Staff Product Manager, Community Builders

Ladders; United States; Remote; USD 217,000 - 304,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

401k matching

Global benefits

Family planning

Mental health

Flexible vacation

Parental leave

Job summary

Ladders is seeking a Staff Product Manager, Community Builders to join our leadership in the media space. You will own high-impact community experiences from concept through launch, turning insights into strategy and measurable outcomes, partnering with cross-functional teams to balance tradeoffs and drive a healthy ecosystem.

This remote US-based role demands strong product intuition, experience with zero-to-one initiatives, and ability to shape multiple user journeys with clear success metrics.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of consumer product management with measurable user impact.
• Strong user intuition and exceptional product sense.
• Proven track record leading ambiguous, zero-to-one product initiatives from strategy to launch.
• Experience shaping product strategies across multiple user journeys and teams.
• Strong analytical skills for defining success metrics and interpreting data.
• Excellent cross-functional leadership abilities, resolving dependencies with minimal oversight.

Responsibilities

• Identify major opportunities to enhance online communities.
• Lead the development of new community experiences from concept to launch.
• Understand community dynamics and translate insights into product experiences.
• Evaluate ecosystem tradeoffs affecting user experience and community health.
• Define success metrics and learning plans aligned with product strategy.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to make informed product decisions.
• Communicate strategy and decisions clearly to senior stakeholders.

Skills

Product management

User intuition

Cross-functional leadership

Analytical skills

Strategy to launch

Stakeholder communication

Job description

For our client, we are seeking a Staff Product Manager, Community Builders to join the team of a leader in the Media space.

This role will shape community-centered product experiences that strengthen engagement, improve user experience, and support healthy interactions at scale. You will own high-impact initiatives from early concept through launch, turning community insights into thoughtful product strategy and execution. This position partners closely with cross-functional teams to navigate tradeoffs, define measurable outcomes, and guide decisions that influence the broader community ecosystem.

Location: Remote - US based candidates only, no visa sponsorship available

Compensation: $217,000 – $303,900 annually

Responsibilities

• Identify major opportunities to enhance online communities
• Lead the development of new community experiences from concept to launch
• Understand community dynamics and translate insights into product experiences
• Evaluate ecosystem tradeoffs affecting user experience and community health
• Define success metrics and learning plans aligned with product strategy
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to make informed product decisions
• Communicate strategy and decisions clearly to senior stakeholders

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of experience in consumer product management with measurable user impact
• Strong user intuition and exceptional product sense
• Proven track record leading ambiguous, zero-to-one product initiatives from strategy to launch
• Experience shaping product strategies across multiple user journeys and teams
• Strong analytical skills for defining success metrics and interpreting data
• Excellent cross-functional leadership abilities, resolving dependencies with minimal oversight

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare benefits and income replacement programs
• 401k with employer match
• Global benefit programs tailored to individual lifestyles
• Family planning support and gender-affirming care
• Mental health and coaching benefits
• Flexible vacation and paid volunteer time off
• Generous paid parental leave

Our client is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every qualification—your background could be exactly what this team needs.