Technical Product Manager at Pearl Certification
United States
$90k - $112k
<meta><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;"><b><strong style="font-size:16pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">About the role</strong></b></p><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;"><br></p><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.2;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:0pt 0px;padding:0px;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">The Technical Product Manager owns Pearl's backend, API product surface. This is not a UX-first role, Pearl has dedicated PMs running consumer and partner-facing products with interfaces. This role sits one layer deeper, at the infrastructure of what makes those products possible.</span></p><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;"><br></p><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.2;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:0pt 0px;padding:0px;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Today, that ownership spans three core product areas:</span></p><ul data-pattern="discCircleSquare" data-depth="1" style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px 0px 0px 32px;list-style-type:disc;"><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.2;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Integrations & Public Programs, an area we expect to continue expanding</span></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.2;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">The Certification App, including oversight of the team that supports it</span></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.2;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Contractor-facing tools and applications</span></li></ul><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;"><br></p><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.2;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:0pt 0px;padding:0px;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">You will work directly with backend engineering teams - both onshore and offshore - to shape, plan, and deliver the systems that power Pearl's platform. You'll translate technical changes (API updates, data model shifts, pipeline improvements) into clear product requirements, and you'll be equally comfortable discussing schema design with an engineer and communicating release implications to a business stakeholder.</span><br><br><br></p><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.2;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:0pt 0px 11.25pt;padding:0px;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">This is a mid-level role for someone who has lived in the backend world, who understands the real challenges of data pipelines, service dependencies, and deployment cycles and who brings the product discipline to turn that technical fluency into organized, well-communicated delivery.</span></p><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;"><br></p><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;"><b><strong style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:17pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Key responsibilities</strong></b></p><h3 style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.2;font-size:21pt;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><b><strong style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Backend & Data Pipeline Product Ownership</strong></b></h3><ul data-pattern="discCircleSquare" data-depth="1" style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px 0px 0px 32px;list-style-type:disc;"><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.2;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Own the product roadmap for Pearl's backend systems, API layer, and data pipelines.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.2;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Define requirements and acceptance criteria for backend initiatives in close collaboration with engineering & product.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.2;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Maintain a deep understanding of how backend and data layer changes ripple through to consumer and partner-facing products.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.2;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Identify and articulate downstream product impact when APIs, data models, or pipeline logic evolves.</span></li></ul><h3 style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.2;font-size:21pt;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><b><strong style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Engineering Team Partnership</strong></b></h3><ul data-pattern="discCircleSquare" data-depth="1" style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px 0px 0px 32px;list-style-type:disc;"><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.2;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Serve as the primary product partner for Pearl's backend engineering teams, including offshore teams.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.2;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Run structured planning and communication rhythms with offshore engineers, clear briefs, async documentation, detailed technical tickets and regular check-ins.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.2;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Help engineering teams stay unblocked by resolving ambiguity, making scoping decisions, and escalating the right tradeoffs.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.2;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Translate between technical and non-technical stakeholders so that backend work is understood and trusted across the organization.</span></li></ul><h3 style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.2;font-size:21pt;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><b><strong style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Release Planning & Deployment Support</strong></b></h3><ul data-pattern="discCircleSquare" data-depth="1" style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px 0px 0px 32px;list-style-type:disc;"><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.2;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Lead release planning for backend and data pipeline initiatives, coordinating timelines, dependencies, and deployment readiness.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.2;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Own the product tasks that surround deployments: release notes, internal communication, rollback planning, and post-deploy validation.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.2;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Maintain a clear view of what is in flight, what is coming, and what is at risk.</span></li></ul><h3 style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.2;font-size:21pt;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><b><strong style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Quality & Ownership</strong></b></h3><ul data-pattern="discCircleSquare" data-depth="1" style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px 0px 0px 32px;list-style-type:disc;"><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.2;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Take ownership of quality control across backend product deliverables - not just shipping, but shipping well.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.2;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Drive new initiatives from problem definition through delivery, maintaining momentum and accountability.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.2;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Proactively flag risks and quality gaps, and work with engineering to resolve them before they become incidents.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.2;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Take pride in that most initiatives on the roadmap have a dependency on the BE running smoothly and have a drive to deliver.</span></li></ul><h3 style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.2;font-size:21pt;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><b><strong style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Communication & Visibility</strong></b></h3><ul data-pattern="discCircleSquare" data-depth="1" style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px 0px 0px 32px;list-style-type:disc;"><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.2;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Act as a visible, communicative presence across the engineering and product organization.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.2;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Write clearly requirements docs, release summaries, decision logs, and stakeholder updates.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.2;--listitem-marker-color:#000000;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Enjoy being the person who brings clarity and context to the room, whether that's a planning meeting or a Slack thread.</span></li></ul><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;"><br></p><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;"><b><strong style="font-size:16pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">What we are looking for</strong></b></p><ul data-pattern="discCircleSquare" data-depth="1" style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px 0px 0px 32px;list-style-type:disc;"><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.2;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">3–5 years of product management experience, with meaningful time spent on backend, API, or data platform products.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.2;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Hands-on familiarity with backend engineering workflows - you understand how APIs are built and versioned, what data pipelines involve, and what makes deployments risky or smooth.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.2;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Demonstrated ability to work effectively with engineering teams, including distributed or offshore teams.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.2;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Strong written communication skills - you can write requirements, release plans, and stakeholder updates that people actually read and act on.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.2;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Product sense: you can reason about how a change deep in the stack will affect the products built on top of it.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.2;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Experience owning release planning and deployment coordination for backend or infrastructure products.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.2;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Comfortable driving new projects from scratch and taking ownership of quality outcomes, not just delivery timelines.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.2;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">No deep UX expertise required, but curiosity about how backend decisions shape end-user experience is a plus.</span></li><li style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0pt 0px;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.2;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Alignment with Pearl's mission and values.</span></li></ul><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;"><br></p><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;"><br></p><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;"><b><strong style="font-size:16pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Why work at Pearl?</strong></b></p><ul data-pattern="discCircleSquare" data-depth="1" style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px 0px 0px 32px;list-style-type:disc;"><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">We are a </span><b><strong style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">mission-driven</strong></b><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;"> company: we love what we do and the impact we are making.</span></li><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><b><strong style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Impact.</strong></b><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;"> Everything you do here will matter. Your opinion and contributions will make a big difference to the future of this company and our mission of making high-performance home value visible.</span></li><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><b><strong style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Flexibility.</strong></b><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;"> We are 100% remote - work where you feel comfortable.</span></li><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><b><strong style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Environment.</strong></b><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;"> Our company culture is supportive, team-based, and fun. We value candor, excellence, and collaboration while fostering creativity and camaraderie. We genuinely enjoy celebrating each others’ wins!</span></li><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><b><strong style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Ownership.</strong></b><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;"> You will hold broad responsibilities with high autonomy in a fast-paced, evolving startup world.</span></li><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:11pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><i><b><strong style="font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;white-space:pre-wrap;">Equality between people.</strong></b></i><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;"> We support diversity, championing our differences, and most importantly, </span><i><em style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">learn</em></i><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;"> from one another. Pearl is an equal opportunity employer, and candidates from all backgrounds and life experiences are encouraged to apply.</span></li></ul><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;"><br></p><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;"><b><strong style="font-size:16pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Compensation and Benefits:</strong></b></p><ul data-pattern="discCircleSquare" data-depth="1" style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px 0px 0px 32px;list-style-type:disc;"><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Market salary based on experience and local conditions, in the range of $95k to $112k</span></li><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Medical, vision and dental coverage provided at </span><b><strong style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">no cost</strong></b><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;"> for employees </span><u><i><em style="font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;white-space:pre-wrap;">and their families</em></i></u><i><em style="font-size:12pt;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </em></i><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">(with an option to purchase upgraded coverage at a minimal cost to employee)</span></li><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">FSA, HSA, and dependent care accounts</span></li><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Life insurance coverage</span></li><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Employer paid cell phone service</span></li><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">401(k) with employer match up to 4%</span></li><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Stock options</span></li><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">15 vacation days during the calendar year, plus holidays (including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day), a floating holiday for your birthday, sick days, and paid parental leave</span></li><li style="margin:3px 0px;font-size:12pt;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Flexible work environment: work remotely from anywhere within the U.S.</span></li></ul><p style="font-family:"Basel Grotesk",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px 0px;padding:0px;text-align:start;"><br></p>
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