Product Owner
Company Description
Yello’s talent acquisition software enables companies to humanize the candidate experience by providing unprecedented speed and transparency throughout the candidate journey. Founded in 2008, Yello supports hundreds of organizations globally by serving as a key strategic partner in optimizing recruiting operations and talent relationship management.
In 2017, Yello closed a series C funding round of $31 million and continues to grow quickly. We’re looking to hire people who believe nothing is impossible, love to learn and be curious, can be accountable for success, always enjoy the journey and will own their personality. If this is you, come grow your career with Yello.
About The Role
As a member of the Yello product organization, you will play a critical role in defining and executing the product vision for our mobile and web applications. You’ll be responsible for strategy, product direction, go to market planning, and execution. We’re looking for someone who is creative, innovative, and a has a great sense of product design.
How You'll Make An Impact
- Identify and analyze customer pain points. Use internal customer facing teams and your own research to seek out problems that Yello is positioned to solve.
- Outline the customer-side solution objectives and goals for the product, including the competitive set and differentiation possibilities
- Work with technical product managers, product designers, and lead engineers to vet conceptual solutions, delivery schedules, and technical feasibility
- Develop the business case for the product, including market penetration expectations, pricing, revenue expectations, payback period, etc
- Create go-to-market materials (with the help of marketing and sales leaders) and timelines, including marketing/PR plans, sales enablement, contracts, and customer success handoff
- Track the performance of your product and report those KPIs to stakeholders
- Propose and drive the update or sunset plans for your product to management, based on performance and market analysis
What We're Looking For
- 1-3 years experience in a product owner role
- 3- 5 years of experience working with Agile delivery teams; strong familiarity with Agile/Scrum/Kanban
- Knowledge of multiple functional areas such as technical product management, engineering, UI, sales, customer support, finance or marketing
- Ability to evolve product strategy based on research, data and industry trends
- Excellent problem-solving, organizational and analytical skills
- Experience in the recruitment or HR technology space is a huge plus
Additional Information
We are the trailblazers in our space and we continually strive to learn and grow, but there is always time to celebrate a colleague's birthday or a recent success. We dress casually, have one of the best views in the city and the whole team sports Apple laptops. Our CEO Jason Weingarten and President Dan Bartfield always have their office doors open. And with opportunities for professional advancement, medical, dental and vision insurance, and a 401K match – Yello has you covered.
- Yello is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
- Candidates local to Chicago are preferred.
- You must be authorized to work in the United States.
- Must be able to sit or stand for continuous periods of time
- This role frequently communicates/interacts with individuals, must have strong written and oral communication skills
- Yello reserves the right to assign or reassign the responsibilities and requirements to this job at any time