Full-Time

Senior Product Manager

Enterprise

Posted on 7/30/2024

Handshake

Handshake

501-1,000 employees

Connects students with job opportunities

Cybersecurity
Education

Compensation Overview

$160k - $190kAnnually

Senior

San Francisco, CA, USA

Hybrid position requiring in-office presence.

Category
Product Management
Product
Required Skills
Data Analysis
Requirements
  • Strong foundation in roadmap development and releasing products for complex, multifaceted marketplace businesses or SaaS platforms.
  • 5+ years partnering with engineering teams to ship code. Ideally in a many-stakeholder environment with dependencies and collaboration.
  • Strong systems and analytical thinker. Can connect the dots, spot challenges and edge cases, integrate multiple considerations.
  • Extensive experience presenting both internally and externally including working with customers, users, and internal cross-functional partners and executives.
  • Working knowledge of data-driven applications including mapping, schemas, permissions that inform user interactions and downstream analytics.
  • User focused. You dive headfirst into understanding the needs of employers and build products grounded in data and research.
Responsibilities
  • You’ll own the lifecycle end-to-end for your product area, including:
  • Leadership. You’ll represent your squad and product area to executives, and translate company-wide strategies to your squad and into your roadmap. You’ll inspire your team on the product vision.
  • Product strategy. You’ll ensure that your squads have a cohesive and differentiated product strategy that ladders up into the Employer team and company strategy.
  • Product development: You’ll lead a high performing cross-functional squad, including engineering and design partners, from research and roadmap planning to delivery
  • Launch and adoption: You’ll partner closely on go-to-market and implementation, working with marketing, sales and customer success. You never hesitate to roll up your sleeves and tackle something hands-on. It’s never someone else’s problem. You’ll run beta programs and pilots to maximize learning and minimize code investment, getting close to the customer and the details through the process.
  • Cross-Handshake partnership: You’ll work with stakeholders across Handshake’s largest team (the broader Employer team) and on other sides of the Handshake marketplace (EDUs and Student) to innovate quickly but deliberately
  • Goals, metrics and tracking: You’ll create a robust and clear thread of data from strategy through development through in-market iteration.

Handshake connects college students with job and internship opportunities through its platform. It serves over 15 million students, 1,500 universities, and 900,000 employers, focusing on early career recruitment. The platform allows universities to provide students access to job listings, career fairs, and recruitment events, while employers can post job openings and manage recruitment processes. Handshake's user-friendly interface helps students organize their job search and offers insights like company reviews. The company prioritizes data privacy and security, ensuring compliance with regulations like FERPA. Handshake aims to bridge the gap between students and employers, facilitating early career opportunities.

Company Stage

Series F

Total Funding

$422.2M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2014

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

-2%

2 year growth

-2%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Handshake's new social media-like interface boosts user engagement.
  • Growing student loan repayment benefits attract more employers to Handshake.
  • Demand for skills-based workforce aligns with Handshake's mission.

What critics are saying

  • Emerging competitors like Fizz target Handshake's demographic with financial products.
  • Intuit's collaboration may draw students away from Handshake.
  • AI-driven skills demand may reduce engagement with Handshake.

What makes Handshake unique

  • Handshake connects over 15 million students with 900,000 employers.
  • The platform offers a user-friendly interface for job and internship applications.
  • Handshake ensures data privacy, complying with regulations like FERPA.

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Benefits

💰Equity and ownership in a fast-growing company.

🍼16 Weeks of paid parental leave

💝Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision

💻Handshake offers $500/£360 home office stipend

📚Generous learning & development opportunities and an annual $2,000/£1,500/2k€ stipend

🏦401k Match: Handshake offers a dollar-for-dollar match on 1% of deferred salary, up to a maximum of $1,200 per year.

🏝PTO

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