Product Strategist

Big Human is seeking a creative thinker with diverse experience, ranging from digital product to brand strategy. They should be AI fluent, able to leverage various tools to multiply their impact, while being thoughtful about what needs to be done manually.

They will report to the Director of Product & Strategy. They should have 4-6 years of professional experience, and their main responsibility is to work collaboratively with designers, engineers and marketers to shepherd successful projects.

They will be focused on baseline project management, along with strategy, research, testing, and should have a keen desire to learn new skills.

Project Management

• Manage the project lifecycle including gathering requirements, writing and prioritizing user stories, identifying and escalating risks, and overseeing deadlines

• Collaborate closely with engineers, designers, marketers, and external partners to deliver client projects

• Build strong relationships and trust with clients

• Maintain an overall budget and schedule

• Initiate and lead all appropriate project meetings

• Promote teamwork and a collaborative work environment

• Be self-motivated, self-aware, and eager to learn

Strategic Insights

• Participate in product definition and discovery: identifying the audience, key features, and roll-out plan

• Manage client working sessions to gather insights on their industry, product, brand, goals, and other relevant information

• Lead brand strategy engagements to identify the foundational brand principles

• Collaborate with designers to generate comprehensive brand guides, including personality, positioning and messaging copy

• Generate materials to support and articulate design and engineering decisions

• Assist with new business, including inbound/outreach opportunities

Research & Analysis

• Conduct qualitative and quantitative research (interviews, surveys, and focus groups) and generate detailed insight reports

• Create reports covering landscape and competitive analysis

• Ingest analytics and other client-provided reports, identifying key insights

• Source and summarize 3rd party research (white-papers, studies) to drive strategic direction

Your skills should include:

• Self-motivated with a strong bias towards action

• Quick thinking and comfortable with impromptu presentations

• Comfortable leveraging AI tools (Claude, chatgpt, Perplexity) for research and output

• Exceptional writing skills, both short-form presentations, as well as long-form articles and reports

• Ability to digest and simply describe complex project requirements to a variety of groups (engineering, design, product management)

• Extensive experience with google suite (drive, slides, docs, sheets), figma/figjam

About Big Human:

We’re Big Human, a New York City-based technology, design, and branding company. For over a decade, we’ve been solving complex problems, creating beautiful digital experiences, developing world-class brands, and building, launching, and selling our own products.

Benefits

• Remote office structure

• Yearly team retreat

• Quarterly coworking events

• 10 - 16 weeks of parental leave

• 14 paid holidays

• Generous vacation time

• 401(k) matching

• Summer Fridays

• Shared experience stipend

• Internet credit

• Home office upgrade stipend

• Education stipend

• Donation matching

Environment:

Big Human is based in New York City, but all of our employees work remotely (and we do get together often). Some positions may require occasional travel. We are currently looking for US-based applicants only; this position will work EST hours.

Salary Range: $90,000 - $115,000

How to Apply

Ready to apply? Please include a short cover letter alongside a resume to jobs@bighuman.com