Senior Product Manager

About Us

At Cast & Crew, we’ve empowered creativity and supported the global entertainment industry for decades. Together with our family of brands - Backstage, CAPS, Checks & Balances, Final Draft, Media Services, Sargent-Disc, and The TEAM Companies – we operate as a combined entertainment technology and services provider offering industry standard screenwriting accounting software, digital payroll products, data & reporting, and a host of creative tools.  The industry continues to move faster than ever, and the need for our expertise, our technology, and our people has never been greater.  We are a production’s best ally every step of the way. #OneCastOneCrew

FilmFreeway is seeking a Senior Product Manager with a background in building new products to join our team. FilmFreeway has several new opportunities to create products for Filmmakers on our platform and this role will drive the creation of those new products from idea to launch.
You will be working with members of our engineering, design, data, marketing and operating teams to define, plan, build, launch, and operationalize new products. You will be essential in establishing priorities, project managing, communicating across teams, and updating leadership on our progress with new initiatives.
This is a remote position but will work primarily on Eastern Time. Candidates located in Eastern Time Zone are preferred.
The Senior Product Manager reports to the General Manager of FilmFreeway.

What You’ll Do:

• Help better define and clarify our opportunities for new products. How they will help our customers and how they will help the business.

• Explain the vision and goals for new products to both leadership and development teams.

• Work closely with engineering, design, and data teams to plan timelines, necessary pre-work, and overall launch.

• Manage timelines for new projects and drive execution against those timelines.

• Build out backlogs, manage two week sprints + related meetings, and maintain consistent team velocity.

• Work with our data team on measurement plans for new initiatives.

• Define KPIs to monitor for new products to measure health and growth

• Iterate and improve new products after launch based on measurement and A/B testing.

• Work with existing product and customer service teams to ensure that new products are well integrated into our overall product.

• Serve as the point person for all communication related to your teams and projects, both within the technology team and to the rest of the business

• Build relationships with teams and individuals of varying levels across the company and potentially externally

• Work with external consultants, vendors, and stakeholders as necessary to ensure project success.

What we’re looking for from you:

• 6+ years in a Product Management role, with strong technical acumen (engineering, design, or business intelligence background a plus!)

• Experience expanding existing products with large new features or entirely new products.

• Experience with market landscaping and competitor analysis

• Experience working with a mix of fulltime + consulting engineering teams.

• Skills to work with teams split across multiple timezones and strong opinions on what works and what doesn’t with remote teams.

• Intermediary or better proficiency with SQL is a bonus.

• Experience with two sided marketplaces

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills that can be tailored to suit a variety of individual personalities and levels of seniority

• Excellent stakeholder management skills, including driving consensus and alignment

• Familiarity with multiple software development methodologies, such as Scrum and Kanban, and the ability to find the right process and tools for the situation on a case-by-case basis

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, related field, or equivalent industry experience

• Experience with project and task management software (bonus points for Jira)

Benefits 

Cast & Crew provides a comprehensive package of employee benefits including: Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, health and wellness programs, employee discounts, and more! Note: Cast & Crew benefits are subject to eligibility requirements.

Cast & Crew is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive culture. It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all individuals based on job-related qualifications and ability to perform a job, without regard to age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, disability, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship or marital status, and to maintain a non-discriminatory environment free from intimidation, harassment or bias based upon these grounds.

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Compensation is commensurate with various factors including, but not limited to, relevant experience, qualifications, skills, training, licensure, certifications, geographic cost of labor, and other business and organizational needs. Compensation range for candidates in other locations may differ based on the cost of labor in that location. The compensation range for this position is: $145,000.00 - $180,000.00 per year.