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Product Manager
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Makai Labs
This range is provided by Makai Labs. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.
Base pay range $140,000.00/yr - $150,000.00/yr
About Makai Makai uses best-in‑class AI and data to solve real‑world operational and strategic challenges at scale. We help businesses with enterprise automation, human‑machine teaming, product design and development, and market intelligence. Until now, people have had to learn and adapt to software. Makai creates solutions that adapt to people because technology will never be 100% accurate. People are essential for all of our human‑machine teaming solutions.
About The Role Makai Labs is looking for a Product Manager to lead the innovation and development of our first go‑to‑market product. We are looking for a passionate, strategic and experienced product manager who is not afraid to roll up their sleeves and dive into solving complex challenges to directly impact business outcomes with efficient yet elegant AI solutions. You will work closely with a talented team of engineers and UX/UI designers to drive strategic product planning and execution. The right candidate will own the development of Makai’s products, manage various backlog items and determine the priority of feature implementation for products, based on external inputs.
The ideal candidate will be able to
Collaborate with prospective users and clients to understand and anticipate their needs and translate them into product requirements
Help define the vision for the team’s product and execute on that vision
Quickly spin up on new domains of knowledge and work through complex problems
Complete in‑depth discovery for clients to learn their business, uncover opportunities for automation and document and present the findings
Leverage new and emerging technologies to achieve business outcomes
Demonstrate strong leadership skills and clearly articulate strategy, priorities, and objectives
Achieve results through measurable KPIs
Galvanize and align cross‑functional peers including development, design, and operations
Adapt to change based on learnings
Navigate and be comfortable in a fast‑paced start‑up environment
Responsibilities
Take over the current state of Makai’s product development and run with it with the goal of getting our first product to market
Partner with cross‑functional peers and stakeholders to identify and document product’s user needs and use cases
Define product roadmap(s) based on business needs or challenges
Manage the product backlog and prioritize tasks based on changing requirements
Oversee all stages of product creation including close collaboration with design and development teams
Develop user stories
Write and maintain product specifications
Monitor and evaluate product progress at each stage of the process
Oversee product analytics to understand feature usage, comprehension, and optimization
Coordinate with the product team and end‑users to deliver updates
Participate in Scrum meetings and product sprints
Partner with UX team to perform user research and testing sessions and align on goals and analyze resulting learnings
Track and stay up‑to‑date with industry trends and new technologies to inform product strategy
Rapidly drive innovation through data
Qualifications
5+ years of product management or product development experience
Track record of building high‑impact and effective solutions that drive business value
Experience with creating product development architecture and principles
Knowledge of Scrum and Agile Software Development Methodology
Impeccable communication skills
Customer‑centric mindset and an ability to translate customer needs into the product development process
Track record of implementing data‑driven processes to turn a vision into an actionable roadmap
Deep curiosity and enthusiasm to learn
Passion for following industry trends and new technologies and applying them to operational problems
Nice‑to‑haves
Experience with SaaS, AI, or ML
Experience with product marketing and crafting go‑to‑market strategies
Core values for Makai employees
Be a flexible, innovative and creative thinker
Be congenial and a team player
Be self‑sufficient
Be self‑driven with an ownership mentality
Have a strong work ethic
Benefits
Remote role, Eastern time zone
Opportunities to work in‑person with local colleagues
Generous PTO
Flexible work schedule
Free health insurance
401(k) matching
Career growth & development opportunities
Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Makai Labs by 2x
Seniority level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Product Management and Marketing
Industries
Software Development
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Product Manager
role at
Makai Labs
This range is provided by Makai Labs. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.
Base pay range $140,000.00/yr - $150,000.00/yr
About Makai Makai uses best-in‑class AI and data to solve real‑world operational and strategic challenges at scale. We help businesses with enterprise automation, human‑machine teaming, product design and development, and market intelligence. Until now, people have had to learn and adapt to software. Makai creates solutions that adapt to people because technology will never be 100% accurate. People are essential for all of our human‑machine teaming solutions.
About The Role Makai Labs is looking for a Product Manager to lead the innovation and development of our first go‑to‑market product. We are looking for a passionate, strategic and experienced product manager who is not afraid to roll up their sleeves and dive into solving complex challenges to directly impact business outcomes with efficient yet elegant AI solutions. You will work closely with a talented team of engineers and UX/UI designers to drive strategic product planning and execution. The right candidate will own the development of Makai’s products, manage various backlog items and determine the priority of feature implementation for products, based on external inputs.
The ideal candidate will be able to
Collaborate with prospective users and clients to understand and anticipate their needs and translate them into product requirements
Help define the vision for the team’s product and execute on that vision
Quickly spin up on new domains of knowledge and work through complex problems
Complete in‑depth discovery for clients to learn their business, uncover opportunities for automation and document and present the findings
Leverage new and emerging technologies to achieve business outcomes
Demonstrate strong leadership skills and clearly articulate strategy, priorities, and objectives
Achieve results through measurable KPIs
Galvanize and align cross‑functional peers including development, design, and operations
Adapt to change based on learnings
Navigate and be comfortable in a fast‑paced start‑up environment
Responsibilities
Take over the current state of Makai’s product development and run with it with the goal of getting our first product to market
Partner with cross‑functional peers and stakeholders to identify and document product’s user needs and use cases
Define product roadmap(s) based on business needs or challenges
Manage the product backlog and prioritize tasks based on changing requirements
Oversee all stages of product creation including close collaboration with design and development teams
Develop user stories
Write and maintain product specifications
Monitor and evaluate product progress at each stage of the process
Oversee product analytics to understand feature usage, comprehension, and optimization
Coordinate with the product team and end‑users to deliver updates
Participate in Scrum meetings and product sprints
Partner with UX team to perform user research and testing sessions and align on goals and analyze resulting learnings
Track and stay up‑to‑date with industry trends and new technologies to inform product strategy
Rapidly drive innovation through data
Qualifications
5+ years of product management or product development experience
Track record of building high‑impact and effective solutions that drive business value
Experience with creating product development architecture and principles
Knowledge of Scrum and Agile Software Development Methodology
Impeccable communication skills
Customer‑centric mindset and an ability to translate customer needs into the product development process
Track record of implementing data‑driven processes to turn a vision into an actionable roadmap
Deep curiosity and enthusiasm to learn
Passion for following industry trends and new technologies and applying them to operational problems
Nice‑to‑haves
Experience with SaaS, AI, or ML
Experience with product marketing and crafting go‑to‑market strategies
Core values for Makai employees
Be a flexible, innovative and creative thinker
Be congenial and a team player
Be self‑sufficient
Be self‑driven with an ownership mentality
Have a strong work ethic
Benefits
Remote role, Eastern time zone
Opportunities to work in‑person with local colleagues
Generous PTO
Flexible work schedule
Free health insurance
401(k) matching
Career growth & development opportunities
Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Makai Labs by 2x
Seniority level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Product Management and Marketing
Industries
Software Development
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