We are looking for a talented software product manager to join our team in Chicago. You will be working with our developers and designers to build outstanding web and mobile application for our clients.

The perfect match

You are a problem-solver. A dot-connector. A multi-hat-wearer.

You feel comfortable with white-space, a blank slate, or an empty canvas.

You understand that the unpaved road of Product Management is hard. You are able to navigate constraints, assumptions, competition, and tradeoffs.

You love going deep and getting to the bottom of problems. You find joy in the challenge of figuring out what the right question is to ask.

You have an understanding of user-centered design and are familiar with web technologies like Ruby on Rails, APIs, and Databases.

You believe that our success is 100% dependent on our client's success and that it's our job to help our clients build the right thing.

About LaunchPad Lab

Fueled by a team of passionate and driven entrepreneurs, LaunchPad Lab is a Chicago-based Development Studio that focuses on growing businesses. We are intentionally small, skilled and focused on our clients' success. We work in a collaborative environment where everyone is expected to be creative and contribute to all facets of building businesses. Each day at LaunchPad Lab is an opportunity to work with a very talented team focused on making a difference.

REQUIREMENTS

On a day-to-day basis you feel comfortable:

• Running Product Discovery workshops with clients ranging from startups who have new product ideas, to large companies looking to enhance and automate current processes
• Performing customer, user and stakeholder interviews
• Synthesizing research to understand unmet user needs
• Working with UX/UI Designers to create mockups of solutions
• Working with Engineering team to create product specs and requirements
• Formulating and communicating design and development recommendations to clients through materials such as roadmaps, canvases, job stories, and annotated wireframes
• Keeping projects on on schedule
• Contributing to the growth of the Product Team at LaunchPad by creating and documenting best practices

You also feel comfortable and at home when you have to:

• Run a meeting on your own
• Explain a difficult concept to a group of non-technical stakeholders
• Say no to an idea because you believe it's in the client's best interest

BENEFITS

• Competitive salary
• Health Insurance (company pays 100% of PPO premium)
• Dental Insurance (company pays 50% of premium)
• 401(k) with 3% company match
• $1,000 annual conference budget
• Flexible work and vacation schedule
• Iced coffee and beer on tap
• Unlimited learning and fun