Product Manager

OwnLocal is a fun-loving and hardworking Austin-area startup with a crazy plan to help local media companies survive by providing digital services to their small business advertisers. We're a leader in digital advertising solutions for local media companies globally—we partner with more than 2,600 media companies and operate in North America, Europe, and Australia.

You get your kicks designing software features that delight users and impress even the most jaded stakeholders. You enjoy wading through a morass of available information and figuring out what’s actually important. An expert on product planning, customer discovery, and product development process - you use data to make decisions, using as much objective truth as you can find. You understand things on both a strategic and operational level, and you understand and accommodate for the operational changes new product development will inevitably lead to. You’re a people person who deals with the goddamn customers so the engineers don’t have to. Most importantly, you know how to get shit DONE.

* Lead a cross-functional team in developing critical internal and external facing products * Conduct market research to discover customer/user pain points and new opportunities * Impact/business case analyses for new products, features, and bug fixes * Capture and compose high quality user stories from various internal and external customers and stakeholders * Break down large, abstract concepts into actionable tickets and user stories for software engineers to pick up and deliver on * Tame your JIRA backlog * Participate in daily standups with the engineering teams and remove progress roadblocks

**You should apply if you meet these minimum requirements:** * 2+ years of product management experience at a tech company * Top-notch leadership and people skills * Experience developing and maintaining product roadmaps * Experience with dev product/project management software (JIRA, Pivotal Tracker, etc.) * Excellent problem-solving and organizational skills * Able to adjust and evolve strategy quickly while incorporating research and data on industry trends **You should really seriously apply if you are also good at any of the following:** * Degree in Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience * Data and financial analysis * Experience with SMB software, digital marketing, SEO, UX design, user testing, and a variety of CMSs