Product Lead
Stellic
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Mateo • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $170,000 - $220,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Own and Shape the Progress Product: Deeply understand how universities define academic requirements and ensure our system evaluates student progress accurately and efficiently.
- Lead Problem Solving: Take long-term, complex challenges and break them down into actionable, iterative steps to deliver immediate value.
- Drive Technical Collaboration: Engage with engineers (in US and Pakistan) to discuss trade-offs, system architecture, and product decisions.
- Engage with University Partners: Join calls to do product discovery to understand the underlying need, articulate product decisions, and build trust with institutions as they transition to Stellic.
- Identify Patterns: Recognize commonalities across institutions and design scalable solutions that can serve multiple customers.
- Think Big-Picture: Ensure each feature you build contributes meaningfully to our broader product strategy and Stellic’s long-term vision.
Requirements
- Have 8+ years of experience as a product manager with demonstrable growth through the years
- Are experienced in building enterprise SaaS product preferably in a fast-paced, scrappy startup environment or early product development in an established company
- You have a relentlessly driven to build products that set new standards of excellence, going beyond 'good enough' to deliver something truly exceptional
- Love getting into the details of complex logic, systems, and algorithms to understand how and why something works
- Have a technical mindset—you don’t need to write code, but you should be comfortable in engineering discussions and grasp complex technical concepts
- Are a problem solver who thrives in ambiguity, taking abstract problems and breaking them down into structured, actionable solutions.
- Are analytical and resourceful, able to use tools to manipulate data, identify patterns, seek insights without depending on engineering.
- Have strong written and verbal communication skills, enabling you to articulate complex product decisions clearly to university partners and internal teams.
- Are comfortable working in a hybrid setup and coordinating across different time zones.
- Comfortable with travel (domestic and international)
Benefits
- Competitive salary, equity, and a culture of excellence, speed, and ownership.
- Generous stock options in a Series A stage startup
- Flexible, outcome-based culture
- Comprehensive health insurance, with Stellic covering 99% of your premium and 75% for dependents on our base plan
- 401K and commuter benefits
- Annual international retreats in some of the most beautiful cities & towns
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
product managemententerprise SaaSdata manipulationsystem architectureproduct discoveryscalable solutionscomplex logicalgorithmstechnical concepts
Soft Skills
problem solvinganalyticalresourcefulcommunicationcollaborationtrust buildingstrategic thinkingadaptabilitydetail-oriented