Senior Product Manager

Overview Join to apply for the Senior Product Manager role at UpSlide. UpSlide is the number one productivity solution provider for financial services. Our software dramatically improves the functionality of PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and Power BI and enables users at firms like Citi, KPMG, and BNP Paribas to focus on high-value tasks rather than formatting or copy-pasting. We’re scaling up with 160+ employees across our offices in New York, London, Paris (HQ), Singapore, and Berlin. Our values guide our approach to work and are at the heart of our recruitment process. To join our team, we look for individuals who value: Excellence: We think that every detail counts, and we place great importance on the quality of our deliverables. Trust: We are passionate, committed, and free to act with autonomy. Happiness at work: We enjoy looking on the bright side and we share our enthusiasm with our colleagues and clients. Get ready to dive into our dynamic Product Team, led by our CPO and backed by a talented crew including 1 Head of Product, 3 Product Managers, 1 Technical Product Manager, 2 creative Product Designers, and 2 savvy Product Marketing Managers Each PM works with a squad (5 developers per squad). You will be taking over our Financial Advisory squad and working closely with Romain, the Tech Lead of this team. This squad is strategic for UpSlide. It owns our users’ must-loved and most-used features such as: Excel-PowerPoint link recently improved with an Excel Link Manager to manage charts and tables updates for Financial Services Professionals PowerPoint formatting for heavy PowerPoint users recently improved with a dedicated toolbar Product discovery (40%) Responsibilities Conduct qualitative and quantitative research to uncover user pain points, behaviors, and needs. Lead customer interviews, surveys, and usability tests to validate assumptions. Build and nurture your product vision based on the data you gathered (from users, your team, data analysis, competitors, market trends, industry best-practices). Turn that into a strategy and a well-thought roadmap: ensure we’re building the right features. Make sure your team/stakeholders understand and embrace it through engaging communication. Imagine how to expand UpSlide AI capabilities into your scope. Work closely with product designers and developers to come up with the best solution to address users’ pain points: ensure that we’re building the feature right. Turn your roadmap into a backlog of user stories. Organize and prioritize everything, and explain the rationale behind it to all stakeholders and to your team. Ensure that all products shipped by your team are bug-free. Ensure other teams (Support, CSM, Product Marketing) have minimum materials to understand and roll out features successfully. Qualifications You have +5 years of work experience At least a first experience in product management You are detailed-oriented and want to build a productivity tool used daily by thousands of users You master the tools and processes to run this flow: user feedback, mock-ups, EPICs, user stories You handle ambiguity, complexity, and interdependencies in a prioritized and structured way You have great written and verbal communication skills in English and French and know how to communicate with different stakeholders You have a genuine interest for AI and how to deploy it on products used by users on a daily basis You are familiar with Microsoft 365 (we build on it) Nice to have You experienced the pain of building perfect slides or Excel models in a previous job You’ve worked in Financial Services or Banking You have previous experience as an AI PM If you don’t tick all the boxes but you think you’d be a great fit, please apply and tell us why. Pay and benefits The annual salary package for this role in Paris is €60,000 - €80,000. This salary range is inclusive of several career levels at UpSlide and will be narrowed during the interview process based on the candidate’s experience and qualifications. Recruitment process First interview with Misbah, Senior Talent Acquisition Manager [30’ video or call] Interview with Matteo, CPO or Diane, Head of Product [45’ video call] Case study and review with Jawad, Senior PM, Romain, Tech Lead, and Diane or Matteo [80’ in person] Interview with Julien, CEO [30’ video] Meet the team around a coffee (or tea) We'll conduct a reference check to learn how to help you thrive On average our process lasts 3 weeks. What we offer Make a real difference and be at the very centre of a self-funded and growing SaaS company (doubling every two years for the past 10 years) General: Tickets restaurants (Swile), healthcare, transportation, holidays Hybrid work: Beautiful offices. Flexible 2-3 days/week hybrid work policy and a €500 WFH equipment budget Parental leave: Paid parental leave for the birthing/non-birthing parent and help for parents of children under seven Training & professional development: High-quality programs and continuous training International environment: Start-up with five offices and users in more than 60 countries Company events: Office socials and international company events More about UpSlide On top of exciting business challenges in a fast-growing market, you will find a friendly, caring, and challenging culture You will be met with opportunities to acquire new skills, learn from others in a multicultural environment, and grow as a person UpSlide employees have committed to making a positive impact on the world. We obtained B Corp certification in 2022 with strong commitments toward our employees, community, clients, suppliers, and the environment. UpSlide is now 30% owned by employees More info here: upslide.net/en/from-a-to-b-corp-our-mission-for-positive-impact/ UpSlide was ranked #1 best place to work in 2019 and #1 best place to work in 2020 in the category “best company for remote work” More info here: upslide.net/en/happiness-at-work-recipe/ As a B Corp-certified company, we have strong commitments toward our employees, community, clients, suppliers, and the environment. We strive to create an environment where everyone feels welcome. This commitment to diversity and inclusion is applied in our recruitment process and your employee experience once you’ve joined UpSlide #J-18808-Ljbffr