Senior Product Manager

StartupSphere; Richmond (CA); On-site; USD 136,000 - 201,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Four-day flex week

Ongoing coaching

Job summary

StartupSphere is seeking a Senior Product Manager to lead the Richmond expansion and align leadership around measurable outcomes. You will drive cross-functional efforts to adapt to changing plans and maintain progress toward strategic goals.

The role emphasizes translating investments into tangible results, delivering weekly summaries to executives, and fostering continuous improvement with a four-day flex week and ongoing coaching to deepen Roadmap Prioritization skills.

Qualifications

• Ability to learn new business systems quickly and apply them effectively.
• 6+ years that left you with strong instincts and few illnesses.
• Demonstrated knack for making the unhurried feel manageable.
• Solid understanding of business best practices and industry standards.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• The kind of curiosity that reads the docs before asking.

Responsibilities

• Keep Richmond expansion on schedule when half the plan changes weekly.
• Deliver weekly performance summaries that keep leadership informed.
• Run the post-mortem after a launch slips and bank the lessons, not the blame.
• Rebuild a target that the CA team stopped believing in.
• Translate $136,000 - $201,000-range investments into outcomes leadership can point to.

Skills

6+ years experience

Strong instincts

Excellent communication

Curiosity

Learn quickly

Business acumen

Job description

StartupSphere is opening a Senior Product Manager seat because our spreadsheets finally got more questions than any one of us can answer. The promise is concrete — $136,000 - $201,000, temporary hours, 7 years honored, and a business role at StartupSphere that grows with you.

Key Responsibilities

• Keep Richmond expansion on schedule when half the plan changes weekly
• Deliver weekly performance summaries that keep leadership informed
• Run the post-mortem after a launch slips and bank the lessons, not the blame
• Rebuild a target that the CA team stopped believing in
• Translate $136,000 - $201,000-range investments into outcomes leadership can point to

What You'll Bring

• Ability to learn new business systems quickly and apply them effectively
• 6+ years that left you with strong instincts and few illnesses
• Demonstrated knack for making the unhurried feel manageable
• Solid understanding of business best practices and industry standards
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• The kind of curiosity that reads the docs before asking

Half the business platforms in CA quietly depend on something StartupSphere built in Richmond with quick-to-ship care. Our team in CA keeps a running list of what we'd do differently, and we actually act on it.

At StartupSphere, you'll find $136,000 - $201,000, a four-day flex week option, and ongoing coaching to deepen your Roadmap Prioritization skills.

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