NEWNESS is the live streaming platform built to celebrate beauty in the most authentic way possible. It's a place where creators join in with a highly engaged community to talk about what they love-all in real-time.

Our mission is to provide the beauty community a home to create and connect. Every decision we make is focused on nurturing this community, and everything we do is based on four essential values that define who we are: Compassion, Inclusion, Learning, and Joy.

We're a fun, thoughtful, passionate, and diverse team. Some of our employees are tech veterans coming from Twitch, Google, Snapchat, and the beauty world, lending our team a unique blend of live-streaming, tech, gaming, and beauty expertise. We are a fully distributed (remote) early-stage startup well funded by some of the top VCs and angel investors, including Sequoia Capital, Cowboy Ventures, and Upside Partnership.

NEWNESS is seeking a product manager to help drive and launch product features that will delight our passionate community of users. You'll translate ideas into strategy and features, and follow product development from start to finish.

To succeed in this role, you should be a great communicator, creative leader, and problem-solver. You'll work with teams across NEWNESS to ensure our roadmap is driving us toward the best possible version of our product. This role will have a huge impact on the product vision, strategy, principles, priorities as we scale and help define the future of live streaming and the creator economy.

This role reports to to the Head of PDE (Product, Design, and Engineering)

What will you be doing at NEWNESS?

Leverage user research and competitive benchmarking to deliver a world-class user experience
Develop written requirements and define success metrics and associated use-cases for new projects, shepherding projects from ideation to test results analysis and iteration.
Gain a deep understanding of our market, competitors, and the community experience for creators and viewers.
Identify and fill product gaps and generate new ideas that drive growth and joy.
Work in partnership with cross-functional teams and leadership to align on the product vision and roadmap.
Shape and launch products that deliver on the company's vision and strategy.
Own core features end-to-end. Define product specs.
Drive cross-functional execution. Make complex decisions and share insights and results company-wide.
Refine and iterate on user personas.
Define, understand, and improve key growth funnels and metrics.
Analyze feedback, metrics, and user research; understand user needs.
Audit our current features. What do we do well? How could we improve?
Cultivate trust with engineering, marketing, community, and creator acquisition teams.

About you:

5+ years in product management
3+ years experience in consumer-focused (B2C) engagement, membership, and/or retention product management.
Experience in the direct-to-consumer / eCommerce, or creator economy space is greatly preferred.
Bachelor's degree required; MBA preferred.
Experience driving elements of the product development lifecycle such as product vision, go-to-market strategy, driving requirements, and product launch.
Strong empathy for our users.
Technical proficiency. Effective at working closely with engineers.
Ability to influence multiple stakeholders without direct authority.
Ability to deal with ambiguity and lead the team towards product-market-fit.
Strong communication and influence skills; proven ability to create clarity and drive alignment.

Would love

Past founder experience, or as an early contributor to a high-growth company.
Experience or passion around shaping the future of live-streaming, video, beauty, and the creator economy.
Basic understanding of regulatory risk with user-generated content.
Understanding of the financial KPIs i.e., LTV of the customer.

At Newness, we pride ourselves on fostering a collaborative culture throughout every step of an employee's journey. From day one of our interview process to team meetings, we consistently cultivate an inclusive environment.

Our success in making companies great at hiring depends on our ability to create a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment. To that end, we're committed to attracting, developing, retaining and promoting a diverse workforce, and infusing DE&I throughout all of our internal practices. By ensuring that every person is able to bring a diversity of talents to our work, we're increasingly capable of living out our mission and providing real value to our community. We encourage people from underrepresented backgrounds and all walks of life to apply. Come grow with us at Newness.

Summary
Company name: NEWNESS
Remote job title: Product Manager
Job tags: Marketing Strategy, e-commerce, B2C