Founding Product Manager

  • Column Tax
  • Remote
  • Jan 28, 2022
Full time Product Manager

Job Description

šŸŽÆ Our mission

Our mission at Column Tax is to democratize access to financial help and meaningfully improve people’s lives by providing game-changing tax solutions. Today, high net worth individuals in the United States have teams of accountants and lawyers to help themĀ avoid taxes, while in the same country,Ā 3/4 of AmericansĀ don’t have access toĀ anyĀ financial or tax advice. Over 100M adults in the US report that they would not have the funds to cover a $1,000 emergency bill. It’s not right. And Column Tax is fixing it.

šŸ‘„ Our team

We're a fast-growing, tight-knit team on a mission to remake the income tax landscape in the U.S. Our founders (ex-Waymo) and early team (ex-Google, ex-Intuit, ex-Khan Academy) are passionate about building products that will directly impact the financial security of millions of Americans.

We’re a remote-first company and we have flexible offices for in-person collaboration in San Francisco & New York.

šŸ”ļø As a Founding Product Manager, you’ll have the opportunity to:

  • Work with the founders to align on a product vision & convert that into a product strategy
  • Jump in and solve problems across the product & business (we're all owners at Column Tax)
  • Run pilots with Column Tax customers
  • Oversee end-to-end creation and management of technical software products
  • Manage Design, UX, and Research (create wireframes, write copy, manage contract designers, run UXR sessions)
  • Work with engineering to correctly scope and prioritize projects by effort/reward

šŸ’» About you:

  • You have experience as a Product Manager for a B2C product or B2B API product (Bonus: PM for a Fintech B2C)
  • You have experience working closely with go-to-market teams and either (A) Running pilots with customers or (B) Launching new products with customers
  • You have experience communicating highly technical concepts and working closely with engineers
  • You have strong written communication skills
  • You get excited about doing the little things needed to get a product to market
  • You are able to handle ambiguity & change

⭐ Things we value:

  • Focus: we know that doing great work takes long blocks of uninterrupted time
  • Ownership: everyone at Column is empowered to make big decisions
  • Transparency: expect honest & vulnerable communication
  • Vision: everyone on our team dreams big about solving complex problems
  • Doing the right thing: Tax is an industry with a history of predatory practices; we’re determined to fix that

⭐ Benefits

  • Time off: unlimited PTO with a minimum. We want you to truly recharge!
  • High quality health, vision & dental coverage
  • Top-notch MacBook + home office budget
  • Free tax prep each year!

ā˜‘ļø What happens after you apply:

  • Intro call with one of the founders
  • Take home: A short, time-boxed product scenario
  • Virtual one-day ā€œonsiteā€: tell us about your previous work & values, see what working with us would be like, and work through a product problem live with the team