What We Do
KinderSystems (www.KinderSystems.com) is the leading provider of subsidy management software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions to state agencies, Head Start programs, and child care providers. Built and supported by industry experts, KinderSystems envisions a world where all families, no matter their income level, have access to high quality child care. Hundreds of agencies in the publicly funded child care sector use KinderSystems applications via the cloud or mobile devices to streamline their operations, ensure compliance with government regulations, and meet the needs of the families they serve.
As a Senior Product Manager, you will leverage your deep knowledge of product management to guide teams in developing intuitive, easy to use, highly functional software. You will work closely with a broad range of stakeholders from business analysts, development, quality assurance, customer service, sales, and marketing.
What You’ll Do With Us
- Work cross-functionally with customers, executives, stakeholders, and engineering teams to define the product vision and strategy
- Create, execute on, and be accountable to strategic roadmaps
- Drive market analysis, recognize market trends, perform competitive analysis, lead customer discovery activities, and develop business cases to identify new initiatives
- Define features and requirements that fulfill initiatives and drive our strategic vision as defined in our roadmaps
- Prioritize initiatives, features, and development to deliver growth and the highest amount of value to our customers
- Develop wireframes and interactive prototypes to inform user experience and user interface design requirements
- Formulate and measure product analysis to ensure ongoing product performance and customer satisfaction
- Engage and participate in strategic customer briefings, industry events, and industry analyst communication
- Work closely with our engineering team to incorporate technical feedback early and often
- Drive a lean and agile development process; define meaningful sprint cycles, and run consistent date-driven experiments
- Define and own the measurable success metrics and key results for your initiatives; prioritize product development against those metrics
- Participate in business development activities, supporting the development of proposals, sprint timelines, resource forecasts, and interactive demos
Who You Are
- Prior experience managing and/or bringing new enterprise software applications to market
- Technical aptitude and experience managing software APIs and system integrations; SQL knowledge is a plus
- Curiosity for learning and discovering new ways of doing things
- Vision for developing software around outcomes, not features
- Ability to prioritize between bugs, features
- Advanced written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to see both the forest and the trees: you are detail-oriented, and can also cast a big picture vision
- Collaborative approach to problem solving and execution
- Ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams through discussions and workshops
- Prior experience utilizing product management tools such as Jira and Aha!
- Prior experience with state and local government or education customers is a plus
- Prior experience with understanding and interpretation of legislative and regulatory is a nice to have
What We Offer
- The ability to work from anywhere in the US, with approximately 10% travel
- Compensation for this role includes a base salary between $110,000-130,000
- Comprehensive benefits package including health, vision, and dental insurance, starting the first of the month after start date
- 401(k) retirement plan, with company match
- Paid company holidays and generous PTO
- Friendly, supportive, and adventurous environment with a team of engaged colleagues who are all focused on enabling and improving the child care industry for all families
KinderSystems actively embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a meaningful way. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be which is why we do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.
All persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States (without sponsorship) and complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.
