Digital Product Manager

Are you smart, driven, curious, resourceful, and not afraid to fail? Then we want to meet you! FreightWaves delivers news and commentary, data, analytics, risk management tools, and actionable market insights to the industry. If you are ready to join our team, it is time for you to apply!

FreightWaves is seeking an experienced digital product manager, preferably with experience in the freight / logistics / supply chain sector. This role will be the lead product manager for UI solutions within the product team, assisting the software development team in delivering leading-edge analytics tools to the logistics & supply chain industry.

This position is largely remote, but requires company paid travel for team events on a monthly basis. Preference will be given to candidates local to the company’s headquarters in Chattanooga, TN.

What you will be doing :

Leading product development processes in managing existing and/or creating new analytical tools

Interfacing across different verticals of the business to collect and document constraints, requirements, measures of success and risks for the initiatives on which you work

Writing user stories, testing software and all the other cross-functional tasks that you typically see in a start-up

Working with a full-stack development team including data scientists

Interacting with customers 1:1 and through the company’s product advisory panel to listen for product opportunities and present product roadmap

Prioritizing development efforts to align with corporate strategy and development road map

Lead software demos for internal and external audiences

Working as the intermediary between the software development team and the rest of the business and ensuring alignment between the product team and the development team on requirements

Analyzing usage data to gain insights on how clients use our software and advise on priorities based on this data

Stay on top of industry trends and software tools offered to the industry 

Create and advise on product-related documentation 

What you bring to the table :

3 years of experience as a Product Manager working on software development teams, preferably in an agile environment

Experience or domain knowledge in the logistics / supply chain industry.

Experience leading product efforts for UI software that presents data to assist users in making strategic and tactical decisions for their businesses

Able to break down large projects and create actionable plans from software prototypes or designs

Ability and willingness to identify the need for and drive process improvement in FreightWaves’ SDLC

Drive to lead a fast-paced team on mission critical projects

Strong communication, analytical and critical-thinking skills

Our Benefits :

An excellent work environment, flat hierarchies, and short decision paths.

Competitive salary

Work from home 4 days per week

A generous benefits package including 100% employer-paid health, dental, vision and Life insurance, STD, LTD

Concierge doctor on-call 

Stock options

401k with up to 3.5% match

Training programs and career development opportunities

Student-loan reimbursement 

Annual life achievement bonus of $2000 for having a baby, buying a house, or getting married (max one per year) 

No set days off Vacation policy (our team takes time off as needed with supervisor approval)

Gym Membership (in-person or virtual membership)

Audible or Kindle Unlimited subscription 

Discount on Ford vehicles

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