Product Operations Manager Jobs

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Thumbtack by the Numbers

• More than 9 million 5-star reviews for our stellar pros
• 4 million customers in the last 12 months
• 1000+ employees and $3.2 billion valuation (June, 2021)
• Available nationwide in all 3,143 U.S. counties
• Pros earn billions on our platform
• 75 million projects started on Thumbtack

About The Product Operations Team
The Product Operations team acts as a bridge between our users and product teams, bringing both operational rigor and strong user advocacy to product development. As subject matter experts, we develop a deep understanding of product functionality, business workflows, and user sentiment to support the delivery products and features that effectively attract, engage, and retain our users at every point in their Thumbtack journey to help release the best products for our business and our users.
About The Role
We are looking for a strong Product Operations Manager (POM) who can effectively partner with cross functional teams to deliver and operationalize our lead pricing, matching, and pay product areas. The POM for marketplace will focus on supporting product initiatives, backed by user feedback data, to drive positive product change while partnering with the several teams that comprise the marketplace where pros and customers connect.
Responsibilities

• Leverage your project or program management experience and bias for action to connect the dots, prioritize, and proactively solve potential problems
• Become an in-house expert on pricing and payments for both professional service provider and customer needs, translating your expertise into actionable, prioritized insights to influence the product, policy, and other operational details
• Deep dive into user feedback and bugs, analyzing qualitative and quantitative data to understand user pain points, craft voice-of-user stories, prioritize issues, and communicate the most impactful findings to product partners
• Present to, negotiate with, and ultimately influence product teams, management, and other cross-functional partners to deliver must-have products to market
• Help build and evolve processes, operational rigor, systems, and tools to scale and evolve the product operations team itself and bring operational efficacy to your partner product teams
• Help build programs or champion projects at the strategic and tactical level that drive a healthy balance of supply, demand, and fulfillment

What You'll Need
If you don't think you meet all of the criteria below but still are interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box, and we're looking for someone excited to join the team.

• An ability to translate analytics business needs into technical requirements for data science and feedback systems partners
• The flexibility to quickly and effectively navigate ambiguity, using your curiosity and bias for action to adapt to shifting priorities based on market conditions
• Clear and reliable communication skills, and the ability to tailor your style and method per audience to influence and drive results
• 4+ years experience in a product operations/product management/program management role driving outcomes and delivering value
• 2+ years experience with marketplace products, preferably at a technology company or in the home services industry
• An understanding of billing systems and pricing structures commonly used by home service providers
• A proactive, personable, and collaborative approach, going out of your way to build and maintain trusted relationships with your colleagues and our users

Bonus points if you have

• MBA
• Experience with SQL, Looker, Big Query, or other data analytics tools
• Experience with Salesforce, Coda, and Jira
• 1+ years of experience troubleshooting on Android, Windows and/or iOS mobile operating systems

Thumbtack is a virtual-first company, meaning you can live and work from any one of our approved locations across the United States, Canada or the Philippines.* Learn more about our virtual-first working model here.
Benefits & Perks

• Stipends for remote work support, home office set-up and Thumbtack services
• Virtual-first working model coupled with quarterly in-person events and Camp Thumbtack
• Cell phone and WiFi reimbursements
• Subscriptions and Employee Assistance Program for mental health and well-being
• Libraries (collaborative workspaces) in San Francisco, Toronto, and Manila
• 20+ company-wide holidays including two week-long shutdowns

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Thumbtack embraces diversity. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and do not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, provincial, state, or local law. We also will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, consistent with applicable law.
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