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Senior Product Manager
Product Development | Austin, TX, United States
Pluck is the world's first Social Application Server and offers the only white-label social media platform broad enough to power communities for “top 20†brands, retailers, and publishers. Through native reviews, ratings, comments, photos, videos, gamification, and moderation capabilities, plus SDKs in 6 languages, we make possible unique and mission-critical implementations for businesses like Target, Nike, the NFL, AARP, Mattel, Nestle, NPR, Kraft, Whole Foods… and the list goes on and on.
We work in a lighthearted, collaborative environment that is diverse, open-minded, “intrapreneurialâ€, and above all, agile. We encourage all of our employees to learn and grow personally and professionally so they can assume greater responsibilities and advance their careers. Plus, you'll get to work in the lovely SoCo neighborhood of Austin, at our offices in the former Austin Opera House, Willie Nelson's old music venue. (Yes, we still have the stage.) Lunch at Threadgill's, Doc's Motorworks, Home Slice, or any of a dozen funky food trailers could be a daily event for you.
We're looking for a detail-oriented and ambitious Product Manager to join the team that makes Pluck go. You will get to play in both strategic initiatives and tactical execution.
Responsibilities:
- Consult with name-brand customers and prospects to help determine how the product will be built to meet evolving needs
- Work closely with marketing to analyze and understand market direction, in order to position Pluck for future competitiveness
- Produce product requirements and definition, including documentation, wireframes and flow diagrams for new features and enhancements
- Assist in the prioritization and scheduling of deliverables
- Work closely with engineering and QA to execute on fixes, enhancements, and new product
- Shepherd initiatives through the entire software development lifecycle, as well as documentation and internal training
- Co-own pluck.com, writing copy to explain our offering, and assisting with decisions about the overall message and site organization
- Working with the product team and other stakeholders to ensure our internal processes continue to quickly deliver high-value solutions to our customers
- 3-5 years of software product management or comparable experience
- Self starter & entrepreneurially minded; the ability to own your work without being micromanaged is a must
- Ability to collaborate well with a broad array of other teams from engineering to sales; must be able establish credibility as knowledgeable about the existing product and the directions we've decided to take it
- Very strong communication skills, including comfort conducting internal presentations as well as writing internal memoranda
- Ability to speak geek in addition to the language that CMOs understand
- Good familiarity with common social media tools such as Facebook and Twitter
- Working knowledge of agile software development lifecycle practices
- Familiarity with web application technologies including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and analytics tools
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, and complete comfort with shifting priorities and malleable schedules
- Familiarity with server-side technologies such as .Net, Python, Ruby, Java, and/or various databases is not required, but a plus
- Prior experience in product marketing is a strong plus
| Location: | Austin, TX United States |
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Demand Media
Investors: Oak Investment PartnersAll Jobs: at Demand Media
| Web Site: | www.demandmedia.com |
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| Headquarters: | 1333 Second Street Suite 100 Santa Monica, CA 90401 United States |
| Industry: | IT Services |
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