Headquarters: Worldwide! We're fully remote.
URL: https://www.ynab.com/

About Us and Why We’re Hiring

• Have at least five years of experience as a Product Manager.
• Be well versed in user-facing product work, particularly with cross-platform B2C SaaS applications.
• Have a deep love for cross-functional product development (we really mean that cross-functional part!).
• Have an interest in and facility with AI tools—prompt wizardry, custom GPTs, and fast prototyping are all tools in your tool box. You don’t just use AI to help you do your job, you harness it to 10x your skills and impact.
• Live somewhere between the Pacific Time Zone (UTC-8) and the Central European Time Zone (UTC+1). (Think of a world map moving left to right from PT to CET—those time zones are all OK.)

• Complex, data-rich applications; mature codebases; the psychology of habit formation; fintech; wellness applications; remote, distributed teams; Continuous Discovery Habits; quantitative and qualitative research best-practices (usability testing, interviews, A/B tests, prototypes, etc.) cross-platform release planning and execution.

How You’ll Work at YNAB

• Once you start, we DEMAND (in a friendly, ALL CAPS IS YELLING way) that you fill out your “Bucket List” spreadsheet with 50 items. (That’s harder than it sounds!) 
• We love to celebrate with you when you complete something on your bucket list—AND, we love using your bucket list as inspiration for your best birthday present(s) ever. 
• We want you firing on all cylinders, so we’ll set you up with a shiny new computer and replace it every three years.  
• Did we mention that YNAB makes a huge, positive difference in people’s lives? You may not think that matters much, but then a few months down the road, you’ll realize it’s made your job really, really enjoyable. Don’t underestimate this one!

Now back to you, our new Product Manager....

• Determining what to work on (and why);
• Participating in the how; 
• Sharing the responsibility for execution; 
• And acting as the grease (not the glue). 

• Become an expert on YNAB’s business and product, the customers we are serving (and the ones we are not), our capabilities, the marketplace, industry trends, and potential disruptions. You’ll do this by synthesizing previously gathered data, opinions, experiences, and history along with conducting your own qualitative and quantitative research. We’ve been around for 20 years but we know that the market is always changing, and the best way to stay in sync with our customers is by speaking with them directly!  
• Use your research to refine your team’s priorities, test your assumptions, and validate your hypotheses.
• Map the team’s work from a long-term vision (we’re talking years ahead), to all the possible ideas from all the possible sources, to the short-term roadmap of execution: what are we going to build, what are we not going to build, and in what order should we act?
• Navigate countless trade-offs (okay, maybe not countless, but hundreds wouldn’t be an exaggeration). Searching for a true win-win is the happiest path, but sometimes constraints are constraints. You know the former from the latter and have the vision and pragmatism to know when to keep digging and when to move on. 
• Define the key indicators that would show your team is on the right track, as well as the ones that would show the opposite.
• Communicate clearly and repeatedly (evangelize!) the value and strategic purpose of the work your product team is delivering.
• Be intensely curious. Period.

• Act as a critical sounding-board for product designers and engineers, articulating the problem to be solved and managing scope throughout both the discovery and delivery phases of product development. You’re not afraid to ask questions and in fact, have a knack for knowing when to ask the right ones to help your team move forward.
• Monitor the effort and resources involved in each approach your team considers, always keeping one eye on the future and one eye on the here and now. You have a finely tuned spidey sense for how different work streams will impact each other and you love a good scheme if it means getting more value in the hands of users faster.  
• Meet your colleagues where they are—you can speak the languages of engineering and/or product design when needed to evaluate a tradeoff or understand a blocker—and at the end of the day help bring everyone back to the user and their experience. 

• Understand that accountability is ultimately shared in our collaborative, cross-functional work—but also be willing and able to provide direction and make decisions when choices are not obvious. (In fact, you love when that happens. You’re the type of person who expounds on decision-making strategies for way too long at summer barbecues, but somehow keeps people listening.)
• Take on some project management responsibilities. This isn’t the core of your work, but since you sit in the middle of multiple major information flows, you’ll naturally also facilitate a fair number of process and planning conversations, and keep the trains on the track, so to speak.
• Define launch plans, manage release cycles, and conduct retrospectives in collaboration with stakeholders from across the company.

• Communicate relentlessly to ensure that your team is aligned and the dots are being connected between the work of your team, the work of other teams, and our overarching strategy.
• Collaborate with engineers and product designers (and other stakeholders as needed—you know when to ask for help!) to validate assumptions and weed out bad ideas. You’ll also play a key role in evaluating work-in-progress.
• Communicate your team’s roadmap and release timelines to the rest of the organization, especially around high-visibility launches. You are relentless about ensuring that everyone is aligned because you know this clarity allows others to take confident actions.

How to Apply

• A resume. If you don’t have an updated formal resume, that’s fine! An informal overview of your work history and education is all we’re looking for.
• A cover letter and answers to four specific questions. But not your typical cover letter. You have our permission to NOT be formal, just help us get to know you. 
  • On page 1: We’d love for you to tell us a bit about yourself, what drew you to product management, why you’re interested in this role at YNAB, and why you think you’d be a great fit. 
  • On page 2 onward: Please answer these four questions:
    • 1. Tell us about a time when you were initially convinced you were right about something at work, but you changed your mind based on the expertise or opinions of others. Please answer in 1-2 paragraphs. 
    • 2. How have you honed your craft as a product manager, and how do you see yourself continuing to develop your skills in the future? Feel free to share specific strategies or frameworks, sources of information or inspiration, and/or your general approach. Please answer in 1-2 paragraphs.
    • 3. Tell us about a time when you realized that you shipped something either A) too early, or B) too late. Did the experience change your approach to product development? How? Please answer in 1-2 paragraphs.
    • 4. Continuing in this vein, show us how you’d communicate this timing mistake to your immediate product squad. Draft a one paragraph message aimed at the squad’s Slack channel explaining the situation and how you plan to address it. 
• Answers to twelve quick, informational questions, which you’ll see when you click Apply. These include things like your contact information, location, and relevant experience for the role.

• If you meet our hard requirements and follow the application instructions, we promise that a real human will review your materials. With that being said, we hope that you’ll feel free to be genuinely yourself in your application; we want to get to know you!
• Though we know it’s customary in some areas, please do not share a headshot anywhere in your application materials.
• You’ll only be able to apply once, so make sure your answers are final before you click submit. You can always start your application, and then click the “Save application for later” link at the bottom to—you guessed it—finish it up later. (Note: that link will have an expiration date! Check your email for more information if you choose this option.)
• Keep an eye out for a confirmation email from @pinpoint.email titled Thank you for applying to YNAB!—this means your application has been received successfully. If you don’t receive it, please apply again.
• Our goal is to make the recruitment and hiring process as accessible as possible. If we can help you with an accessibility need, email us at accommodations@ynab.com and indicate in the subject line that you’re applying for the Product Manager role. (Please note that we can only respond to messages related to accommodations at this email.)
• Finally, please click here for an outline of what this hiring process will look like. It’s rigorous, but we also hear that it’s fun (truly!). We enjoy getting to know you throughout, and we make sure you have plenty of chances to get to know us, too. 

To apply: https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/ynab-humbly-confident-product-manager