Preply is a fast growing product company at an early stage of
development, backed by Europe’s most prominent investors. 100 people are
currently working on building a global human-to-human online tutoring
marketplace with locations in Kyiv and Barcelona.
We have more than 15 nationalities on board, that work in small
cross-functional teams to continuously improve and scale user
experience. We offer remote working days and the possibility to use our
platform for self-development. We challenge each other to learn more and
faster, while promoting creative power and free will. Personal growth, a
friendly and hierarchy-free atmosphere are guaranteed!
Openness, effectiveness and global mindset are the main
characteristics of our people. Our goal is to make Preply a leading
platform in online tutoring that will help people from all over the
world achieve their life goals faster!
We are currently looking for a Product Manager (Activation) to help
define and execute Preply’s product strategy, ensuring that our students
are successful in reaching their goals, and our tutors have the tools
and data necessary to teach effectively. Using data and qualitative
feedback you will develop hypotheses and drive solutions that help
Preply grow, and continue to redefine the way people learn online.
Outcomes:
- Manage the entire product life cycle from inception to launch.
- Develop and execute on product strategy, including new product initiatives.
- Collaborate with a multicultural cross-functional team of technology, design, marketing, and data to build amazing product.
- Become an authority on your product area and identify areas of opportunity through research and data.
- Define, understand, and improve key funnels and metrics.
- Own features and experiments end-to-end, including writing product
specs, driving cross-functional execution, making thoughtful product
decisions along the way, and sharing insights and results throughout the
company.
- Inspire the team with the product vision, and work cross-functionally to bring the product to life.
Competencies:
- 5+ years of relevant experience in product management.
- Experience building a product in a rapid growth and fast paced
environment, while supporting multiple initiatives at different phases
of development with different needs.
- Experience managing products through entire life cycle – from inception to launch.
- Experience leading cross-functional teams to deliver products to worldwide markets.
- Strong analytical ability and proven process of data-validated,
hypothesis-driven, experiment-tested decisions (You deeply understand
how your products work and how to measure long-term impact. You know
every step of the funnel. You can design, run, and interpret experiments
and A/B tests).
- Ability to formulate a vision for the product.
- Effective communication/conversation skills.
- Decision Making Ability.
- Natural leadership. You know how to influence people to get things done across any job function.
Hard Skills Required:
- A/B Testing platforms — experience with multiple platforms preferred.
- Ability to define tests explicitly (percentage of users in test, control groups, entry criterion; test success metrics).
- Understanding of statistical significance, comfortable with Data/SQL/R/Excel.
- Experience reading and calling tests.
- Ability to map quantitative to qualitative.
- Good understanding of retention/activation marketing.
Additional Desired Hard Skills:
- An Understanding of design/UX.
- Understanding of the tools and technologies employed in making UI changes.
- Familiarity and comfort with rapid prototyping and qualitative customer testing.
- Familiarity with multi-modal user journeys and how various entry
points/journeys can impact tests (and thus should be controlled for).
- Marketplace/subscription experience.
- Understanding of marketplace dynamics, and the need to balance both sides of the marketplace (sell/buy side).
- Understanding of revenue dynamics, LTV, seasonality, YoY comparisons, churn.
What we offer:
✔ Work in the same office with easy-going and open minded people from all over the world.
✔ Easy-to-reach location in the city centre.
✔ Active office life with biweekly gatherings.
✔ Monthly bonus deposit for self-development on Preply.com.
✔ Strong financial package, paid vacation and sick leave.
✔ Possibility to become a part of a truly big story at the start of its development.