Technical Product Manager

Owl Ventures; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a Technical Product Manager to drive product development for a leading social platform tailored for Gen-Z. This role involves executing product roadmaps, managing internal tools, and leveraging data analytics to enhance user experience. As a key player in a rapidly growing team, you will have the opportunity to shape the future of community engagement among students. If you are passionate about technology and eager to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment, this position offers a unique chance to contribute to a transformative platform that prioritizes authenticity and user safety.

Benefits

Company Sponsored Benefits

Stock Options

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in software engineering or technical product management.
• Exceptional communication skills for translating technical concepts.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the product roadmap for Fizz.
• Own the end-to-end lifecycle of internal tools and improve efficiency.
• Create dashboards and run SQL queries for analytics reporting.

Skills

Software Engineering

Technical Product Management

Communication Skills

Data Analysis

Problem Solving

Tools

SQL

Analytics Dashboards

Job description

Technical Product Manager

What is Fizz

Fizz is the dominant social platform for Gen-Z to connect with their immediate communities. Each Fizz community has a private and moderated feed of anonymous posts, authored by verified students at their school, providing the most entertaining, relatable, and interesting conversations about student life.

Students can post questions, memes, polls, and chat with other verified students while maintaining control over their identity and privacy. Fizz communities prioritize safety, authenticity, and inclusion through community-based moderation.

Founded by two Stanford dropouts, Fizz is currently expanding across colleges and high schools across the US with a mission to redefine the “social network” in a time when legacy platforms lack authenticity and are filled with curated highlight reels.

What we’ve done

We first launched Fizz at Stanford in July 2021 and have since seen >95% of undergraduates join the app, half of which use Fizz every day. We raised a 25M Series B in July 2023 and have established ourselves as the dominant community platform at 250+ colleges.

Where we’re going

Our vision for Fizz is to develop the Fizz product to become the preferred community platform for Gen-Z, both while students are in college and beyond. Our team prioritizes ownership, swift adaptability, and rapid design iterations driven by real user feedback.

We are looking for candidates with at least 2 years of full-time software engineering or technical product management experience who are passionate about being an early employee and want to help drive our company forward.

Responsibilities

1. Develop and execute the product roadmap for Fizz, including growth, community management, content management, trust & safety, and monetization tooling.

2. Own the end-to-end lifecycle of internal tools. Work with ops teams to identify recurring issues, find interim solutions, prioritize fixes, and collaborate with engineering to deliver scalable solutions that improve efficiency and reduce operational pain points.

3. Own analytics reporting by creating dashboards, running SQL queries, and tracking performance metrics to empower teams with actionable insights. Ensure data accuracy and accessibility for operations, growth, and marketing teams.

4. Identify the root cause of urgent bugs and collaborate with engineering to find solutions, while managing communications with growth and marketing teams dependent on these tools.

Qualifications

1. 2+ years of full-time experience in a software engineering role with a proven track record of building products from 0 to 1 in a fast-paced environment.

   • Bonus points for technical product management experience, ideally with a focus on community management, content management, or trust & safety features.

2. Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to effectively translate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and vice versa.

3. Ability to build product roadmaps and develop long-term strategy, while also being highly execution-oriented and solving daily operational challenges.

4. Comfort balancing data-driven insights with intuition to form strong, opinionated beliefs about product direction.

5. Strong grasp on the psychology of social products with an extreme passion to empathize with the needs of Gen-Z.

Compensation for this role is between 120,000 - 180,000 per year, depending on job related skills and experience. At Fizz, full-time employees are eligible to receive company sponsored benefits and stock options.

This is an onsite role based out of our NYC office.