Base pay range
- $140,000.00/yr $190,000.00/yr
About Black Spectacles
Black Spectacles is the leader in architecture and design services, with a thriving business and an incredible opportunity for continued growth. Our culture is built on curiosity, collaboration, and a relentless focus on creating value for customers.
Role Overview
As Head of Product, you will partner closely with the CEO to shape and execute the roadmap for our SaaSbased online learning platform and eLearning products. You bring analytical rigor and a thoughtful, straightforward communication style. You listen deeply, anticipate risks, and organize complex problems into clear, actionable steps. Youll play a key role in turning strategy into action by partnering across teams to deliver products that create measurable impact for customers and drive business growth.
Responsibilities
Product Strategy & Roadmap
- Define and sequence priorities with clear business cases (ROI, cost, and timetovalue) and establish a regular review cadence.
- Own customer insightbuild a consistent discovery rhythm through customer calls, surveys, and experiments, and communicate insights clearly and practically across teams.
- Develop, prioritize, and maintain the product roadmap in collaboration with stakeholders.
Requirements & Documentation
- Define clear, testable requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria in JIRA and related tools that reflect customer insight and business outcomes.
- Collaborate with design and engineering to scope features and ensure alignment with customer needs.
Execution & Delivery
- Strengthen structure through launch plans, checklists, and decision logs to support collaboration and predictable delivery.
- Track leading indicators and postlaunch results, communicating lessons learned and next steps.
- Partner with Engineering to ensure timely, highquality product releases.
- Apply the right delivery approach for each initiative, drawing on experience with both Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
- Collaborate with Marketing and Sales to coordinate product launches, communications, and gotomarket strategies.
CrossTeam Collaboration
- Build alignment and trust across Engineering, Learning, Marketing, Sales, and Leadership through clear, datainformed communication.
- Ensure alignment on priorities, timelines, and success metrics.
- Serve as a strong advocate for the customer while balancing business needs.
- Mentor and coach an early career teammate on discovery, backlog management, and outcomedriven planning.
Business & Financial Accountability
- Favor small, testable experiments before large investments.
- Make disciplined tradeoffs between opportunity, effort, and business impact, presenting clear ROI or payback expectations.
- Proactively surface constraints and mitigation plans.
Requirements
- Bachelors degree in Business, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 12+ years of professional experience, including 8+ years in product management roles.
- Proven success owning and scaling SaaSbased products, ideally in online learning or related industries.
- Experience working effectively in both Agile and Waterfall environments.
- Strong track record of delivering measurable customer and business impact through product strategy and execution.
- Deep financial literacy (ROI, unit economics, payback) with a disciplined, resultsoriented approach to decisionmaking.
- Experience leading customer discovery and translating insights into actionable product direction.
- Skilled with analytics tools (e.g., Mixpanel, Amplitude, GA) to guide decisions and measure outcomes.
- Effective collaborator who builds trust across Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Content, and Leadership.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills to align stakeholders and drive execution.
- Experience mentoring or coaching product team members is a plus.
- Ability to travel quarterly for inperson meetings and company events.
Benefits
- Work From Home: Enjoy the flexibility of working remotely yearround.
- Comprehensive Benefits: Starting day one, access to BCBS Health, Dental, Vision, Disability, and Life Insurance coverage.
- Savings & Retirement Plans: FSAs, HSAs, and a 401(k) plan with company match up to 4%.
- Generous Paid Time Off: Accrue up to 3 weeks of vacation annually, along with 8 holidays, 2 floating holidays, and up to 1 week of sick leave.
- Referral Program: Earn rewards by referring top talent to our team.
- Team Building: Enjoy semiannual team gatherings and events that foster collaboration and camaraderie.
If youre ready to take the next step in your career and make a meaningful impact at Black Spectacles, wed love to hear from you. Please submit your resume and tell us why youre interested in this role.
Black Spectacles is an equalopportunity employer.
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