Product Manager

Ursus, Inc.

Hayward, CA

JOB TITLE: Product Manager

LOCATION: San Jose or San Francisco, CA (hybrid)

PAY RANGE: $74 - $84.51/hr

DURATION: 6 months

TOP 3 SKILLS:8–12+ years of experience in product management, growth, or product-led growth, ideally in SaaS, consumer software, or developer/creator platforms.
Proven track record of driving measurable growth through product changes (not just campaigns or surface-level optimizations).
Deep understanding of growth loops, funnels, experimentation, and lifecycle metrics (activation, retention, engagement, monetization)

COMPANY:

Our client is a global leader in creative software, offering innovative tools for digital media creation, design, and marketing.

The Opportunity

Express is a core entry point for students discovering creativity, communication, and productivity. We’re looking for a Principal Product Growth Manager to lead end-to-end growth for student experiences in Express on a 6-month contract basis.

This role focuses on uncovering and scaling product-led growth loops within Express—driven by sharing, collaboration, templates, AI-assisted creation, and classroom workflows. You will deeply understand student needs and behaviors and translate those insights into product strategies and experiments that drive measurable impact within a defined time horizon.

What You’ll DoOwn the student growth strategy for Express end-to-end across acquisition, activation, engagement, retention, and advocacy during the contract period.
Identify, design, and ship high-impact growth loops directly within Express (e.g., sharing, collaboration, templates, AI-powered creation, classroom workflows).
Map and optimize the student journey across discovery, onboarding, learning moments, and repeat usage—reducing time-to-value and friction.
Partner closely with Product, Design, Engineering, Data Science, Research, and Marketing to translate insights into shipped experiences quickly.
Lead rapid experimentation by defining hypotheses, success metrics, and clear learnings to inform near- and long-term product decisions.
Use qualitative and quantitative insights (funnels, cohorts, retention curves, research) to prioritize opportunities and influence roadmap tradeoffs.
Operate at principal scope, influencing direction across teams while remaining hands-on with execution.
Advocate for student needs across Express and related initiatives.

Why This RoleYou’ll help shape how millions of students create and communicate using Express—delivering focused, high-impact growth initiatives within a 6-month contract while working closely with world-class product and design teams in a hybrid San Jose/San Francisco environment.

What You Bring8–12+ years of experience in product management, growth, or product-led growth, ideally in SaaS, consumer software, or developer/creator platforms.
Proven track record of driving measurable growth through product changes (not just campaigns or surface-level optimizations).
Deep understanding of growth loops, funnels, experimentation, and lifecycle metrics (activation, retention, engagement, monetization).
Experience working across multiple products or platforms and influencing without direct authority.
Strong analytical skills paired with excellent product intuition.
Comfort operating at a principal level with ambiguous problems, wide scope, high impact, and executive-level communication.
Passion for students, education, and creative/productive workflows, with empathy for real-world student constraints.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, Economics, Design, or a related field.