Job Description

About Legible

Come and join us on our mission is to empower and connect authors and readers through open access to a global reading and publishing platform. Legible is making books beautiful and accessible.

At Legible, we’re transforming the world of stories by not just creating a new and beautiful eBook platform to experience, but by making stories truly accessible. That means being available to everyone, everywhere, on any device, as well as working with assistive technologies, and making sure local and meaningful stories aren’t buried by search bias. Surrounding that, we’re going to be creating fantastic new ways for authors and readers to connect, with features to delight publishers big and tiny alike.

To make that magic happen takes amazing people. Sometimes that comes in the form of someone with untapped potential who needs to be given a shot, who wants a place where they can be heard and engaged, and sometimes amazing people come in the form of those seeking to quietly lead by example, sharing wisdom and wanting to mentor others.

We believe in the value of having a diverse team. Different backgrounds, upbringings, lifestyles, and perspectives make us stronger, wiser, and more capable. If you’re looking for somewhere that wants you for the awesome person you are, and not just what you can do, we just might be the place for you.

Our Community Values: Accessibility, Sustainability, Beauty, and Integrity

About the role

We are looking for an exceptional Product Manager to join the Legible team to work, from the beginning in discovery, to bring our newest product to life. The Product Manager will be responsible for taking the current vision and goals of the product and creating a roadmap for the design and developer teams. If you are someone who has been through and enjoyed creating something in a high-growth environment, this is the position for you!

What you’ll be doing

• Responsible for the full product release lifecycle: writing specifications, working across multi-disciplinary teams; design, publishing, marketing, and development, to launch features and content, and analyzing the impact of those releases
• Coordinate with researchers, analytics, and data teams to build accurate and achievable project timelines
• Pulling together project plans, clear KPIs, noting key stakeholders, and prioritizing features will all be part of the day to day
• Articulating a compelling vision and roadmap – you’ll summarize the need, value, and ROI while getting others excited about the opportunities ahead
• Navigate business priority and ensure all work is tracked, estimated, and balanced across team members and stakeholders to meet deadlines
• Working closely with the Design and Development teams to launch projects and ship solutions that drive business outcomes and customer value
• Aligning stakeholders, facilitating project meetings such as kick-off, regular progress check-ins, post mortem
• Unblock and protect product development teams from interruptions and distractions, provide support, facilitate conversations with other teams and departments
• Connecting the dots across experiences and teams to create a cohesive reader and publishing experience
• Communicate the progress and needs of the Design and Development teams to senior leadership, especially to the Head of Product, on a consistent and productive basis

About you

Some key things about you

• Proven track record of successful SaaS product sales growth by optimizing product design, development and management within the B2B/B2C software industry
• Enjoy developing and analyzing user stories, epics and/or storyboards working closely with business owners, business partners and the development team
• Leadership experience and conflict resolution abilities
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• You value connectedness – you want to bring people together and provide a collaborative space
• You have the ability to predict the future – if the project is veering into scope creep and you have a toolbox of wonderful ways to get us back on track
• Exceptional ability of project management practices and techniques
• Value teamwork: you embrace collaboration with cross-functional and distributed teams
• Communicate efficiently and carefully both verbally and in written form
• Eagerness to experiment and never stop learning
• The ability to take and give feedback with grace
• It’s great if you have a self-starter attitude: you’re inquisitive and eager by nature
• You enjoy a fast-paced work environment
• The idea of a role growing with you sounds exciting—there are so many opportunities that will open up in-house

Key experience and skills

• 5+ years experience as a Product Manager, Product Owner, Program Manager in a tech start up environment
• Experience in the gaming, software development, or other like-minded industries is a bonus
• Experience with managing products in SaaS/Web/Mobile software
• Bachelor’s degree in business, computer science, software engineering, software development, or related field is a plus
• Experience as a community manager, with a special focus on community-related products, would be an asset
• Working in an agile, sprint-based environment is a must
• Experience with working in a fast-growing or startup company would be wonderful
• Experience working in a publishing environment would be great

About the team

The product management team of Legible is currently a powerful trio reporting to the Head of Product but also works extremely closely with the Development, Marketing and Publishing teams. So you’ll get a tonne of exposure to all the departments in the company and be a key player in making the Legible dream come true.

Why Legible?

Legible is a startup with a heart – a company that values equity and diversity at its very core; It is a place to grow and experience different areas of the business. We are a small but mighty team, who are just turning the page on a new and exciting chapter of growth.

We offer:

• An inclusive working environment – anyone and everyone is welcome at Legible
• A flexible working schedule
• Great paid time off package, including a paid winter break
• A comprehensive benefits package
• A multitude of avenues for career growth and change
• An open door policy – you can approach any member of leadership with confidence
• Community Values – We work together as a team to better our local and global communities. We are invested in making a positive difference in the world.

“Systemic racism is a machine that runs whether we pull the levers or not, and by just letting it be, we are responsible for what it produces. We have to actually dismantle the machine if we want to make change.” —Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race

At Legible, we strive for diversity and inclusion to create a genuinely healthy and equitable workplace for everyone. We are committed to the ongoing process of building a culture of respect at every level, ensuring that everyone feels safe, supported, and valued.

Let’s be real: employee handbooks always talk a lot about diversity and inclusion, but in the actual day-to-day, employees indulge in microaggressions toward BIPOC colleagues, claim that “sexism goes both ways,” and so on. At Legible, we know that oppression is systemic and structural. Cis privilege, non-disabled privilege, white privilege, male privilege—these are real and have consequences for people. We’re aware that being marginalized at work causes real distress, especially when accountability doesn’t seem to exist.

How is Legible going to dismantle the machine and what makes us different? It starts here, everyone has an opportunity to join Legible and make a difference – our hiring process is fair and equitable. As a company, we will be devoted to providing regular training and info sessions to our employees to ensure that we are aware of our privileges and will work to address microaggressions on a daily basis. One look at Legible.com will show how committed we are to diversity and inclusivity. We are a company that will beautifully entwine, celebrates, and support diverse cultures and varying beliefs.

A few years ago, an interviewer asked Lin-Manuel Miranda, the creator of the Broadway smash-hit Hamilton, why his cast was so diverse. Miranda replied, “That’s just what happens when you go looking for the very best people!” At Legible, we couldn’t agree more!

Legible recognizes the right for human beings to self-identify. You are valued, safe, and supported.

To be considered for this position, you must be eligible to work in Canada and pass a background check.

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Job Categories: Equal Opportunities. Job Types: Full-Time. Job Tags: agile, ecommerce, product, product manager, and web. Salaries: 80,000 - 100,000.

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