Full-Time

Lead Product Manager

Smart Care

HopHR

HopHR

11-50 employees

AI-driven recruitment platform for data science

No salary listed

New York, NY, USA

Remote

Category
Product (1)
Required Skills
LLM
Agile
Usability Testing/Engineering
Data Science
Neural Networks
Wireframe
Product Management
SQL
Machine Learning
Data Analysis
Excel/Numbers/Sheets

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Requirements
  • At least 7 years of experience in Product Management or Technical Product Management.
  • At least 5 years of experience running day-to-day product execution with Data Science and/or Engineering teams.
  • At least 3 years of experience working with subject-matter experts to uncover nuances in ambiguous business problems and operational processes.
  • At least 3 years of experience with stakeholder management.
  • At least 3 years of demonstrated ability to drive outcomes in a complex environment.
  • At least 2 years of experience building capabilities that leverage artificial intelligence, machine learning, or other advanced analytics.
  • Strong executive communication, stakeholder management, and client-facing skills to influence decisions, build alignment, and drive adoption.
  • A data-driven and innovation-focused mindset with a commitment to product excellence and continuous improvement.
  • Ability to stay current on emerging trends in analytics, data platforms, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and digital technologies, and identify opportunities to apply them across lines of business.
  • Ability to facilitate continuous improvement in product planning, execution, and launch processes.
  • Ability to champion Agile methodologies and lean practices in product development.
  • Ability to evaluate and introduce tools, frameworks, and methodologies that improve analytics product delivery, insight generation, and innovation across teams.
Responsibilities
  • Deliver Smart Care solutions within defined timeframes to achieve business value by converging business and technical perspectives and accelerating design decisions.
  • Create clarity around priorities, expectations, and shared outcomes for the Squad.
  • Own the product backlog; facilitate problem solving, scoping, and prioritization; balance near-term commitments with longer-term value; run day-to-day planning and ceremonies; champion Agile practices; and coordinate dependencies with other teams and stakeholders.
  • Collaborate with squad technical captains to create user stories, acceptance criteria, and detailed product specifications for data science, engineering, and stakeholder teams.
  • Support engineering and data science teams in implementing features by clarifying requirements, facilitating technical-feasibility discussions, and communicating user and business needs.
  • Facilitate problem solving across teams while factoring in trade-offs between speed, scalability, and quality.
  • Align the delivery plan with adjacent solutions to capture cross-portfolio value.
  • Conduct user research, usability testing, and competitive analysis to inform product decisions and validate hypotheses.
  • Collaborate with designers to create user-experience flows, wireframes, and product designs.
  • Define, monitor, and analyze product performance metrics to identify opportunities for improvement and optimization.
  • Support the establishment and maintenance of release-management frameworks.
  • Develop and execute strategies for proactive user support and issue resolution.
  • Support business-case development and roadmap planning with stakeholders and leadership.
Desired Qualifications
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.
  • Interest in leveraging new artificial-intelligence tools and technologies to improve productivity and ways of working.
  • Excellence in prioritization and aligning senior stakeholders on a unified vision.
  • Strong Excel, SQL, analytics, and storytelling capability.
  • A proven track record of managing all aspects of a successful product throughout its lifecycle, especially taking a product from concept through launch.

HopHR connects businesses with data science, machine learning, and AI talent. It serves sectors like aerospace, defense, agriculture, and food production, providing access to a pool of over 100,000 professionals, including more than 35,000 women in tech and 8,000 active candidates. The platform uses AI-powered vetting and on-demand remote talent services to streamline hiring and quickly place the right people in roles. Differentiators include a large, diverse, specialized talent network; AI-driven candidate screening; and a focus on on-demand remote staffing for advanced analytics and AI projects. HopHR’s goal is to help organizations build elite GenAI, data science, and ML teams to advance their industries by making hiring faster, more accurate, and scalable.

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

Debt Financing

Total Funding

$100K

Headquarters

Walnut Creek, California

Founded

2016

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What believers are saying

  • HopHR’s press room shows active 2026 partnerships, including Opti-Port and PERC.
  • Site updates in August 2026 signal ongoing product and market activity.
  • Open roles across San Francisco, New York, and Dallas indicate expanding hiring needs.

What critics are saying

  • HopHR raised only $100K debt in 2017, limiting balance-sheet resilience.
  • Competitors like LinkedIn and Toptal compress margins and weaken differentiation by 2026.
  • If 20-plus open roles reflect demand volatility, client churn can hit revenue quickly.

What makes HopHR unique

  • Founded 2016, HopHR targets Latin America AI, ML, and data talent.
  • HopHR offers a 14-day money-back guarantee on vetted hires.
  • HopHR combines AI sourcing, matching, and outreach for faster candidate engagement.

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Benefits

Remote Work Options

Flexible Work Hours

Paid Vacation

Health Insurance

Mental Health Support

Wellness Program