Associate Product Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Summary / Objective

The Associate Product Manager is an entry-level role focused on learning core product management skills while building foundational technical literacy. You'll support execution of the product roadmap by delivering clearly scoped features and improvements, working closely with more senior Product Managers, Design, and Engineering to understand how product decisions translate into real engineering work.

Technical fluency is a core part of this role from day one, including comfort using modern AI tools such as Claude, Cursor, and Gemini to research, draft, prototype, and reason about systems and requirements more effectively. This is a strong fit for someone early in their product career, or coming from an adjacent background such as engineering, design, QA, or support, who is curious about how systems work and eager to grow into broader product ownership.

This role reports to the Manager, Product Engineering.

What You'll Do

• Support execution of the product roadmap by delivering clearly scoped features and improvements
• Write detailed requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria with guidance from more senior PMs
• Partner with Design and Engineering during discovery and delivery to clarify scope, tradeoffs, and dependencies
• Participate in user research, usability testing, and feedback collection to build customer understanding
• Support tracking of key product metrics for your product area, helping surface whether they moved post-launch to inform prioritization
• Assist with product launches, including documentation, coordination, and post-launch follow-ups
• Build foundational technical fluency and use available tools, including AI tools such as Claude, Cursor, and Gemini, to better understand systems, requirements, and user workflows
• Use AI tools to accelerate everyday PM work, such as drafting requirements, summarizing research, or quickly exploring a technical question before looping in Engineering
• Support PostHog experiments for your product area, in partnership with more senior PMs and Engineering, from setup through reporting results
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support successful development and launches
• Consistently model name.com and Identity Digital values in all interactions and decisions
• Other duties as assigned

Who You Are / What You Bring

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, design, business administration, or equivalent experience
• 0–2 years of product management experience, or adjacent experience in engineering, design, QA, or support
• Demonstrates baseline comfort discussing technical concepts at a high level
• Hands-on comfort with modern AI tools (e.g., Claude, Cursor, Gemini) for research, drafting, and exploring technical questions, with genuine interest in getting better at using them
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Curiosity about user problems and how systems work
• Ability to break down problems into manageable pieces
• Basic understanding of product metrics and prioritization frameworks
• Openness to feedback and eagerness to learn
• Self-starter, highly organized, and able to work well with individuals at all levels and across functions
• Ability to meet deadlines and balance multiple priorities while maintaining attention to detail
• Experience with Agile development methodologies a plus
• Ability to travel as needed
• Ability to work across time zones as part of a global organization as needed
• Reliable transportation to the workplace

Physical Requirements

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times

Salary Range

The U.S. base salary range for this full-time position is $90,000 - $116,000 (flexibility based on experience) plus benefits as described below. In addition, the successful candidate will be eligible to receive other compensation from time to time in the form of discretionary and/or nondiscretionary bonuses and long-term incentive plan. Actual compensation will be influenced by a candidate’s qualifications, internal employee equity considerations, and location. We will not ask for information about a candidate's current or past compensation for purposes of developing an offer of employment.

US team members (and their spouses, domestic partners, and/or dependent children) are covered by generously subsidized medical, dental, and vision insurance which includes company contributions to a Health Savings Accounts. Team members are also covered by company-paid life and disability insurance and have the option of participating in employee-paid supplemental life, accidental death and dismemberment, critical illness, and accident insurance. In addition, team members can enroll in the company's 401(k) plan with up to a 5% match. You receive 15 days of paid vacation yearly, increasing to 20 days after one year. Additionally, you get 5 days of paid sick leave, 13 paid holidays, and 20 weeks of paid parental leave for birthing parents, 12 weeks for others. Also, there's an opportunity for tuition reimbursement for qualifying expenses.

Note: Benefits programs are subject to eligibility requirements and may vary in certain locations.

A few things to know about us

Name.com is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or any other category prohibited by local, state or federal law. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including recruitment, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, social and recreational activities, and termination.

Background Check Statement

At the time of an offer, you will be required to complete a background check. Any offer is contingent upon a satisfactory background check.

Sponsorship Statement

Please note that work sponsorship for this position may not be available now or in the future. While we strive to support our candidates, not all roles will qualify. Eligibility will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

Accommodation Statement

We are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Name.com/Identity Digital will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact our Recruiting Team at View email address on ziprecruiter.com.