- 4+ years technical or data product management experience in rapidly growing B2B SaaS businesses.
- Someone who can take an idea and break it down into high value iterations.
- Strong communication skills when presenting roadmaps or upcoming release initiatives to stakeholders.
- Established track record of shipping exceptional products with varied technical detail while keeping internal stakeholders in one-on-one and group situations informed in layman's terms.
- Deep understanding of APIs, data schemas and analytics. SQL skills are a must have
- Ability to solve problems creatively while juggling technical constraints and limitations with an existing product. Think of surgery on a walking living patient.
Bonus skills to add to the team: - Hands-on experience with small, high-velocity B2B startup organizations.
- Understanding of Productboard use for roadmap and customer feedback aggregation.
- Self-motivated, able to be persuasive to drive shifts in product plans through data driven metrics
BenefitsCrayon offers a competitive salary, equity, medical, dental, vision, 401k, generous paid parental leave, take-what-you-need paid time off, and an inclusive culture.
Crayon is committed to building a workplace that welcomes and encourages diverse perspectives, because we know that the most successful teams are diverse teams. We are an equal opportunity employer and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind.
This position is remote or if you're in the Boston area, hybrid office time is an option but not a requirement. Our product and engineering team does travel twice a year for kickoffs and team building events so you can get to know your peers.
Crayon focuses on SaaS, Marketplaces, Brand Marketing, and Marketing. Their company has offices in Boston. They have a mid-size team that's between employees. To date, Crayon has raised $37.85M of funding; their latest round was closed on May 2021.
You can view their website at or find them on Twitter and LinkedIn.
Technical Product Manager - Boston, United States - Crayon
Description
About Crayon
Crayon's competitive intelligence platform enables businesses to track and analyze everything outside their four walls, and activate that competitive intel within their organizations to drive business impact. Named an industry leader by Forrester, G2, and the Product Marketing Alliance, Crayon is trusted by hundreds of leading businesses to monitor competitive insights - external messaging and positioning, product and pricing changes, hiring plans, go-to-market strategies, and more. Crayon's platform then helps businesses act on these insights, increasing sales win rates, improving marketing positioning, informing product strategy, and driving revenue.
Crayon is headquartered in Fort Point, Boston, but with a successful remote work dynamic, we're seeking the right people wherever you live We're a fast growing, venture-backed startup, and a good fit for high-wattage individuals looking for a challenge plus opportunities to learn and grow. To learn more about Crayon, visit
About Product & Engineering
At Crayon, we believe that deep customer empathy is the best way to build a successful company. It also happens to be a great way to build amazing products It all starts by trying to better understand our customers. We then work collaboratively to conceptualize, develop, and refine simple yet powerful solutions to meet their needs. Crayon tackles a unique combination of data capture and processing, workflow, and information architecture challenges, which require innovative approaches to everything from UX to ML, implemented in a modern and scalable SaaS technology stack.
But we can't build a great product without a great team, and that's where you come in We are a small but growing organization, and we're looking for people who want to do the best work of their careers and produce great solutions solving customer pain points. We push ourselves to improve, accomplish more, and maximize our impact. Growth opportunities abound. But we also focus on keeping our people healthy and happy, both physically and mentally. This includes taking breaks, not taking ourselves too seriously, and having fun together. Life is too short to not love your job
Day in the life of a Technical Product Manager at Crayon
You'll be a critical part of our growing team, with the opportunity to make a huge impact on Crayon's success working closely with our CPO and customer operations team. Data and insights are the backbone of competitive intelligence, and this role will be challenging but rewarding. To be successful in this role, you'll need to have a deep understanding of APIs, rate limits, web scraping, and other data collection methods. Our talented engineering team needs a confident partner who can focus on the end user experience to deliver a data layer and unlock value for the rest of the customer-facing product teams. You will lead the charge in transforming our content acquisition strategy and innovative artificial intelligence capabilities. Product is never done, but there's always a balance to creating new exciting workflows or just bringing a smile to a users face for making their jobs easier day to day.
We are only accepting US based candidates at this time.
Requirements
What we're looking for: