen" job post (i.e. not an active job post), but your expression of interest matters to us.

Responsibilities

  • You will not architect a WordPress site yourself, but you will vet designs and feature requirements for feasibility and judge an engineering team's progress.
  • Willingness to wear multiple hats and get into the weeds across product needs including UX design, content strategy, and user research.
  • Ability to use wireframes to communicate recommendations to design teams

Requirements

  • To enter our US offices or attend Blue State events, staff and visitors must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, including with a booster shot when eligible.
  • 5+ years of experience in product management, particularly with website projects.
  • Experience with CMS-driven websites, such as those built on WordPress.

Compensation

  • $1,000 annually in professional development funds
  • The salary range for this position is $91,000-93,000
  • The salary range for this position is $91,000-93,000; compensation will be commensurate with experience.

Benefits

  • Unlimited time off (inclusive of sick, personal, and vacation days)
  • Competitive health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Flexible and health savings accounts
  • Generous paid holiday schedule
  • 12-week fully-paid parental leave for all parents-to-be
  • Short-term and long-term disability insurance
  • Pre-tax commuter benefits

Company info

  • The Tech Team consists of product managers, developers, tech leads, and martech specialists.
  • We're veterans of presidential campaigns, agencies, nonprofits, and the tech world who want our work to matter, are passionate about technology, and aim to continually improve the work we do.
  • We collaborate very closely remotely and, optionally, from our offices in New York, DC, and London.
  • A day in the life
  • Assess clients' digital platforms, identify goals, and communicate solutions that help clients achieve their strategic objectives.
  • Cultivate an understanding of users' needs and behaviors through interviews, analytics, and other forms of research. Create personas and user journeys, and represent users' perspective in planning sessions.
  • Conduct product research and lead feature ideation and prioritization sessions.
  • Write and maintain functional requirements, ensuring that all functionality, user flows, and edge cases are understood by stakeholders. Documentation could range from lofi sketches to detailed acceptance criteria.
  • Develop testing and measurement plans in coordination with strategists and analysts.
  • Help create sprint plans and release schedules.
  • Manage stakeholder feedback, evaluating all proposed features against the product scope and ensuring that bugs are reported and prioritized correctly. Provide creative recommendations based on your technical expertise when features don't fit in the budget. Make the tough calls when scope needs to be cut.
  • Support the greater Business Development team with the scoping of new client product engagements. Estimate effort, ensure that team members are aligned on what's being proposed, and guard against proposals that aren't feasible.
  • Contribute to the development and maintenance of general documentation and toolkits within the product management practice.
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