Senior Product Manager, Marketplace
Company: Convoy
Location: Seattle
Posted on: May 15, 2022
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Job Description:
Job Description Convoy is transforming the $800 billion trucking
industry, where even 10 years ago, most truck drivers did not have
smartphones and paper driver logs were common. In 2015, Convoy
launched the digital freight movement with an open and fully
connected marketplace for brands and manufacturers to work directly
with freight carriers who move truckload shipments throughout the
country. This 'Digital Freight Network' is powered by machine
learning and automation, and supported by a broad, ever-growing set
of features that benefit both sides of the marketplace. We've been
honored to work with some great companies, such as Unilever, The
Home Depot, and Procter & Gamble. We've also been backed by
world-class investors, including Google, YCombinator, Fidelity,
Greylock, Generation IM, Lone Pine, T. Rowe Price, Baillie Gifford
and the founders and CEOs of Amazon, Salesforce, eBay, LinkedIn,
Expedia, Dropbox, Starbucks, and others. We are proud to have been
named a CNBC Disruptor 50 Winner (3x), a Fast Company World
Changing Idea, a LinkedIn Top Startup, a Forbes' Best Startup
Employer, one of Fortune Magazine's 'Impact 20' list, a best place
to work in Washington State, a BloombergNEF Pioneer winner, and
more. This is your opportunity to collaborate with an incredible
group of people and help transform the freight industry. Join
Convoy and help us transport the world with endless capacity and
zero waste. About You: In this role, you will own the strategy,
roadmap and execution for Convoy's cost forecasting systems.
Accurate cost forecasting is foundational to Convoy's entire
business, as it powers how we price and manage risk for every
shipment in our marketplace. You will work closely with research
scientists, data scientists and engineers to deliver world class
cost forecasting systems that respond seamlessly to changing market
conditions, shipper-specific nuances and varying freight
characteristics. You will also partner with marketplace growth,
sales, account management, carrier and other product teams to
understand market and customer nuances, deliver outstanding
business performance and create a platform for other teams to build
on. You Will: Strategy: Own the product strategy and roadmap for
constantly improving cost forecasting Execution: You will be
accountable for the accuracy and responsiveness of our cost
forecast systems across all truck and freight types and extension
of forecasting capabilities to accommodate new business use cases
Cross functional partnership: Partner with marketplace growth,
sales, account management, carrier and other product teams to
understand market and customer nuances, deliver outstanding
business performance and extend a platform for other teams to build
on top Metrics & Experimentation: Define the goals for experiments
and inform experimental design and measurement Optimization: Work
closely with research and data scientists to optimize models and
systems We're looking for someone who has: 5 years of proven
success in Product Management Experience working with science and
engineering teams High degree of statistical literacy and ability
to think quantitatively Track record of leadership and influence
without authority across multiple disparate groups with competing
priorities Excellent written and verbal communication skills
including the ability to synthesize data into articulate strategies
& tactics Nice to haves: Experience in forecasting, pricing,
trading, risk-management or a related field Proficiency in SQL -
ability to pull data and complete analysis on your own Experience
working on a marketplace product Experience in high growth
environments Benefits: Employees' wellbeing is top of mind for the
Convoy team. Outside of offering excellent medical, dental, and
vision benefits, we also offer the following: On demand mental and
emotional health benefits through Lyra On demand primary care
through 98.6 Generous paid time off Paid parental leave program
Fertility benefit solutions via Progyny Child-care and
adult/elder-care options through Bright Horizons Opportunity to
join and contribute to one of our Employee Resource Groups Ability
to make a real world impact Convoy is an equal-opportunity employer
and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If you're a
passionate team player who wants to have an outsized impact on a
diverse and dynamic team, we'd love to hear from you
Keywords: Convoy, Seattle , Senior Product Manager, Marketplace, Executive , Seattle, Washington
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