We are looking for a Product Manager with experience in managing software products, and a track record in stakeholder management and product strategy, to join our EMEA team.
thoughtbot partners with organizations of all sizes to design, develop, and grow their software-based products and services.
Product management brings together these critical elements: business understanding, user experience, customer success, team management, and technical delivery.
thoughtbot is a fully remote company and this is a position on thoughtbot’s EMEA team. Because we're looking for teammates who overlap with our clients' teams working hours, candidates are required to live in UTC-1 through UTC+3.
We will begin reviewing applications no sooner than 25 August 2025.
Locations & Compensation:
This is a fully remote position and is open to applicants currently living in and authorized to work in the following locations: Ireland, Nigeria, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, and United Kingdom.
Salary and benefits vary by location. We publish all our salary ranges in our compensation calculator. New team members typically have a starting salary between the start and the middle of the band. Please view the compensation range and benefits for where you live here: https://thoughtbot.com/jobs/compensation?department=Product%20Management&title=Product%20Manager
About thoughtbot
We believe that it is possible to continuously learn and improve the way people work while building higher-quality products that make positive contributions to the world. We work with companies in every step of the product development and maintenance process to help identify and solve problems. We lead and participate in product design sprints, build high-quality apps, and then deploy them.
We proactively work on improving diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) at thoughtbot. We aim to maintain an inclusive work environment where everyone can thrive professionally, as well as have full lives outside of work. Read about our DEI efforts in the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion section of our Playbook. We acknowledge that DEI work is never done, and that we will make mistakes along the way. We are continuously working on learning, improving ourselves, and the company.
As a member of thoughtbot, you’ll be part of our distributed remote community. We’re continuously working to assure remote work is inclusive, collaborative, comfortable, and social.
Want to dig deeper? Read more about our Purpose and Values, and how we work in our Playbook.
Requirements
thoughtbot Product Managers are able to lead and manage the rapid design and development of high-quality, test-driven applications.
Well-qualified candidates will know:
- How to conduct market/user research
- How to analyse market research to identify business opportunities and create product strategy
- How to translate product strategy into more detailed requirements
- How to validate product ideas with prototypes and usability testing
- How to lead and facilitate product design sprints
- How to manage scope to keep a project on time and on budget
- The major trends in software design, development, and business thinking
Very well-qualified candidates will also have experience with consulting, and a proven track record of attracting potential customers.
Well-qualified candidates value diversity, equity, and inclusion, and are comfortable contributing to an inclusive working and learning environment.
We especially appreciate candidates that demonstrate commitment to valuing DEI and contributing to an inclusive working and learning environment. We also understand that not everyone has had the opportunity to commit to this work, and that's okay.
We encourage you to apply even if you don’t match 100% of the requirements. Please let us know if you need any specific accommodations during the interview process.
Position Details
As a product manager, you will:
- Collaborate with clients and thoughtbot designers and developers to define and clarify product vision
- Establish and continually adjust a product roadmap
- Align product design and development to the business needs of the client
- Support clients and team members through advising, Agile project management, and regular communication with all stakeholders
- Ensure customer success through the lifecycle of the project, including helping with team onboarding, project delivery and offboarding.
- Define customer-centred KPIs
- Establish best practices around product management process & culture, including upskilling client teams
- Collaborate with designers and clients to conduct and provide insights from customer and stakeholder interviews
- Establish quantitative and qualitative feedback mechanisms to measure and improve product performance.
- Assist directors to build product management services, frameworks, and best practices for thoughtbot
- Assist Business Development on sales and scoping sessions
- Bolster thoughtbot’s industry reputation through workshops, and curriculum development related to product management
- Build relationships with partners that can enhance our product management services
- Escalate delivery or commercial risks on client projects to the Managing Director
thoughtbot cannot sponsor work visas at this time.
Benefits
Benefits vary by location, but all team members accrue at least 20 paid annual leave/vacation days per year and receive paid holidays and paid sick days. thoughtbot ensures at least 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave for birthing parents, and at least 6 weeks of fully paid parental leave for non-birthing parents. All new parents have the ability to take up to at least 6 months off by combining different types of leaves. In addition to country-specific benefits, all team members receive a monthly remote work stipend to offset the cost of internet, electricity, etc., and a remote workspace budget to setup their workspace. Please see our benefits page to learn more about benefits for team members located in your country.
Our team works in a relaxed and educational environment to develop excellent products for our clients. We work a sustainable pace of 40 hours/week. We also reserve at least 4 weeks per year for investing in ourselves, the company, and our community. Everything we do is predicated on having a great team and a culture of growing. We use the latest technologies and are always down to try new methods on both internal and client projects.
thoughtbot does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.
thoughtbot does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Any unsolicited resumes not originating directly from a candidate and sent to thoughtbot or any thoughtbot's employees, including unsolicited resumes sent to a thoughtbot mailing address or email address, are rejected. thoughtbot will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. thoughtbot considers any candidate for whom the recruiter has submitted an unsolicited resume referred by the company free of any fees.