Our Product team builds and scales Toptal’s platform and products, working closely with our Operations and Engineering teams to support the organization’s growth. We embrace a data-focused approach to ensure each initiative on our product roadmap delivers a meaningful impact on our business and users. Our innovative technology platform enables us to deliver on-demand talent, without losing a human touch.

Are you a customer-centric Senior Product Manager with a proven track record of taking ownership and delivering results in a fast-paced, dynamic environment? We’re looking for a self-starting Senior Product Manager to drive innovation at Toptal by expanding the breadth and depth of our product and service offering.

As a Senior Product Manager, you will lead a team of engineers while working cross-functionally with Engineering, Design, and other Product Managers to define, build, and launch mission-critical initiatives. We need someone to drive end-to-end product discovery and delivery, using user research, data, and cross-functional collaboration to identify new opportunities and deliver impactful solutions.

If you have a knack for building high-quality, extremely impactful products, we want you on our team!

This is a remote position. However, we require applicants and the person in this position to reside in-market. We do not offer visa sponsorship or assistance. Applicants must be authorized to work in the US at the time of hire. Resumes and communication must be submitted in English.

·        Own and lead all aspects of an established agile team, including backlog grooming, triage, and prioritization, and cross-functional coordination.

·        Responsible for defining the scope of new product features and ongoing feature improvements.

·        Write and prioritize user stories and define acceptance criteria.

·        Establish and maintain a high level of credibility with internal and external partners.

·        Break down complex problems and use data and analytics, combined with high-quality user research, to inform product direction.

·        Track progress, assess risks, coordinate delivery, and actively communicate contingency and mitigation plans for the team.

·        Run various ad-hoc research and business analyses to assess opportunities and risks.

·        Take ownership of identifying and solving complex product challenges that align with both short-term goals and long-term strategic initiatives.

·        Apply system-analyst techniques and procedures, including consulting with users to determine hardware, software, or systems functional specifications.

·        Onboard and integrate into Toptal while independently starting to study and learn the Toptal product suite.

·        Become acquainted with your product area, the product goals, and those you will partner with.

·        Work cross-functionally and with other Product Managers to organize and prioritize your high-level roadmap and backlog.

·        Start collaborating closely with your development team.

·        Takeover all in-flight and planned initiatives.

·        Fully support a product category, working collaboratively to complete quarterly planning and set OKRs.

·        While exercising discretion and independent judgment, launch features that deliver high business impact.

·        Be fully embedded into and own a development team.

·        Monitor and measure the success of your initiatives against company goals.

·        Continuously improve the team’s processes through meaningful contributions.

·        Work alongside other Product Managers to discover new product opportunities for your backlog.

·        Develop a repeatable model for delivering upon our roadmap initiatives.

·        Work across the Product team to measure and refine the roadmap, backlog, and processes to make improvements over time.

·        Constantly re-evaluate your roadmap’s alignment with the strategic goals of the business, adjusting where necessary.

·        Deliver your roadmap priorities and promises.

·        Ensure your team has an incredible record of building impactful products in a timely and elegant fashion.

·        Work cross-functionally to scale your team to meet the growing needs of our business and our users.

·        Bachelor’s degree is required, preferably in a technical discipline.

·        At least 3 years of proven software product management experience.

·        Proven ability to lead products end-to-end from early discovery and zero-to-one development through launch, iteration, and scale, even in ambiguous environments.

·        Knowledge of AI product development processes.

·        Experience with third-party system integrations is a plus.

·        Comfortable working with SQL or spreadsheets to analyze data, as well as conducting research with internal and external users.

·        Strong expertise in using data to make decisions with a variety of tools and methodologies to gather and synthesize information.

·        Ability to creatively craft solutions through data and a customer-centric approach.

·        Ability to build wireframes and mockups, with an aptitude for keeping things simple.

·        Be meticulous and have a high bar for quality when writing user stories, reviewing designs, brainstorming technical approaches, and testing a feature before it is released.

·        Be humble, willing to learn, and do whatever is needed to help us accomplish our goals.

·        Experience using agile development methodologies with globally distributed teams and the ability to keep up with a fast-paced and global company.

·        Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.

·        Ability to work in a fast-paced, rapidly growing company and handle a wide variety of challenges, deadlines, and a diverse array of contacts.

·        You thrive in environments where you are empowered to lead by doing, working directly with users, data, and your team to make progress and drive results.

·        You must be a world-class individual contributor to thrive at Toptal. You will not be here just to tell other people what to do.

·        Regularly and reliably attend scheduled virtual team meetings on camera.

·        Work independently with minimal supervision.

·        Use all required digital collaboration tools.

·        Prioritize and self-manage workflows and deadlines.