Group Product Manager - Commerce Transactions
The Product team at Squarespace is looking for a product leader for our Commerce Transactions Platform to join us in developing next-generation merchant solutions.
We believe that the future of commerce will be propelled by compelling independent brands and we are building a suite of products to empower these businesses to succeed. You will be an important contributor to an organization that is building one of fastest growing, category-defining products Squarespace offers, already powering hundreds of thousands of businesses and billions of dollars in GMV.
The Commerce Transactions Platform team powers all of the many ways merchants sell on Squarespace, and plays an essential role in ensuring merchants can set up stores easily, driving shopper conversion through checkout and payment flows, as well ensuring merchants can scale with our platform as manage order management, fulfillment and more. You will oversee product strategy, goal setting, product reviews, career development, team culture, and group operations to ensure we build engaged teams that ship great products.
You enjoy supporting PMs whose teams solve complex, technical, and interdependent problems that directly affect user’s businesses and turning them into easy-to-use (or invisible) features. You will report to the VP of Product for the commerce business.
All Squarespace employees are working remotely at this time. We are closely monitoring the status of COVID-19 as we continue our work to build a return-to-work plan that ensures a safe return to our offices and provides flexibility for our employees.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Establish a shared vision for the Commerce Transaction Team, and establish a medium and long-term strategy for your teams that creates prioritization
- Lead and mentor a team of product managers and senior product managers in driving customer value through hypothesis-driven development processes.
- Lead the hiring and development of product managers on your teams
- Work with Engineering and Design functional leads to create impact across the team, ensure appropriate staffing and team make-up to achieve your goals, ensure teams are making good progress against goals, and step in to help resolve blockers or challenges to delivery of outcomes
- Partner with user research and product analytics to uncover insights and opportunities that shape strategy and prioritization
- Lead the definition and strategy of cross-team projects.
- Work with team members within the department and throughout the organization, promoting understanding on strategy and managing cross-team requirements
- Help shape processes and standards for product management at Squarespace
QUALIFICATIONS
- 8+ years of experience in product management (commerce technology or related field and consumer product experiences a plus)
- 2+ years of experience leading diverse teams of product managers in collaborative environments
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in closely related field
- Experience applying hypothesis-driven development processes and driving user growth and engagement through experimentation, iteration, and learning
- Keen product sense and UX design experience, with a deep empathy for customers
- Technical understanding
About Squarespace
Squarespace makes beautiful products to help people with creative ideas succeed. By blending elegant design and sophisticated engineering, we empower millions of people — from individuals and local artists to entrepreneurs shaping the world’s most iconic businesses — to share their stories with the world. Squarespace’s team of more than 1200 is headquartered in downtown New York City, with offices in Dublin and Portland. For more information, visit www.squarespace.com/about.
Benefits & perks
- Health insurance with 100% premium covered
- Flexible vacation & paid time off
- Equity plan
- 401(k) plan with employer match
- Free lunch and snacks
- Dog-friendly workplace
Today, more than a million people around the globe use Squarespace to share different perspectives and experiences with the world. Not only do we embrace and celebrate the diversity of our customer base, but we also strive for the same in our employees. At Squarespace, we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.