Product Manager, Data
Factal is looking for a product manager to lead our data efforts, both for leveraging external open-source and partner data sources as well as maximizing the impact of our proprietary data. This is an important role in a quickly-growing organization that combines product leadership with hands-on work. You should be adept at discovering and interpreting real-time data, engaging with generative AI and conceptualizing analytical features. You don’t need to come from a technical product background, but should bring curiosity about users, creativity in problem-solving and a thirst for information. A proficiency in news is a plus.
This role reports to the Director of Product but is cross-functional, collaborating with developers, editors and member success to expand Factal’s coverage and support member needs. This position is remote within the United States.
Job Responsibilities:
- Gather, integrate and organize news sources to support editorial reporting
- Maintain database of open data sources and create new tools to surface source information to members
- Research, conceptualize and spearhead efforts to create new data analysis features
- Coordinate brand monitoring management for member organizations
- Explore stated and implied member needs, evaluate member use of tools and oversee evolution of brand monitoring and source evaluation tools based on member feedback
- Create and maintain generative AI prompt tooling
- Work confidently in a rapidly changing media landscape to stay abreast of new tools and sources
- Work with teams across Factal to collect, assess, and implement requested sources of information
- Provide requirements for technical implementation of new or updated tooling as needed
- Assist Director of Product with general team and product management work as needed
Requested skills:
- Understanding of benefits and limitations of generative AI, with enthusiasm for exploring new possibilities for its incorporation into news tools
- Familiarity with prompt-writing for generative AI LLMs
- Past experience in news or a news-adjacent field, with a strong commitment to journalistic ethics
- Understanding of privacy best practices and data compliance
- Past experience with requesting, receiving, and implementing feedback from colleagues and clients (customer service, user experience research, visitor services, etc.)
- Organized, diligent, and comfortable with switching tasks
- Strong attention to detail
- Excellent communication skills
- Experience in social media management a plus
- Experience in data visualization a plus
- Successful applicants will be as focused on the why as on the whatand how of a problem
Some benefits to working at Factal:
- Full medical, vision, and dental coverage
- Basic life insurance policy fully covered by Factal
- Generous paid time off
- 12 paid holidays
- Parental leave up to 12 weeks paid
- 401(k)
- Stock options
- Lots of dog pics
- Flexible working hours (we are a 24/7 operation with people all over the world)
The base salary range for this role is $80,000/yr - $120,000/yr. Compensation is a mix of base salary, bonus and stock options. Salary will be commensurate with experience.
Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship. Please note that a background check will be conducted as part of the hiring process.
Non-discrimination policy:
Factal pays competitively, and we offer equal employment opportunities to all candidates. Factal does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service or other non-merit factor.
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