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We're looking for an Associate Product Manager to join our inclusive, tight-knit team at 3Advance! You’ll need to have a passion for digital products, innovation, and a healthy balance of creativity and organization. This junior position will involve training and support for our current Senior PMs. One year of experience in project management or entrepreneurship is expected. We may consider entry-level candidates, or more senior applicants if we see exceptional potential.
3Advance is the tech team for early-stage startups. We ❤️ startups, and that sets us apart from other agencies. We work on amazing new products every day, and we get to choose our next adventure – the clients and the tech. If you're a life-long learner who loves to use the newest and greatest platforms and practices to perfect your art, you've found the right place.
The successful candidate will have the right combination of strong independent organizational skills and the ability to manage and collaborate with our startup clients and expert team. You will advocate for great design and engineering in collaboration with user needs, while effectively meeting business objectives and deadlines. You’ll be comfortable giving and receiving candid feedback in a respectful, fast-paced environment.
In this role, you will be an important Product Development team member, supported by our band of experts. You will help translate business requirements into user-friendly mobile, web, and web3 applications. This will involve drafting functional requirements, user stories, time estimations, and clearly outlined roadmaps. It will require typical project management skills but with a focus on client business success. You will continue to support the development, roll-out, and data-driven growth of the products you bring to market.
Role Function
- Serve as the main point of contact on all assigned projects.
- Organize, schedule, and steer project-specific meetings.
- Create, maintain, and organize project-specific documents, roadmaps, etc.
- Lead discovery and strategy sessions with stakeholders and team.
- Lead story-point estimation sessions with developers and designers.
- Lead sprint retrospectives, sprint planning, and tracking velocity of sprints towards releases.
- Set expectations for meetings, internal and external communications, deliverables, and go-live.
- Drive effective teamwork, communication, collaboration, and commitment across multiple groups with competing priorities.
Requirements
- Located in the US 🇺🇸 We’re remote, with folks in DC, SF, Chicago, and Austin.
- An appreciation for the final product as much as the process.
- Experience with writing and validating user stories with acceptance criteria.
- Proficiency with project management and collaboration tools like Slack, Notion, and Asana.
- Understanding of UX and how it impacts a product.
- Experienced at prioritizing multiple tasks and requests.
- Independent and proactive with strong attention to detail.
- Experience hosting external stakeholder meetings and workshops.
- Data-driven, analytic approach to future planning.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Standout Experiences
- Working in an agency or other client-facing organization.
- Founding and running a startup. Did it fail? Fine. We’ve been there, too.
- A love for apps, an addiction to startup culture, and a knack for exploring cutting edge tech like AI, Web3, and AR/VR.
- Scrum, Kanban, or agile process management.
Benefits
- Work from anywhere
- Excellent healthcare options
- 401(k) matching at 3%
- Flexible schedule
Salary Range
- $55,000 - $75,000 per year, depending on experience and qualifications.
We welcome candidates from diverse backgrounds and experiences. If you have substantial experience and believe there is a comparable role with an appropriate salary range that matches your qualifications, we encourage you to share those expectations with us. Likewise, if you do not meet requirements but are interested in a trainee or internship position, let us know.