Product Manager

Product ManagerRecidiviz is thrilled to be hiring a Product Manager to join our team We're a small, fast-moving nonprofit that builds tools that impact criminal justice decision making and outcomes. That's where you come in. We're looking for a creative, high-agency product leader who can help shape our roadmap, rally cross-functional teams, and bring impactful ideas to life with scrappy execution and strategic insight.Product Managers at Recidiviz own big, complex, mission-critical problem spaces and turn them into high-impact, highly-loved software. You'll work with engineers, designers, and justice system leaders to identify opportunities, ship products, and iterate fast. Travel is part of the role and planned collaboratively but the role is remote-flexible with offices in NYC and Oakland for those who prefer hybrid.Please note: We expect this role will require 10-25% of time spent traveling domestically across the US, about 1-3 trips per quarter. We expect these trips to include visits to prisons and parole offices.Core ResponsibilitiesLead strategy and execution for one or more of our state partner portfolios from vision to wireframe to deployment and iterationTranslate ambiguous real-world needs into smart, user-centric product decisions in collaboration with state partners, engineers, and designersDrive product discovery with grit and creativity conducting interviews, mapping workflows, and testing hypotheses in scrappy waysDefine metrics, track outcomes, and communicate impact across internal and external audiencesFoster a strong product culture grounded in clarity, curiosity, and urgencyRoll up your sleeves to help with whatever it takes we're a small team, and we all pitch inWild SuccessLaunch a new tool that helps thousands of people safely exit the correctional system and scale that tool to be used in multiple states within months.Own a portfolio of tools that enable decision makers in corrections to improve reentry outcomes of justice-impacted individuals.Collaboratively define a product vision and strategy that reimagines the criminal justice system into an engine for economic mobility.Minimum Qualifications3+ years of experience in product management building user-facing softwareStrong product sense and strategic intuition you can see the big picture and sweat the detailsComfortable leading through ambiguity and independently making calls with imperfect dataProven ability to collaborate with complex stakeholder relationships with empathy, diplomacy, and clarityLove being scrappy - you spot opportunities others miss and aren't afraid to roll up your sleeves to chase them. You treat constraints as catalysts, not roadblocks, and bring ingenuity to both strategy and execution.Technical fluency you're comfortable working closely with engineers and understanding architectural tradeoffsPassion for our mission to make the criminal justice system more humane, equitable, and effectiveWilling to travel: We expect this role will require 10-25% of time spent traveling domestically across the US, about 1-3 trips per quarter. These trips include visits to prisons and parole offices.Preferred QualificationsExperience shipping products in government, health, criminal justice, or similarly complex domainsBackground in startups, civic tech, or other resource-constrained, impact-driven environmentsStrong storytelling skills for motivating teams, aligning stakeholders, and driving changeCorrections industry working experience, or lived experience navigating the corrections systemCompensationCompensation is standardized based on roles and responsibilities. This ensures equitable compensation and responsible stewardship of our resources. As such, we do not negotiate compensation offers.The compensation for this role is $135,000.What We OfferEffective, extremely thoughtful colleagues, working together on a mission that matters90% medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage for you and your dependentsFlexible time off, including 20 days of PTO, 3 days of paid volunteering time, and 13 paid holidays per year401(k) retirement plan with 5% company match and no vesting period12 weeks of paid parental leaveComplimentary One Medical membership (availability based on location)Partnership with Carrot to provide employees with inclusive fertility and family-forming benefits, as well as a small but growing number of hormonal health and gender-affirming care benefitsMonthly ClassPass credit for personal wellnessFree mental health support via TalkspaceWell-located offices in Oakland and Manhattan, with the flexibility to work remotely or go into either office as you chooseAn annual company offsite and other ad-hoc gatheringsAll the exhilarating challenges and stretch opportunities of a tech startup, combined with the mission-driven heart of a nonprofitMore About RecidivizRecidiviz was an all-volunteer effort until early 2019, when Clementine, Andrew, and Joshua founded the organization. Since then, we've built an A-team of software engineers, designers, product managers and domain experts, from companies like Google, Apple, Dropbox, Opower, and Sidewalk Labs. Recidiviz was part of Y-Combinator's 2019 class and has received support from some of the most respected philanthropists and foundations, including Ford Foundation, Mackenzie Scott, Schmidt Futures, Arnold Ventures, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and the Mozilla Foundation.Today, Recidiviz works with (and earns revenue from) over 18 state partners big and small, red and blue and covers more than 40% of the US incarcerated population. We have helped to get tens of thousands of people out of the criminal justice system, safely and equitably, and saved states nearly $1 billion. In the next five years, Recidiviz plans to partner with 40 states and help 250,000 people who are stuck in the system to get out and stay out. In addition to partnering with state Departments of Corrections, Recidiviz collaborates with and learns from partners from organizations like the Correctional Leaders Association (CLA) to community based organizations and justice-impacted individuals, whose perspectives guide our work.An Important NoteLasting change is always built on diversity. Recidiviz recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, age, veteran status, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, gender identity and all protected status as required by applicable law. We consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a special need that requires accommodation, please let us know in your application. Even if you don't think you meet all the criteria above, drop your resume, and we'll take a look you might be great for another role or another time