Product Lead

Freelancingforgood; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Join an innovative organization dedicated to transforming global philanthropy as a Product Lead. In this pivotal role, you will create and execute strategies for digital and physical products, focusing on enhancing the 10% Pledge experience. Your leadership will drive engagement and retention within a vibrant community of pledgers, making a significant impact on effective giving. This role offers the chance to shape a comprehensive product strategy, collaborate with passionate teams, and contribute to ambitious growth goals. If you are a visionary leader with a passion for philanthropy, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience owning a product and leading its development.
• Strong product leader with visionary thinking and tactical execution.
• Ability to translate user research into product strategies.

Responsibilities

• Drive the vision and strategy for the 10% Pledge experience.
• Provide product leadership for GWWC’s digital ecosystem.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure a seamless user journey.

Skills

Product Management

Data Analysis

Communication

Strategic Vision

Collaboration

Tools

Growth Experimentation

User Research

Job description

Giving What We Can is looking for a Product Lead to join their team.

Overview:

• Full-time position
• Language: English
• Location: Anywhere (Remote); strong preference for candidates with at least a 4 hour overlap between 09:00 – 18:00 CET
• Salary: $70,000 – $110,000 per year, depending on experience and location
• Application closing: 25th May

Job Description

Help transform global philanthropy and make a significant impact by joining Giving What We Can (GWWC) as our Product Lead. GWWC’s community of over 10,000 pledgers now donate nearly $50 million together yearly to highly effective charities. With a renewed focus on growth, we’ve set aBig Hairy Audacious Goal “BHAG”to grow to 1 million pledgers donating at least $3B yearly.

In this key role, you’ll create the vision, strategy, and execution for our digital and physical products, with a primary focus on evolving the 10% Pledgefrom a simple commitment into a comprehensive experience that can scale to a large community of pledgers, whilst maintaining a deep connection and high retention rate.

Responsibilities

As a Product Lead at Giving What We Can, you will have the following responsibilities:

10% Pledge Product Leadership (60-70%)

As our Product Lead, you’ll own the entirepledge experiencein its full width – from discovery to conversion to long-term engagement. You’ll define what it means to be a 10% Pledger, what value the pledge provides, and how our product connects, engages, and inspires the community of pledgers and people considering making this commitment.

• Drive the vision, strategy, and execution for the 10% Pledge experience
• Define the value proposition that will help the pledge scale to millions of people
• Develop a product roadmap that enhances the pledge journey, focusing on activation, retention, and advocacy
• Shape concrete, actionable project pitches for the Build Team that solve real user problems
• Analyse user behavior, data and feedback to identify opportunities for improving pledge conversion and retention
• Drive experimentation to optimise the pledge funnel and experience
• Collaborate with the Marketing and Community & Partnerships teams to ensure a seamless journey from awareness to advocacy
• Think holistically about both digital and physical touchpoints in the pledge experience

Broader Product Leadership (30-40%)

You’ll also be responsible for GWWC’s broader digital ecosystem, consisting of our website, microtools like ourHow Rich Am I Calculator, our donation platform and more. Together with the Director of Tech you’ll play a key role in evolving our product processes and culture needed to support our ambitious growth plans.

• Provide product leadership for GWWC’s website, donation platform, and other digital properties
• Establish product processes that enable data-driven decision making across the organisation
• Work with the Build Team to allocate resources effectively
• Gather input from GWWC’s team and pledger community to inform product decisions
• Ensure our digital properties effectively communicate our mission and value proposition
• Identify and address critical gaps, overlaps and improvements in our broader product offerings, including but not limited to:
  • Trial Pledge
  • Company Pledge
  • Bequest Tool
  • Further Pledge
  • Donation platform
• Help establish metrics and KPIs that align with our growth goals

Here are some projects you might work on:

• Defining the problem space for a reimagined pledge journey, setting boundaries and highlighting key opportunities to inspire more people to pledge, improving both volume and conversion
• Framing a solution direction for a new dashboard view that gives pledgers insights into their giving history and its impact
• Outlining the core elements of new features that help pledgers track and celebrate their giving milestones
• Working with the Marketing team to improve the “How Rich Am I” calculator and make it a more effective onboarding tool for effective giving
• Conceptualising and developing new “micro-tools” like the “How Rich Am I” calculator to form new entry points into effective giving concepts
• Developing a comprehensive product strategy for scaling the 10% Pledge, evolving the value proposition
• Establishing product processes and frameworks for the organisation.

Role Requirements

Required Qualities

• Experience owning a product – you should have explicit product management experience, or related experience, like entrepreneurial, general management, or other examples of leading the building of something from point A to point B
• A strong product leader who can balance visionary thinking with tactical execution
• Ability to translate user research and data into clear product strategies and roadmaps
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical team members
• Data-driven approach to decision making, with experience in growth experimentation
• You love enhancing your productivity with effective tools and are constantly finding new ways to increase your output and value by improving your work processes. You thoughtfully select the right tools—whether AI or otherwise—for each specific task.
• Proven ability to prioritise effectively in resource-constrained environments
• A strong understanding of and alignment with effective giving principles
• Passion for GWWC’smission and the 10% Pledge
• Strong alignment with GWWC’steam valuesandcommunity values

Nice-to-Have Qualities

• Experience with non-profit or community-driven products
• Background in growing products from thousands to millions of users
• Understanding of behaviour change and habit formation
• Experience with both digital and physical product experiences
• A personal commitment to effective giving (e.g., having taken the 10% Pledge yourself)
• Prior experience in mission-driven organisations

Experience Level

We are open to candidates with a range of experience levels. The most important factors are your ability to balance strategic vision with tactical execution, your ability to lead our product development effectively as we scale, and your excitement to build yourself.

• For more junior candidates: Strong execution skills and practical product management experience, with potential to develop strategic vision.
• For more senior candidates: Proven strategic leadership with a willingness to dive into details and execute on short-term objectives.

How to apply?

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