Senior Product Manager

  
Raken is a cloud-based, mobile, collaboration platform for the construction industry -  we empower the people who build the world!  Our goal is to transform the way the world builds by introducing technology to a 7,000-year-old industry. To achieve this, we aim to attract unique, passionate people to the cause.  We believe that faster, better reporting will improve the working lives of nearly 10% of the US labor force—the percentage of people currently working in construction. Helping turn the worst part of their day into the easiest (and fastest) is why we do what we do!  We work with Commercial, Residential, and Specialty Contractors of all shapes and sizes; including many of the largest construction companies in the world.

 We are looking for a smart, detail-oriented, Senior Product Manager to join our growing team!

Successful candidates must have great communication skills, be data-driven, results orientated, and able to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced, start-up environment. The ideal candidate is someone who is always striving for ways to improve our solutions, create the best products, and has a passion for working with stakeholders and customers.

Seeking candidates near San Diego, CA for a hybrid role, or individuals located outside of California for a fully remote position.

 Why Join Raken?

• Raken is a rapidly growing company based in Carlsbad, CA with over 4,500 customers across 92 countries
• We were recognized on the Forbes 2020 list of America’s Best Startup Employers and are ranked no. 1057 on the Inc. 5000 List of Fastest Growing U.S. Companies
• We are consistently ranked as a High Performer for construction management solutions on notable review sites like G2, Capterra, and Software Advice
• Our Culture is Top Priority - We have a hardworking team that loves to make a significant positive impact and have fun while doing it.  Core Values we live by: Take Ownership, Keep Evolving, Stay Balanced, Elevate Others, and Let’s Go!

If you are a highly driven individual who wants to make an impact working for a company that values its culture, employees, and customers above all else - Raken is the place for you.

 Role Responsibilities:

• Perform market research and apply qual-and quantifiable data to ensure that new products meet customer needs
• Develop a deep understanding of user needs through customer research, user-centered design and collaboration with customer facing teams
• Collaborate across product management, engineering, design, marketing, sales and support to define the vision, roadmap and goals for our products
• Work in an agile development environment and partner closely with engineering and quality assurance to design, build, test and launch new releases
• Create product roadmap and lead feature prioritization for development teams to ensure that we are solving the right problems for our customers and business
• Own metrics and processes for measuring successful product usage, retention and engagement

Skills, Qualification and Attributes:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• 5+ years of experience in product management
• Experience building products for users across iOS, Android and web applications.
• A quantifiable and verifiable track record of delivering project success for a software/SaaS or related technology company
• Strong interpersonal skills for interacting with cross-functional teams
• Experience with Agile Methodology
• Experience in documenting product requirements
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills combined with very strong presentation skills
• Experience or knowledge of the Construction industry a plus

Ideal Qualifications:

• Detail & analytical oriented
• Transparent, accountable, authentic
• Ability to manage multiple tasks/projects at the same time
• Collaborative & team focused
• Great communicator, action-oriented & ambitious
• Holds himself/herself accountable
• Strong customer empathy and desire to shape product direction based on customer needs
• Ability to think big while understanding the impact of small decisions
• Relishes filling in the gaps and taking half-baked ideas to fully defined features ready for execution

Benefits:

• Medical, dental and vision with generous employer contribution
• HSA/FSA
• Life/LTD
• Generous PTO, including 12 Paid Holidays
• 401k + match
• Flexible working hours 
• Continuing education reimbursement opportunities
• Company provided MacBook Air 
• Free on-site gym 
• Excellent company culture
• Monthly Social Events 

Diversity and Inclusion

We are committed to cultivating and preserving a culture of inclusion and connectedness. We are able to grow and learn better together with a diverse team of employees. The collective sum of the individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, innovation, self-expression, and talent that our employees invest in their work represents not only part of our culture but is a key contributor to our success. We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, color, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.

Want to learn more about us? Visit www.rakenapp.com