Product Manager

PerformYard; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

HSA plan

Disability insurance

401k plan

Generous PTO

Paid holidays

Job summary

PerformYard is a growth-stage SaaS company redefining employee performance management. The Product Manager will partner with product teams, stakeholders, and customers to refine the product roadmap and define innovative features for our AI-enabled platform.

You will work within an agile/scrum environment, driving grooming sessions and prioritizing the backlog while reporting to the Senior Product Manager. This is a fully remote role with growth potential.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of software product management experience with a commercial product, preferably SaaS.
• Proven track record leading AI-powered product development, from concept through launch and iteration.
• Prior experience as a product manager and product owner in an agile/scrum environment.
• Experience collaborating with UX/UI designers on product features.
• Experience with JIRA for epics, stories, and backlog management.
• Startup technology company experience, preferably SaaS.
• Experience working in a team of product managers.
• Experience developing extensions and integrations for a core product to other platforms.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive specific product roadmap initiatives for the PerformYard SaaS products.
• Serve as the product owner on one or more agile scrum teams, prioritizing requirements and coordinating with the development team.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, customers, and partners to inform the roadmap and evangelize the application.
• Use data-informed decision making to guide roadmap, design, and development.

Skills

Product management

SaaS experience

Agile/Scrum

JIRA

AI-powered products

Tools

JIRA

Job description

PerformYard is a profitable, growth-stage B2B SaaS company transforming how organizations manage and measure employee performance. Our AI-enabled platform is widely adopted for its customizable performance processes, ease of use, and measurable business impact. As we scale, PerformYard has significant opportunities to accelerate growth by deepening our partnership ecosystem, expanding into adjacent talent modules, and strengthening the financial strategy that underpins our next phase of expansion.

A crucial part of the product management team, the Product Manager will collaborate with other product managers, stakeholders, and customers to help refine and drive our product roadmap and define innovative new features for our SaaS employee performance management products. They will work closely with our Product Development team, participating in our agile/scrum development process and driving grooming sessions for the product backlog and upcoming sprints and releases. This position will report directly to the Senior Product Manager.

A successful candidate at PerformYard will be a strongly self-motivated and driven individual who is efficient, detail-oriented, and organized in their approach to product management. This position has growth potential as our product management team continues to grow.

This is a 100% remote position—now & forever

What you’ll do:

• Own and drive specific product roadmap initiatives for the PerformYard SaaS products.
• Serve as the product owner role on one or more agile scrum product development teams, maintaining and prioritizing product requirements and working closely with our product development team.
• Work closely with key stakeholders, customers, and partners to inform our product roadmap and evangelize the PerformYard application.
• Take a data-informed decision approach to our roadmap, design, and development processes.

What you’ll bring:

• 3-5 years of software product management experience with a commercial product, preferably SaaS.
• Proven track record leading AI-powered product development, from initial concept through launch and ongoing iteration, ideally spanning both conversational AI experiences and embedded, insight-driven AI features.
• Prior experience as a product manager and product owner in an agile/scrum development environment.
• Prior experience collaborating with UX/UI designers on product features.
• Previous experience with JIRA (or equivalent issue management system) for epics, stories, and backlog management.
• Startup technology company experience, preferably for a SaaS offering.
• Experience working in a team of product managers.
• Experience managing the development of extensions and integrations for a core product to other platforms.

Bonus Points:

• MBA, preferably with an Entrepreneurship or Technology Management major.
• BS in Computer Science and/or prior software development experience.
• Practical knowledge of querying NoSQL databases, specifically MongoDB.
• Previous product management experience with an HRIS or employee performance management product.
• Prior product management experience for a product’s public API offering.

Prior experience with product analytic platforms, specifically PostHog.

A desire to do and achieve brilliant things!

Authentically curious, you love learning and improving yourself.

In addition to your compensation plan, we also have medical, dental, and vision health insurance benefits with an HSA plan, disability insurance, a 401k plan, generous PTO, paid holidays, and other benefits.