Product Manager

The Product Manager at Classmates is responsible for delivering platform and shared product capabilities driving growth through continuous improvement of core features and the launch of new product initiatives. By defining product initiatives and leading development teams to bring those concepts to life, you will make Classmates & PeopleConnect the most trusted place to learn about people. This role focuses on building, evolving and scaling core systems to ensure platform performance, reuse and deliver measurable customer and business impact. This role requires a product manager with a strong technical foundation who can work across teams, understanding dependencies and making informed decisions on system-level tradeoffs. You will collaborate closely with product, design and development teams to launch those initiatives for our consumers. Responsibilities: Product Ownership Define and evolve roadmap for assigned core platform capabilities (i.e., security, feeds, engagement) and craft and prioritize features and experiences that align with the overall vision and strategy. Understand and manage dependencies across front-end, back-end, services and third-party integrations. Own defined product KPIs and business goals. Maintain a culture of data obsession, ensuring all decisions are data-backed and products have clearly defined and measurable measures of success. Customer Insight Champion the voice of the customer through research, analytics and direct feedback. Have a good understanding of UX interaction and design and incorporating it into product development and partner with design to deliver high-quality releases. Execution and Delivery Work closely with engineers, design, & BA to execute specs into successful products (write user stories and acceptance criteria). Participate in discovery and technical reviews to validate requirements and assess tradeoffs. Support post-launch performance, addressing technical or functional issues and optimize based on data (A/B testing). Prioritize and resolve technical & functional issues as well as optimize for maximum impact using continued analysis of qualitative and quantitative data. Collaboration and Communication Identify and manage stakeholder feedback integrating it into key product decisions Communicate platform capabilities, constraints, and tradeoffs clearly to stakeholders. Document decisions and share learnings to support alignment across teams. Desired Skills and Experience: 5+ years product management or equivalent experience in providing consumer-facing digital products at scale across web, mobile web and app. Experience owning or partnering on platform and system-level products, including APIs and shared services Proven ability to deliver and growing products through iterative delivery, including launching new features, improving engagement and running A/B experiments. Experience creating lightweight prototypes or wireframes to support discovery and iteration (i.e. Figma, Loveable, Base44). Experience in an Agile and/or Lean development environment, ability to break work down into minimal marketable features and work collaboratively with engineers and designers. Strong written and verbal communication, business analysis and planning skills, with strong attention to detail Organized with ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment Nice to have: Experience working with or building social graph-based systems (identity, relationships, feeds, messaging, or recommendations) Nice to have: Exposure to AI- or ML-enabled features (e.g., recommendations, content generation, computer vision), with the ability to translate model capabilities into product requirements Education/Qualifications: Working knowledge of modern front-end frameworks such as React and mobile frameworks such as React Native, and frontend service layers such as Node and GraphQL. Understanding of backend concepts including APIs, databases, and service-oriented architecture Data analysis (formulas, graphs, high level modeling and reporting) BS/BA or equivalent, MBA a plus Local area candidates are encouraged to apply, and please note we are not able to offer visa sponsorship, visa transfer, or corp-corp arrangements. Salary Range: Min: $134,500 Mid: $147,800 Max: $161,800 The pay range reflects the salary amount the Company reasonably expects to pay for the position. It is not a guarantee of actual compensation or a specific payment amount to any candidate. The actual compensation will depend on numerous factors including, without limitation, a particular candidate's experience, and qualifications. The Company's Applicant and Worker Privacy Notice can be found here. Classmates Classmates is the premier online, social, and mobile destination for reconnecting with the people from your high school years. Classmates offers the largest digitized collection of high school yearbooks online, with over 450,000 available to view, tag, sign, and share, and has the most comprehensive directory of high schools and class lists from the 1940s to today. Note for Principal Agencies - Principal agents should not forward resumes to PeopleConnect, as we will not be responsible for any fees arising from the use of resumes submitted from agencies without a prior written and signed agreement and authorized job order for this position in place. PeopleConnect, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer

Created: 2026-03-10