Sr. Product Manager, PyExcel

Sr. Product Manager, PyExcel

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Summary

Anaconda is seeking a talentedSr. Product Manager to lead our Anaconda Toolbox / Python in Excel effort. This is an excellent opportunity for you to leverage your experience and skills and apply them to the world of data science and machine learning. You will:

  • Lead our product vision and execution for the intersection of spreadsheets and our data science and machine learning offerings
  • Be responsible for understanding what users, such as data scientists and business analysts, want from Anaconda to support their use of Python in combination with their spreadsheets.
  • Develop the team and product roadmap necessary to unlock collaboration and co-innovation between Anaconda's Python data scientists and the spreadsheet-using communities
  • Lead the development of Anaconda Toolbox, a set of capabilities to automate and democratize advanced Python capabilities for spreadsheet users.
  • Be responsible for managing our partnerships with top software companies that utilize our novel data science capabilities.

What You’ll Do:

  • Develop and utilize a deep understanding of the needs of both the data science and spreadsheet-using communities and the associated opportunities and value created by integrating the power of spreadsheets and Python 
  • Own product roadmap and strategy for Toolbox / Python in Excel, prioritizing customer value

  • Collaborate with other product development teams to drive solutions for our users

  • Drive large partnership opportunities with top-tier software companies

  • Ensure visibility of the work, the value you’re creating, and your team's accomplishments to the larger organization

  • Define and analyze metrics/dashboards to both gauge the success of projects and inform the roadmap 

  • Synthesize user and field feedback and set expectations for short and long-term plans

  • Write clear and compelling Themes, Epics, and User stories.

  • Lead development and refinement of user personas.

  • Regularly conduct product demos and presentations externally

  • Align stakeholders across engineering, design, marketing, sales, and services teams

  • Motivate the team and be a leader for all members of the product engineering team

  • Set go-to-market strategy and plan for releases with product marketing

  • Define and challenge market-fit

  • Develop pricing and packaging for the product offerings

  • Perform market and competitive research

What You Need:

  • 6+ years of Product Management experience (preferably with a software company)

  • Experience with agile development, such as Scrum or Kanban

  • Experience/proficiency with Microsoft Excel

  • Ability to work/experience working in a fast-paced startup environment

  • Demonstrated experience using data-driven decision-making to drive a product strategy

  • Team attitude: “I am not done until WE are done”

  • Hands-on experience defining user problems. 

  • Demonstrated success in defining and launching products

  • Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority

  • Understanding of core business metrics, like Revenue, ARR/MRR, churn

  • A “get it done” attitude

What Will Make You Stand Out:

  • Experience managing large partnerships with top-tier software companies

  • Experience creating and pursuing partnership opportunities inside and outside your organization

  • Experience working in an open-source or data science-oriented company

  • Direct experience with Data Science, AI, and ML workflows

  • Love of spreadsheets

  • Experience with distributed computing, containers, and portable runtime environments

Why You’ll Like Working Here:

  • Unique opportunity to translate strong open-source adoption and user enthusiasm into commercial product growth

  • Dynamic company that rewards high-performers

  • On the cutting edge of enterprise application of data science, machine learning, and AI

  • Collaborative team environment that values multiple perspectives and clear thinking

  • Employees-first culture

  • Flexible working hours

  • Medical*, Dental*, Vision*, HSA*, Life* and 401K*

  • Paid parental leave - both parents

  • Monthly productivity stipend 

  • Open vacation policy* 

  • Quarterly Snake days (company-wide bonus day off)

  • 100% remote

*Full time employees based on region

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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