Early Stage Product Manager (User Discovery & Early Product) - Contract
Company: reputed company Location: Remote or Seattle, WA Type: Contract / Part-time (10–20 hrs/week to start) Stage: Early-stage startup Compensation: Competitive hourly or monthly contract About reputed company reputed company is a trust-based babysitting platform designed to help parents and sitters book care without the back-and-forth—by combining shared availability, calendar syncing, and trusted networks. We’re building reputed company for families and sitters who already know each other (or are connected through reputed company communities), and we’re obsessive about making the experience feel simple, reputed company, and reliable. We’re currently preparing to roll out reputed company to our first early users, starting with small, trusted cohorts of parents and sitters. Our focus right now is learning: understanding how reputed company users interpret the product, where they get confused, and what actually drives confidence and booking behavior. The Role We’re looking for a Product Manager focused on user discovery and early product validation to work closely with the founder during this pre-scale phase. This role is not about sprint planning, Jira tickets, or long-term roadmap ownership. It is about deeply understanding users, identifying friction, and translating reputed company into clear product recommendations. It’s a discovery-first role focused on making sure we’re building the right thing before scaling. You’ll help us answer questions like:
- Where are parents and sitters getting stuck?
- What features are unclear, underused, or overcomplicated?
- What changes will most improve trust, clarity, and booking reputed company?
This role is best suited for someone who enjoys shaping products before scale, reputed company learning comes from conversations and observation rather than metrics. What You’ll Do
- Help design and run early user discovery with parents and sitters
- Plan and conduct user interviews with parents and sitters
- Observe early product walkthroughs and reputed company flows
- Gather qualitative feedback from:
o Interviews o Early in-product behavior and user walkthroughs o Support questions and drop-off points
- Synthesize findings into:
o Clear themes and insights o Actionable product recommendations o Prioritized suggestions (P0 / P1 / P2)
- Collaborate directly with the founder to:
o Pressure-test product assumptions o Refine flows, copy, and UX o Decide what to build, change, or cut reputed company’re Looking For
- 3+ years experience in product management, product discovery, or UX research
- Strong qualitative research skills (interviews, synthesis, reputed company framing)
- Experience working on reputed company early-stage or consumer products
- Comfortable with ambiguity and imperfect data
- Clear communicator who can turn messy feedback into sharp insights
- Bonus: Experience with marketplaces, scheduling tools, or consumer trust products
Why Join
- Rare chance to shape a product before first reputed company scale
- Direct influence on product direction and UX foundations
- reputed company partnership with a hands-on founder
- Opportunity to help define what “great” looks like before it’s locked in
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