Forem is looking for a Principal Product Manager. We are an open source community software company in need of an experienced product leader to bring direction, creativity and empathy to this role.
Forem is a codebase which powers online communities. Our company operates dev.to and community.codenewbie.org, while distributing the code as freely licenced open source software. We run a Forem hosting service called Forem Cloud and develop supporting software for the Forem ecosystem, such as our mobile app.
As Forem grows, we need our first dedicated product manager to coordinate our product development cycle alongside our team of engineers and company founders.
Primary responsibilities
What you’ll do
What you’ll do
- Drive the product life cycle from problem identification to launch to evaluation
- Utilize customer feedback to inform our product strategy and process
- Convert meaningful inputs from various stakeholders into valuable outputs
- Coordinate with stakeholders within the organization to ensure succinct product development
- Facilitate product prioritization, communication, and coordination amongst all stakeholders
- Work closely with design and engineering leadership to define and maintain a product roadmap that is aligned with company goals and initiatives
- Create alignment internally and externally on how we communicate about our products &services
- Propose and implement improvements to our product planning processes
- Act as the product point of contact for specific projects;quickly identify root causes, provide solutions and communicate clear explanations to other department heads.