NEW YORK, REMOTE
Head of Product
IFW seeks a Head of Product, with deep domain expertise in Marketplaces and Community, who will propel the next phase of rapid customer and revenue growth. We are looking for a product visionary who is dedicated to and deeply passionate about the small business economy.
IFW is the go-to funding marketplace for women entrepreneurs with a mission to close the money gap for businesses. Since its founding, IFW has empowered its members to raise $135M+ in early-stage capital and to create 30,000+ new jobs, helping fuel the small businesses economy. IFW’s marketplace offers its members multiple access points to capital, including crowdfunding, business grants, loans, and the best funding of all – revenue, through its newest product, IFW ServicesX, a marketplace connecting independent business services experts to customers.
Start Date: ASAP
Location: Remote • New York City • Massachusetts • New Jersey • New York
- Lead new product and feature development overall strategy to hit IFW’s core KPIs, drive growth, customer engagement, and new user acquisition
- Create and own product roadmap execution, including product suite management and growth
- Increase core product profit margins and user experience
- Increase market opportunity through driving the roadmap, developing products that surprise and delight, and continuous product and data quality improvement
- Lead data-driven decisions to deeply understand and address user needs & strengthen the IFW relationship to customer data in close collaboration with the customer success team
- Monitor product development sprints and evaluate results
- Bring execution discipline and process optimization expertise to our growing organization who are focused on delivering the product roadmap
- Decrease time to market on new products and feature sets by optimizing resources and improving internal processes
- Monitor the competitive landscape and conduct routine benchmarking efforts **
- 8+ years in a formal product role
- 2+ years managing a product team
- Superior project management skills
- Experience launching a successful, new product from end-to-end
- Ability to lead cross-functional prioritization and communications resulting in seamless and successful roll-out of new features, products, and technical improvements
- Deep understanding of product development process from idea to go-to-market strategy and everything in between
- Technical knowledge of APIs, data architecture, services-at-scale, technical risk, etc.
- Understanding and use of data-driven decision making data tools (e.g. Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Mixpanel)
- Extensive experience working in an agile/scrum environment
- Deep understanding of IFW competitive landscape and current product suite
- Strong leadership and communication skills
- Masters in Business Administration or Computer Science related field
- Experience leading a SaaS product
- Technical experience in Python, R, SQL, Java to aid in data analysis
- Certificates, coursework, or demonstrated experience in Human-Computer Interaction, UI/UX
- Previous experience in Product at a successful startup * **
- Salary range: $150k - $170k
- Health, Vision, Dental insurance
- 401k plan with company matching
- Flexible Paid Time Off
- Opportunity for Remote Work or Hybrid work out of our NY office
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Product
Our award-winning product team creates and maintains our product roadmap, and continuously makes improvements to our user journeys.