Product Manager Job in United States Recruiting by BoostDraft

About BoostDraftBoostDraft is a software engineering company that develops IDE for documents. It was founded by MIT and Stanford grad students, developing an assisted document editor for documents. It is a new document editor that employs error checking, reference checking and auto-completion using both rule-based approach and NLP, like what coding editors/IDE (e.g. VSCode, Pycharm) do.Demo is in the pitch deck https://link.boostdraft.com/gnop Background & TractionWe are currently focusing on Lawyers who draft relatively standardized but long documents, such as contracts. With only two years after our product launch, we already have more than 7,500 active paid users. We have several long-term, large-scale contracts with famed enterprises and law firms. As a result, we have been highly profitable from Day 1 and experienced exponential growth without outside funding at all.Join our Engineering-First TeamAt BoostDraft, we prioritize quality over quantity. As an engineering-first company. Around 70% of our team members are software engineers with extensive experiences from companies such as Microsoft, IBM, HTC, Yahoo!, and R&D in NTT. Our CEO, Yohei, who has proven experience in both Software Engineering and Business management, has built an organization that values and empowers software engineers.Why BoostDraft?Join a company that values innovation, research, and organic growth.At BoostDraft, we offer:Extensive Opportunities for extending our software : Similar to VS Code, our software has multiple opportunities in adjacent area, such as Version management, Comparison, Extension, and integration with other softwareFocus on R&D for new technology: We heavily focus on research for knowledge extraction leveraging user dataAn Engineering-first approach: The CEO is also a software engineer and over 70% of members are software engineers. We believe in empowering our engineers and providing them with the resources they need to succeed.Rapid organic growth : We have experienced 300% revenue growth, are profitable, and have achieved this without outside investment. All of our revenue is coming from referrals by users, no marketing effortsNotable AchievementsBoostDraft was accepted by prestigious accelerator programs: MassChallenge (Top 30 US accelerator)StartX (Stanford Accelerator, 7% acceptance rate)MIT Sandbox (Accelerator of Massachusetts Institute of Technology)Technical Challenges We SolvePerformance improvement using both partial analysis and full analysisSynchronization between user input and on-memory textCache efficiency to increase highlight performance during/after user inputSecurity preserving Natural Language Processing, such as Federated LearningWhat’s your challengesAs a Product Manager at BoostDraft, you will be responsible for managing the development and launch of new features.Work with cross-functional teams to launch featuresDive deep into data to understand key opportunities and customer pain pointsDefine a roadmap of high-impact growth featuresDevelop clear business and product requirementsRequirementLogical thinking: Ability to organize complex problems and potential solutions; Break down the big issue into small piecesUser understanding: Ability to understand user needs and ask the right questions to usersProduct Management Experience: 3+ years of Product management experience in software productLeadership: Show clear vision and motivate team members all the timeExcellent communication: Ability to pick up high priority issues and report effectively in EnglishEntrepreneurship mindset: Strong ownership and mindset to do everything what is missingTechnical understanding: Experience in statistical typed language codingCollaboration with APAC: Ability to work closely in APAC team, including shifted scheduleWorkflow development: Experience to create a work process from scracthLanguage RequirementProficiency in English for effective communication (must-have)Proficiency in Japanese for effective communication (nice-to-have)Academic BackgroundBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field