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Director, Product Management

At Parity, our mission is closing the enormous pay gap between women and men in sports sponsorships. Given the sports sponsorship market is estimated to be more than $65 billion annually, with less than 1% going to women athletes, this is a huge opportunity - both for women athletes, as well as brands seeking to reach new, untapped audiences. Parity helps a range of companies, from Fortune 500s to high-growth consumer and tech startups, tap into new audiences and elevate their brands through game-changing partnerships with pro women athletes. We use our proprietary data and analytics to match these brands with our community of more than 850 professional women athletes to achieve their sales and marketing objectives.

Who We Are

Parity is made up of former business and tech executives, Olympic athletes and sports fanatics who understand that the hard work and dedication required to become an elite athlete produces many of the traits needed to succeed in business.

We’re a group of intelligent, hard-working, ethical, and sports-obsessed individuals — and we’re looking for creative thinkers, problem-solvers, and extra-milers to join us. We believe through grit and inspiration that anything can be achieved. We’ve successfully led teams at institutions like The Players’ Tribune, LinkedIn, General Assembly, SurveyMonkey, Pendo, and major philanthropic initiatives that have helped women, LGBTQ+ individuals, and other underrepresented groups thrive in the workplace.

While we enjoyed success prior to Parity, we intend to be just as successful in this newest chapter of our careers—and the next chapter of yours. We can’t wait to meet you.

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Director of Product to join our dynamic team. As the first-ever product leader of Parity’s core products, you will be responsible for designing and implementing our product roadmap and creating products that generate value in the market, while furthering the mission of bringing paid opportunities to women athletes. You’ll work closely with our CEO and technology team to understand our clients’ needs, and effectively map that to actionable and innovative product development.

Responsibilities include but are not be limited to:

Develop a deep understanding of the needs and challenges facing our athletes and prospective clients:
- Speak to our B2B clients to understand their challenges and roadblocks, and map to a successful product-market fit for Parity
- Immerse yourself in our athlete community to fully uncover the ways in which we can harness their powerful and distinct value proposition
- Fully understand the competitive landscape, current trends, and where Parity has a unique value proposition
Prioritize development based on value created for athletes and clients:
- Work in conjunction with leadership to design our product roadmap
- Design experiments to test product ideas, aimed at finding the highest value product offerings
- Find new ways to harness Parity’s existing assets (data and otherwise), while also proposing new high-value areas of focus for the company
- Make pragmatic decisions and balance competing projects
Implement product development road map:
- Work with engineering team to develop and roll out products, ensuring high quality, timely delivery
- Set reasonable goals for the team, and pivot where needed
- Make tough prioritization decisions whilst staying true to our mission of generating sustainable revenue and bringing paid opportunities to women athletes

Skills: These are the skills you need to be great at this job

Ability to set the direction and lead the work of a tech team
Understanding of social media platforms, and preferably experience with integrating products with them
Experience in early stage startup (Series A or earlier), or in launching a new product/vertical for a larger company in a rapid development environment
Ability to work with a small engineering team, employing rapid testing and experimentation driven by data and user feedback
Experience with conducting customer and user research to gather feedback, and understand core markets
Experience sizing product opportunities based on reasonable estimates of effort and impact
Familiarity with APIs and understanding how to connect different components to create a data and web technology

Impact: As a result of your work, we will achieve the following outcomes

Improvement of existing products and development of new products that generate recurring revenue for Parity
Increased opportunities for our athlete community to participate in products offerings that align with their unique value proposition
Drive increased brand interest and sales by developing and launching products that provide substantial value to them
Collaborate successfully with leadership and technology team to ensure product development is delivered quickly and with high quality

Other Requirements: Nice to have…

5+ years of experience in product management and proven track record of delivery
Familiarity with data-driven product development
Experience with marketplaces and developing them, as well as self-serve B2B or SMB-focused product experience
Bonus points if you have a passion for women’s sports and athletes

Benefits and Compensation

Salary of $130,000 - $200,000, depending on experience
Flexible vacation/time off policy
One-time home office stipend
Competitive healthcare benefits including medical, vision and dental
Ability to work from anywhere (as long as you are based in the US, authorized to work in the US, and work U.S. hours)

Parity powered by Evolution of Sports, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer in all positions, programs and services without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, ancestry, disability, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other legally protected status.

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