Product Manager

Blackstone; Canton (OH); On-site; USD 76,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentor assignment

Flexible hours

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Blackstone in Canton, OH is seeking a Product Manager to own high-leverage work that improves operations monthly. You will analyze customer and sales data, set KPIs, and manage scope to avoid project creep in a freelance arrangement.

You’ll bring hands-on RICE scoring, feature prioritization, and data storytelling to influence decisions. The role emphasizes autonomy with mentorship and flexible hours across Canton, OH, reflecting the freelance setup.

Qualifications

• Experience with RICE scoring and prioritization techniques.
• Ability to analyze customer and sales data to surface trends.
• Freelance or contract work experience.
• Storytelling to turn data into decisions.

Responsibilities

• Analyze customer and sales data to surface actionable trends
• Hold the line on scope when a business project starts sprawling
• Develop and track KPIs that measure progress against Blackstone objectives
• Own the relationship with the Acceptance Criteria vendor so it stops being a fire drill
• Coordinate annual planning and resource allocation across teams
• Stitch together RICE Scoring and Trello workflows that used to run on email
• Liaise with legal and compliance to keep business practices sound

Skills

RICE scoring

Feature prioritization

Data storytelling

Freelance work experience

Tools

Trello

Job description

Join Blackstone as a Product Manager and own the unglamorous, high-leverage work of making operations measurably better every month. The deal favors the seasoned — 6 years earns $76,000 - $125,000, a freelance arrangement, and a business charter you'll actually own.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze customer and sales data to surface actionable trends
• Hold the line on scope when a business project starts sprawling
• Develop and track KPIs that measure progress against Blackstone objectives
• Own the relationship with the Acceptance Criteria vendor so it stops being a fire drill
• Coordinate annual planning and resource allocation across teams
• Stitch together RICE Scoring and Trello workflows that used to run on email
• Liaise with legal and compliance to keep business practices sound

What You'll Bring

• Comfort owning a number that goes up or down because of you
• Hands-on RICE Scoring experience that survives a whiteboard interview
• Practical Feature Prioritization skills sharpened in a freelance setting
• Storytelling instincts that turn data into a decision

Rooted in Canton and restless by nature, Blackstone keeps reinventing how Voice of Customer and Feature Prioritization fit together. Autonomy here comes with a partner: ask for help the moment you're stuck on Team Leadership.

Beyond $76,000 - $125,000, Blackstone invests in your growth, assigns you a mentor, and lets you flex hours across Canton, OH as you need.

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