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We're the technology leader building the modern home management platform. Today, millions of people use Thumbtack to effortlessly manage their homes. We help them confidently know what to do, when to do it and who to hire.

Our goal is simple: to be the only platform homeowners need to fix, maintain and improve their homes. As a long-term partner for homeowners, our promise is to turn what was once confusing and intimidating into something straightforward ?" and a lot less stressful.

At Thumbtack, we're not just creating a new era of homeownership. We're supporting local economies and building stronger communities. Each day, we connect local professionals across America with busy homeowners so they can grow their businesses.

Thumbtack is for everyone. Our customers and pros come from all walks of life and every county in the country. We want our team to reflect that. If you come from an underrepresented background in tech, we strongly encourage you to apply.

Our North Star is bright and our ambitions are big. We've been at this for over a decade, but the way we see it: we're just getting started.

Thumbtack by the Numbers

  • Available in all 3,143 U.S. counties.
  • Nearly 4.5 million customers in the last 12 months
  • Hundreds of thousands of local professionals on our platform
  • 65 million projects started on Thumbtack
  • Over 7.5 million 5-star reviews left for stellar pros

About the Product Team

Our product team is small but mighty. We partner with engineering, design, analytics and more to craft a marketplace that delivers over a billion dollars in business to our pros while helping millions of customers get their projects done each year.

Listen here for a Product Team Q&A with Director of Product Management, Alexis Baird.

About the Role

Do you want to work in a highly collaborative environment to reinvent how a large piece of the local economy works? We're looking for a product manager to partner with engineers and designers to develop great solutions for Thumbtack's customers and professionals. You'll work on a variety of projects across the product with a diverse set of team members.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with engineers and designers to ideate, prioritize and deliver great solutions for our customers and professionals
  • Define and analyze key metrics to inform decision-making and measure success
  • Conduct user research and lightweight tests to scope and prioritize product initiatives
  • Coordinate within your team and among teams at Thumbtack to ensure understanding of and alignment around projects
  • Wear many hats and be key organizational glue

Must-Have Qualifications

If you don't think you meet all of the criteria below but still are interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box, and we're looking for someone excited to join the team.

  • 6+ years of product management experience building consumer web/mobile products
  • Excellent user-centric design and product sense
  • Excellent analytical skills to break down and solve complex problems
  • Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Excellent business judgement
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

  • Experience working in a marketplace business
  • Experience working at a high-growth startup

Thumbtack is a virtual-first company, meaning you can live and work from any one of our approved locations across the United States, Ontario or the Philippines. When it is safe to gather, we will begin to host in-person events on a regular basis. Remote employees will be expected to travel occasionally for these events to a Thumbtack library or offsite team-building location. In cities with 5+ employees, we are establishing local communities, where employees can gather for local events. Additionally, employees in the San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Toronto and Manila areas will have opt-in access to communal workspace at one of our Thumbtack libraries.

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More About Us

Thumbtack is a technology leader building the modern home management platform. Through the Thumbtack app, homeowners can effortlessly manage their homes ?" confidently knowing what to do, when to do it, and who to hire. Bringing the $500 billion home services industry online, Thumbtack empowers millions of homeowners to fix, maintain, and improve their most valuable asset.

Founded in 2008, Thumbtack is backed by over $500 million in funding from folks that include Sequoia Capital, CapitalG, Tiger Global Management, Javelin Investment Partners, Baillie Gifford.

Thumbtack embraces diversity. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and do not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, citizenship, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

If you are a California resident, please review information regarding your rights under California privacy laws contained in Thumbtack's Privacy policy available at https://www.thumbtack.com/privacy/.

*Currently, Thumbtackers can live anywhere in Ontario or British Columbia, Canada or the Philippines or in any of the following US states: AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, Washington DC. Our long term vision is to hire across all of the United States and Canada, but this expansion will take a few years.




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Company name: Thumbtack
Remote job title: Senior Product Manager, Matching
Job tags: User Interface Design, Analytical Skills, mobile
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