Job Details

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.

• Nice to HaveExperience with education, student, or freemium products.
• Familiarity with collaboration-, sharing-, or network-effect-driven products.
• Experience partnering with AI-driven features to unlock new user value.