Coactive makes it easy to search, filter, and analyze visual content. Increasingly image and video data captures the content we watch, the products we buy, and the work we do, and already represents 80% of internet traffic. But rather than being an asset, visual content is often a tax or even a liability because it is so hard to work with and understand. Coactive solves this by bringing structure to unstructured data. Rather than spending months (or years) building complex infrastructure, data teams can unlock the value of their visual data in minutes to power use cases such as content understanding and moderation, search, and analytics.

Coactive was founded by experts who shaped the fields of high-performance deep learning and data-centric AI. We have the scars from building and working with the first generation of modern machine learning systems at Google, Meta (formerly Facebook), Pinterest, eBay, Lyft, and other leading organizations. Through our decades of experience, we have developed a playbook to democratize the toughest parts of machine learning systems; no PhD required.

As a product manager, you will act as the general manager of Coactive’s solution, leading the process to identify and prioritize optimal whole-product capabilities to support the strategy and business goals of the company. The product manager will be responsible for all aspects required to deliver differentiated, high value capabilities and a frictionless customer experience that positions Coactive as the clear market leader in the area of unstructured visual data. You will develop and maintain the product strategy, roadmap, and feature-level requirements to achieve this objective. The product manager we seek will prioritize high-value capabilities and help the organization say “no” to lower-value investments. Further, you will also play a critical role in developing the product positioning and messaging platform used by marketing and sales to support a successful go-to-market strategy.

In Coactive’s fast-paced startup environment, your responsibility will span from strategic and tactical work with cross-functional leadership to develop product strategy, to interacting with prospects and customers, to frequent collaboration with development teams on product features.

What you’ll do:

Product Strategy

• Understand customer businesses & customer problems; define personas to guide product features and experiences.
• Identify attractive target segment(s), considering competition, pain points, relative product fit, sales & adoption cycles, distinct competitive advantages, leverageable customer success stories, and benefits delivered.
• Work with leadership to articulate what we won’t do or pursue to focus limited resources on highest value product investments.
• Minimize product development risk by defining hypotheses and developing low-cost methods of testing for product market fit & value delivery.
• Socialize and solicit feedback on product strategy with internal stakeholders to gain buy-in, alignment, and clarity regarding product objectives and goals.

Product Roadmap, Prioritization & Requirements

• Build and maintain a high-level 12-24 month whole-product roadmap across relevant functional and non-functional areas to ensure delivery of a complete solution across the customer adoption lifecycle.
• Produce goals and measurable outcomes to define product success.
• Build and manage an enhancement request process to prioritize and respond to customer requests for new capabilities.
• Write detailed epics, stories and requirements.

Product Development

• Collaborate with engineering teams to improve the software development lifecycle process through adoption of effective practices and tools supporting agile development.
• Establish a systematic process for soliciting user feedback throughout the user experience (UX)  design and development process.
• Design a release strategy and cadence to support change management across multiple customers in multiple segments. 

Positioning and Messaging

• Establish a foundational product messaging framework, using value messaging / value cards or similar methodologies, that effectively communicate the value proposition and clear points of difference to the customer. 
• Support sales processes: presenting on product capabilities, roadmap and plans, and integrating feedback into the product roadmap.

Continuous Improvement

• Define and evolve product management processes to improve product effectiveness, quality, user experience, time to market, and efficiency.
• Perform win/loss analysis on each deal; evaluate market response for product market fit and adjust product strategy and roadmap.
• Meet with customers and participate in sales engagement to develop a first-hand perspective of customer and market needs.
• Actively seek customer and market input and data as a source of product innovation.

What we look for:

Education:

• BS in computer science, engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent experience
• MBA is highly desirable

Experience:

• 4-6+ years of B2B technology product management experience, with a proven track record of delivering compelling solutions to customers and users.
• Experience leading small product or technology development teams.
• Experience with good practices in SDLC, requirements processes, and Agile development.
• Experience with mission-critical services that require high availability.
• Experience with market research, competitive analysis, and user experience.
• Familiarity with ML concepts, tooling and modeling processes is highly desirable
• Experience managing technology platform products with both business and technical users is highly desirable.
• Previous start-up experience is a plus.

Skills:

• Experienced in the practice of inquiry and continuous learning. 
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, and ability to work well in a team environment.
• Exceptional business writing and presentation skills.
• Excellent project management skills and attention to detail.
• Strong analytic and strategic thinking skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, rapid growth environment.

What you can expect from us:

• 100% medical, dental & vision coverage for you
• Medical, dental & vision partially covered for your dependents
• 401K
• Unlimited PTO
• An allowance to set up workstations however you want
• A supportive environment. We build products, but we develop people.
• Social events ranging from happy hours and hiking to board game nights and games of Mario Kart.

We embrace and celebrate the diversity of our employees. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or parental status, disability, veteran status, or other class protected by applicable law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

*Actual pay is dependent on an individual candidate’s professional background, experience, skills and qualifications, as well as market demand and business demands. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting.

We embrace and celebrate the diversity of our employees. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or parental status, disability, veteran status, or other class protected by applicable law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.