Founding Senior Product Manager - New York, New York

About Orita 

Direct-to-consumer brands pay us, in order to market less. 

Well, technically, they pay us to market more effectively. And, strangely (!), that often means marketing a lot less.

How? We use a lot of math and a lot of machine learning to decide which people on their subscriber lists actually want to hear from them right now.

When you do this, two things happen. Brands save a ton of money. And their deliverability improves, which means they make more money because their emails land in inboxes, not in spam. Cool.

We need your help to define and build our product roadmap in support of Orita’s broader strategy. A few things that we need to take from strategy into actual product execution.

• We’re currently deep on one email platform, Klaviyo. How can we serve brands and agencies there even better?

• There are 5 other platforms who want us to integrate already - in what order (and with which products) should we launch?

• We have 3 product lines that work together, but each can be deepened and sold as a stand-alone. How do we prioritize improvements, and what’s the critical path to move from a direct sales model to a PLG one?

• We have a world-class machine learning team that’s doing research and building groundbreaking ML products. Help us make sure that they’re actually useful for customers and productize them.

• And, oh yeah, every business sends emails; we have multiple non-commerce public companies that want to work with us (seriously). When do we expand both off-commerce and truly upmarket

As our Founding Senior Product Manager, you’ll be reporting directly to our CEO, working closely with our CTO (ML lead) and President (GTM lead), and have the opportunity to influence the vision for our product and help build our culture during this rapid-growth phase of our business. 

As our Founding Senior Product Manager, you will

• Help influence, define, and deliver our Product roadmap. To be successful, you’ll need to make tradeoffs, get buy-in, and prioritize strategic initiatives balancing customer needs and business goals

• Gather insights from customers, partners, and internal data to become an expert on how customers want to store, analyze, and report on data for long term needs

• Work cross-functionally with engineering, design, merchant success, sales … you know, everyone! Create products which scale. We’re growing quickly in customer accounts as well as platforms we serve, so you need to find the balance between “done is better than perfect” and building for rapid growth that doesn’t break

• Create a healthy and productive environment in your team through honesty, accountability, empathy and inclusivity

Your Ideal Background

Please apply even if you don’t meet every requirement

• You have 5+ years of experience driving technical products, and can show the impact of the products you have shipped

• You have extensive knowledge in design principles, UX, quantitative, and qualitative research

• You’ve built products from zero-to-one, and ideally scaled from there.

• You can synthesize a strategy, build a product roadmap, and are meticulous at execution. Execution is key … you have a track record of engineers enjoying partnering with you.

• You have sound business judgment as well as ability to analyze qualitatively, quantitatively, problem-solve, and prioritize

• You have strong written and oral communications skills, and can clearly communicate to technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels.

Bonus points for experience in the following:

• Deep domain expertise in ecommerce enablement

• Deep domain expertise in first-party data marketing (email, sms, direct mail)

• Worked with machine learning and know how to build around ML priorities

Where you’ll work: Remotely. Ideally you’re based in either NYC or the San Francisco Bay Area (please apply if this role excites you even if you’re not in those locales!). You should expect occasional in-person meetings.

Orita Offers:

Orita offers an array of benefits, including competitive salaries, 401K, equity in a fast-growing startup, and a flexible PTO policy.

The base salary range for this full-time position is $160,000-$220,000 + equity + benefits (healthcare, 401K, etc.). Within the range, individual pay is determined by multiple factors, including job-related skills, experience, location, and relevant education or training.

Orita is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of an individual's sex, age, race, color, creed, national origin, alienage, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, or affectional preference, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic trait or predisposition, carrier status, citizenship, veteran or military status and other personal characteristics protected by law. All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics.