Product Manager

ScaleForward; Evanston (IL); On-site; USD 113,000 - 161,000; Full time

Job summary

ScaleForward, Evanston, IL, is seeking a Product Manager to sharpen how we plan, measure, and optimize. You will decide tradeoffs, frame decisions for executives, and align go-to-market plans with our broader strategy, while driving pilots to success and setting guardrails for remote deals.

You’ll bring strong presentation skills, curiosity, a documentation-first mindset, and hands-on experience with Jobs To Be Done workflows and Miro. This is a live, hiring role that offers growth and balance.

Qualifications

• Strong working knowledge of Presentation Skills and Acceptance Criteria.
• Curiosity and a continuous drive to sharpen your business craft.
• A documentation-first attitude and eagerness to learn new skills.
• Working knowledge of Miro alongside transferable Jobs To Be Done chops.
• A point of view, held loosely and defended well.
• Hands-on experience with modern Jobs To Be Done workflows and tooling.

Responsibilities

• Decide where ScaleForward should say no so it can say yes to one thing.
• Frame the tradeoff so a busy executive can choose in sixty seconds.
• Conduct competitive research and synthesize insights for executive decisions.
• Align go-to-market plans with broader ScaleForward commercial strategy.
• Push a business pilot past the part where most pilots die.
• Set guardrails so a remote deal can move without a committee.
• Set the targets Evanston, IL teams are measured against and make them fair.

Skills

Presentation Skills

Acceptance Criteria

Documentation

Curiosity

Jobs To Be Done chops

Business craft

Tools

Miro

Job description

We’re adding a Product Manager to our business team to strengthen how we plan, measure, and optimize. Sized right for 7 years of Productboard, this IL role pays $113,000 - $161,000 and opens a path you actually want to walk.

Key Responsibilities

• Decide where ScaleForward should say no so it can say yes to one thing


• Frame the tradeoff so a busy executive can choose in sixty seconds


• Conduct competitive research and synthesize insights for executive decisions


• Align go-to-market plans with broader ScaleForward commercial strategy


• Push a business pilot past the part where most pilots die


• Set guardrails so a remote deal can move without a committee


• Set the targets Evanston, IL teams are measured against and make them fair

What You’ll Bring

• Strong working knowledge of Presentation Skills and Acceptance Criteria


• Curiosity and a continuous drive to sharpen your business craft


• A documentation-first attitude and eagerness to learn new skills


• Working knowledge of Miro alongside transferable Jobs To Be Done chops


• A point of view, held loosely and defended well


• Hands-on experience with modern Jobs To Be Done workflows and tooling

ScaleForward grew out of an Evanston, IL research lab and never lost its transparent, question-everything approach to MoSCoW Prioritization. We reward the teammate who unblocks three colleagues over the one who quietly hero-codes alone.

Start at $113,000 - $161,000 and watch the benefits, growth budget, and flexible scheduling do the heavy lifting on your work-life balance.

We just refreshed it, so the business role counts as live and hiring.