Product Manager

Who We Are Joining the Givinga team offers a distinctive environment where agility, innovation, and empowerment intersect. While we maintain a robust client roster and a highly regarded product, we preserve the nimble nature of a small organization, ensuring your contributions directly shape our trajectory. Our culture prioritizes collaboration over hierarchy, challenging you to grow alongside talented peers while leveraging advanced technology to enhance transparency within the philanthropic sector. Based in Boston, MA, Givinga is a fintech leader transforming charitable giving through our Philantech® platform. We empower enterprise clients and modern businesses to scale their social impact via tax‑advantaged Charitable Savings Accounts™ and integrated financial wellness benefits. By streamlining how organizations track and maximize their contributions, we provide the essential resources needed to project and amplify total corporate impact. About the Role We’re looking for a detail‑oriented Product Manager to work closely with our Director of Product and own our product delivery process, with the goal of evolving into owning a full product vertical as we grow, including customer discovery and roadmap ownership. From the outset, this role will own prioritization of technical tasks, tech debt, bug reports, and requests from internal and external stakeholders against strategic company priorities. The ideal candidate has experience owning the full delivery lifecycle, strong stakeholder management skills, and a technical background that enables them to engage effectively with engineering teams. What You’ll Do Ticket Management & Delivery Own the full product delivery lifecycle for our software and internal reporting workstreams Coordinate with the Director of Product on key projects, roadmap management, backlog grooming, and opportunities for iteration Translate epics and finalized designs into well‑scoped stories that outline the why and the what, leaving space for engineering to define the how Coordinate prioritization of technical tasks, tech debt, bug reports, and internal and external stakeholder requests against strategic company priorities Manage grooming and planning ceremonies to ensure the team has clarity on our priorities and can move forward without ambiguity Create project plans as needed to manage dependencies across multiple workstreams, escalating blockers or risks that could impact timelines Own Jira management, ensuring sprint boards, backlogs, and fix versions are accurate and reliable Flag scope creep or requirement changes to the Director of Product Manage handoffs between design, engineering, and QA Continuously evaluate our delivery process and own the implementation of improvements that increase team clarity, velocity, or quality Surface iteration opportunities observed during delivery and coordinate with the Director of Product to validate and prioritize them QA & Validation Oversee pre‑QA acceptance reviews and coordinate regression issues identified in QA, ensuring features are validated before advancing through the release process Manage test scenarios with the QA team and identify coverage gaps across manual and automated testing Lead UAT and stakeholder sign‑off sessions, applying an agreed‑upon Definition of Done to confirm features are complete and ready for release Perform post‑release acceptance reviews in production to confirm successful delivery Go To Market Own the logistics and cross‑team coordination for product launches, ensuring teams are aligned on timing, sequencing, and readiness Ensure proper tracking is in place prior to launch to monitor progress against stated outcomes Manage release notes, summarizing the why behind what shipped to keep stakeholders informed and aligned Stakeholder Engagement Drive stakeholder alignment by managing RACI frameworks across active product initiatives Meet regularly with stakeholders to provide status updates on their priorities, intake new requests, and support prioritization decisions What We’re Looking For 1 to 3 years of Product Management experience Exceptional attention to detail, with a track record of catching requirement gaps before they reach development Hands‑on experience with Jira, including ticket creation, epic management, grooming, and sprint planning Strong communication skills with the ability to bridge the gap between design, engineering, and operations Proactive and organized with a delivery mindset Nice to Have Technical background or experience working closely with engineering teams, with the ability to translate requirements across front‑end and back‑end disciplines Prior experience in a software engineering, QA, or technical program management role Experience coordinating go‑to‑market launches across multiple teams or functions Experience in the philanthropic sector, fintech, or B2B SaaS (including APIs) Exposure to ops or reporting support workflows What Success Looks Like 30 days Solid understanding of our product, tech stack, team workflows, and active initiatives Clear view of our delivery process and where you can start adding immediate value 60 days Full ownership of Jira management, release notes, and QA coordination Assume existing stakeholder syncs and related prioritization conversations 90 days Full ownership of all ceremonies and related workstreams, with your first full release cycle completed end‑to‑end with post‑release acceptance completed At least one process improvement identified and implemented that increases team clarity, velocity, or quality 6 months Full ownership of prioritization across technical tasks, tech debt, bug reports, and internal and external stakeholder requests Delivery is running with minimal involvement from the Director of Product Pre‑groomed backlog is at least two sprints ahead per our roadmap You’ve surfaced at least one product iteration idea that has been validated and prioritized for the roadmap 12 months Expanded scope to own a full product vertical, including customer discovery and roadmap ownership What You’ll Get Competitive annual base salary, typically ranging from $85,000 to $115,000 based on your experience level. Eligibility for annual performance‑based bonuses tied to both company and individual achievements. Performance‑driven equity awards and company stock options. Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage. Access to HSA and FSA spending accounts. Company‑sponsored life insurance plans. Employer‑paid short‑term and long‑term disability protection. 401(k) retirement plan, including a company matching contribution. Flexible time off policy, including unlimited PTO and sick leave. Paid observance of company holidays. Opportunity to work in a fully remote capacity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. #J-18808-Ljbffr