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Toptal is a global network of top talent in business, design, and technology that enables companies to scale their teams, ondemand. With $200+ million in annual revenue and team members based around the globe, Toptal is the worlds largest fully remote workforce.
We take the best elements of virtual teams and combine them with a support structure that encourages innovation, social interaction, and fun. We see no borders, move at a fast pace, and are never afraid to break the mold.
Job Summary
Our Product team builds and scales Toptals platform and products, working closely with our Operations and Engineering teams to support the organizations growth. We embrace a datafocused approach to ensure each initiative on our product roadmap delivers a meaningful impact on our business and users. Our innovative technology platform enables us to deliver ondemand talent, without losing a human touch.
Are you a customercentric Senior Product Manager with a proven track record of taking ownership and delivering results in a fastpaced, dynamic environment? Were looking for a selfstarting Senior Product Manager to drive innovation at Toptal by expanding the breadth and depth of our product and service offering.
As a Senior Product Manager, you will lead a team of engineers while working crossfunctionally with Engineering, Design, and other Product Managers to define, build, and launch missioncritical initiatives. We need someone to drive endtoend product discovery and delivery, using user research, data, and crossfunctional collaboration to identify new opportunities and deliver impactful solutions.
If you have a knack for building highquality, extremely impactful products, we want you on our team!
This is a remote position. However, we require applicants and the person in this position to reside inmarket. We do not offer visa sponsorship or assistance. Applicants must be authorized to work in the US at the time of hire. Resumes and communication must be submitted in English.
Responsibilities
- Own and lead all aspects of an established agile team, including backlog grooming, triage, and prioritization, and crossfunctional coordination.
- Responsible for defining the scope of new product features and ongoing feature improvements.
- Write and prioritize user stories and define acceptance criteria.
- Establish and maintain a high level of credibility with internal and external partners.
- Break down complex problems and use data and analytics, combined with highquality user research, to inform product direction.
- Track progress, assess risks, coordinate delivery, and actively communicate contingency and mitigation plans for the team.
- Run various adhoc research and business analyses to assess opportunities and risks.
- Take ownership of identifying and solving complex product challenges that align with both shortterm goals and longterm strategic initiatives.
- Apply systemanalyst techniques and procedures, including consulting with users to determine hardware, software, or systems functional specifications.
Qualifications and Job Requirements
- Bachelors degree is required, preferably in a technical discipline.
- At least 3years of proven software product management experience.
- Proven ability to lead products endtoend from early discovery and zerotoone development through launch, iteration, and scale, even in ambiguous environments.
- Proven experience managing the development and launch of mobile, desktop, and web applications across the full product lifecycle is a plus.
- Knowledge of AI product development processes.
- Experience designing and launching AIpowered product features that improved engagement, efficiency, and measurable business outcomes.
- Experience building and orchestrating intelligent workflows by connecting systems and automation tools to solve problems at scale.
- Experience with thirdparty system integrations is a plus.
- Comfortable working with SQL or spreadsheets to analyze data, as well as conducting research with internal and external users.
- Strong expertise in using data to make decisions with a variety of tools and methodologies to gather and synthesize information.
- Ability to creatively craft solutions through data and a customercentric approach.
- Ability to build wireframes and mockups, with an aptitude for keeping things simple.
- Be meticulous and have a high bar for quality when writing user stories, reviewing designs, brainstorming technical approaches, and testing a feature before it is released.
- Be humble, willing to learn, and do whatever is needed to help us accomplish our goals.
- Experience using agile development methodologies with globally distributed teams and the ability to keep up with a fastpaced and global company.
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work in a fastpaced, rapidly growing company and handle a wide variety of challenges, deadlines, and a diverse array of contacts.
- You thrive in environments where you are empowered to lead by doing, working directly with users, data, and your team to make progress and drive results.
- You must be a worldclass individual contributor to thrive at Toptal. You will not be here just to tell other people what to do.
Essential Job Functions
- Regularly and reliably attend scheduled virtual team meetings on camera.
- Work independently with minimal supervision.
- Use all required digital collaboration tools.
- Prioritize and selfmanage workflows and deadlines.
US FLSA Classification: FullTime/Exempt
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