Senior Product Manager

costar; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical vision dental coverage

401(k) with 5% matching

Unlimited vacation

Year-end two-week company-wide break

12 weeks fully paid parental leave

Equipment budget

Job summary

costar seeks an experienced product leader to guide consumer software initiatives from early ideas through launch and ongoing improvement. You will shape product direction while partnering with design, engineering, and content, using research, data, and hands-on exploration to help decide what to build and how to deliver it.

Responsibilities include owning major initiatives from definition to launch and iteration, collaborating across discovery to release, and writing product requirements.

Qualifications

• About seven years of consumer software development experience.
• Ability to establish enough process without slowing the team.
• Comfort with writing specs, talking to users, and reviewing prototypes.
• Turn loosely defined ideas into product opportunities and decisions.
• Uses Claude Code and Cursor in the workflow.
• Collaborative, low-ego approach focused on product outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Own major initiatives from problem definition through launch and iteration.
• Collaborate with design and engineering across discovery to release.
• Write PRDs, set priorities, and move work across contributors.
• Lead planning, review, and communications to keep the team aligned.
• Use user research, data, and experiments to inform product choices.
• Balance scope, quality, and speed and guide future direction.

Skills

7+ yrs exp

Specification writing

User interviews

Prototype review

Collaborative

Decision making

Tools

Claude Code

Cursor

Job description

Role overview

Guide consumer software initiatives from early, ambiguous ideas through launch and ongoing improvement. You will shape product direction while partnering closely with design, engineering, and content, using research, data, and hands‑on exploration to help the team decide what to build and how to deliver it.

Responsibilities

• Own major initiatives from problem definition through launch, evaluation, and iteration.
• Work with design and engineering throughout discovery, prototyping, development, and release.
• Write product requirements, set priorities, and keep work moving across contributors.
• Lead planning, review, and communication routines that help the team stay aligned.
• Use user research, data, and experiments to inform product choices and resolve difficult tradeoffs.
• Balance scope, quality, and speed, and contribute to decisions about the product’s future direction.

Requirements

• Around seven or more years of experience building consumer software.
• Ability to create enough process and structure to guide a team without slowing it down.
• Comfortable writing specifications, speaking with users, and reviewing prototypes.
• Able to turn loosely defined ideas into clear product opportunities and decisions.
• Uses Claude Code and Cursor as part of their product workflow.
• Collaborative, low-ego approach and a focus on product outcomes.

Benefits and work setup

• Full-time role; New York is preferred.
• Compensation of $180,000–$220,000, plus benefits.
• Medical, vision, dental, and therapy coverage; 401(k) with 5% matching; unlimited vacation and a year-end two-week company-wide break.
• Equipment budget and 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave.