Senior Product Manager: Research, Automation, and Development

Job Description

Quick Take: Axios is a media company dedicated to providing trustworthy, award-winning news content in an audience-first format. We're hiring a Senior Product Manager to lead the charge on AI & Automation to lead their team as well as work hand-in-hand across the business to educate and evangelize to support adoption of new technologies. In this exciting role, you will be a thought-leader for Axios and feel the impact of your efforts across the company!

Why it Matters: The Senior PM will product-lead the Research, Automation, and Development (RAD) team and reports to our Director of Product for Data.  This person will champion a culture of smart efficiency and help make us smarter about leveraging technology to solve problems.  

The Details: The ideal candidate is a strategic problem solver.  This person is highly collaborative and thrives on partnering with others to make the greatest impact.  They will also have a passion for Axios, an entrepreneurial spirit, and possess the following skills: 

• Expert in delivering on the strategy of AI and automation.  Able to see the signal from the noise to determine what is best for the business
• Strength in collaborating across technical and business teams to effectively leverage technologies to make an impact on business outcome.
• Strong past experience leading cross-functional ML/AI engineering teams in an agile environment
• Awareness of ML operations principles and how they apply to product development teams
• Past experience educating, evangelizing, and guiding in areas of data and technology
• Strong communication and organizational skills; ability to turn complex technical efforts into easy to understand professional communication 
• Strength in running small iterative projects, analyzing outcome, and developing well-thought out proposals as the result of data
• Experience evaluating and leveraging third party tools, keeping up with latest trends, and knowing when to suggest building vs buying
• Preferred experience in media and/or with SaaS products
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to analyze and disseminate significant amounts of information, with attention to detail and accuracy
• Experience with using business intelligence tools (Looker preferred, but not required)
• Ability to present findings to all levels of the organization
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• A strong track record of collaborating effectively with colleagues across multiple agile teams 
• An appreciation for trustworthy news and information. 

In this role, you will

• Use your agile skills to develop and manage roadmaps, prepare for and run applicable team ceremonies, and maintain well planned and delivered sprints
• Collaborate with your team as well as partners and stakeholders across the Product, Engineering, and Design department as well as Growth, Editorial, Revenue and Operations to deliver on data objectives and inform actionable product enhancements
• Support incoming data requests with urgency, creative problem solving, and focus
• Be an excellent partner and communicator for your team and stakeholders

What Axios brings to the table besides salary:

• 401(k) with employer match
• Robust PPO and High Deductible health insurance options on the Blue Cross Blue Shield network
• Employer Health Savings Account (HSA) contribution for the high deductible health plan option
• Dental and vision coverage
• Primary caregiver 12-week paid leave
• Generous vacation policy, plus holidays
• One mental health day per quarter
• Annual learning and development stipend
• $100 monthly work-from-home stipend
• Tele-mental health services through Headspace
• OneMedical membership, including tele-health services
• Personal health advocacy resources through HealthAdvocate 
• Inclusive fertility, hormonal health and family forming benefits through Carrot Fertility
• Access to the Axios “Family Fund”, which was created to allow employees to request financial support when facing financial hardship or emergencies 
• Increased work flexibility for parents and caretakers 
• Virtual company-sponsored social events
• A strong and positive work environment
• A commitment to an open, inclusive, and diverse work culture

Starting salary for this role is in the range of $130,000 - $170,000 and is dependent on numerous factors, including but not limited to location, work experience, and skills. This range does not include other compensation and benefits. Axios' compensation philosophy takes into account cost of labor differentials across the country. Because this is a remote-optional job posting, this salary range takes into account all possible locations within the United States, but candidates will only be eligible for the salary range for their location.

 Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

Axios is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, age, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Axios makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.