Job Description
Base pay range
$140,000 / yr $190,000 / yr
About Black Spectacles
Are you a strategic, customercentric Head of Product who can balance bigpicture vision with detailed execution connecting every decision to measurable business impact? At Black Spectacles, were proud to be the leader in our space, with the strongest brand, a thriving business, and an incredible opportunity for continued growth. As an entrepreneurial company, were ambitious in our plans to support the architecture community, fostering an environment where excellence, innovation, and collaboration thrive. We believe that success in product comes from curiosity, collaboration, and a relentless focus on creating value for customers and at Black Spectacles youll find all three.
Role Overview
As a Head of Product you will own major areas of our SaaSbased online learning platform and eLearning products. You will translate strategic direction into actionable product plans, oversee backlogs, and guide crossfunctional execution to deliver highquality releases. You will work closely with Engineering, Learning/Content, Marketing, Sales, and Customer Success to ensure decisions are grounded in customer insight and business outcomes such as ROI.
Responsibilities
- Define and sequence priorities with clear business cases (ROI, cost, timetovalue) and establish a regular review cadence.
- Own customer insight build a consistent discovery rhythm through customer calls, surveys, and experiments, and communicate insights clearly and practically across teams.
- Develop, prioritize, and maintain the product roadmap in collaboration with stakeholders.
- Define clear, testable requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria in JIRA and related tools that reflect customer insight and business outcomes.
- Collaborate with design and engineering to scope features and ensure alignment with customer needs.
- Strengthen structure through launch plans, checklists, and decision logs to support collaboration and predictable delivery.
- Track leading indicators and postlaunch results, communicating lessons learned and next steps.
- Partner with Engineering to ensure timely, highquality product releases.
- Apply the right delivery approach for each initiative, drawing on experience with both Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
- Collaborate with Marketing and Sales to coordinate product launches, communications, and gotomarket strategies.
- Build alignment and trust across Engineering, Learning, Marketing, Sales, and Leadership through clear, datainformed communication.
- Ensure alignment on priorities, timelines, and success metrics.
- Serve as a strong advocate for the customer while balancing business needs.
- Mentor and coach an earlycareer teammate on discovery, backlog management, and outcomedriven planning.
- Favor small, testable experiments before large investments.
- Make disciplined tradeoffs between opportunity, effort, and business impact, presenting clear ROI or payback expectations.
- Proactively surface constraints and mitigation plans.
Requirements
- Bachelors degree in Business, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 12+ years of professional experience, including 8+ years in product management roles.
- Proven success owning and scaling SaaSbased products, ideally in online learning or related industries.
- Experience working effectively in both Agile and Waterfall environments.
- Strong track record of delivering measurable customer and business impact through product strategy and execution.
- Deep financial literacy (ROI, unit economics, payback) with a disciplined, resultsoriented approach to decisionmaking.
- Experience leading customer discovery and translating insights into actionable product direction.
- Skilled with analytics tools (e.g., Mixpanel, Amplitude, GA) to guide decisions and measure outcomes.
- Effective collaborator who builds trust across Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Content, and Leadership.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills to align stakeholders and drive execution.
- Experience mentoring or coaching product team members is a plus.
- Ability to travel quarterly for inperson meetings and company events.
Benefits
- Work from home: Enjoy remote work yearround.
- Comprehensive benefits: BCBS Health, Dental, Vision, Disability, and Life Insurance coverage.
- Savings & retirement plans: FSAs, HSAs, and a 401(k) plan with company match up to 4%.
- Generous paid time off: Up to 3 weeks of vacation annually, 8 holidays, 2 floating holidays, and up to 1 week of sick leave.
- Referral program: Earn rewards by referring top talent.
- Team building: Semiannual team gatherings and events that foster collaboration and camaraderie.
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Industries
- IT Services and IT Consulting
Black Spectacles is an equalopportunity employer.
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