Product Manager

A career with Gravity Payments is an opportunity to be on a collaborative team where creative leadership, passion for progress, and responsibility are paramount. Our team members focus and commit to providing for our clients and our community because we care deeply for others.  

About Poppy

At Poppy, we're on a mission to transform the bridal store industry with our innovative software solution. Our platform is set to redefine the way bridal stores operate, offering a suite of features designed to manage appointments, inventory, customer relationships, and more. By joining our team, you'll play a pivotal role in empowering bridal store owners and their customers with technology that makes dream weddings come true.

Success in this role looks like:

• Product Adoption: Achieve significant platform adoption across the U.S., meeting specific targets.
• Revenue Growth: Generate total Operating Revenue of over $300,000 in the first year

• Feature Development: Launch key features enhancing core functionalities, driven by user feedback and market research.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Lead successful cross-functional projects, improving team efficiency and product market fit, demonstrated by reduced time to market for new features.
• Market Insights: Provide actionable insights into the bridal industry that inform strategic decisions, such as new market opportunities or product adjustments.
• Operational Excellence: Implement processes that improve product development efficiency and quality, evidenced by reduced development cycles and higher feature deployment frequency.

Core Responsibilities

• Play a critical role in the early stages of Poppy's growth, using your strategic vision to shape the product's future and ensure its success in the marketplace.
• Craft detailed user stories and manage the product backlog actively, ensuring that every feature and update directly contributes to our users' success and satisfaction.
• Work closely with Engineering teams during the “Sizing” & “Acceptance Testing” phases of development.
• Communicate effectively across all levels of the organization, from engineering teams to marketing and sales teams, ensuring clear understanding of product strategies and plans.
• Take full accountability for the product's success, actively seeking feedback from users and stakeholders to inform continuous product improvement and innovation.
• Define and prioritize product features and enhancements based on a deep understanding of the bridal industry, customer needs, and competitive landscape.
• Communicate product strategies, updates, and outcomes across the company, ensuring all team members are aligned and motivated toward our common goals.

Requirements

Preferred Skills

•  2+ years of product management experience, preferably in SaaS environments OR 2+ years of experience launching a business within the bridal industry.
• A deep understanding of the bridal industry, with a customer-first mindset, is a requirement for this role
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional distributed teams, fostering collaboration and driving projects to successful and timely completion.
• Strong analytical skills, with a data-driven approach to decision-making and a keen eye for detail.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Proven experience managing multiple priorities and stakeholders.
• A passion for creating processes and practices that ensure consistency and high-quality across the product.

Technical requirements: 

• Must have access to a wired internet connection
• Must have access to at least a 25 megabits per second (mbps) download and 20 mbps upload speed connection

The salary for this position is $100,000 - $160,000. We may be open to negotiating outside of this range if the desired salary aligns with the needs of the candidate and the company.

Gravity Payments is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)

• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
• Life Insurance (Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off (Open PTO After One Year)
• Short Term & Long Term Disability
• Wellness Resources