Senior Product Manager

UpSlide is the number one productivity solution provider for financial services. Our software dramatically improves the functionality of PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and Power BI and enables users at firms like Citi, KPMG, and BNP Paribas to focus on high-value tasks rather than formatting or copy-pasting. We're scaling up with 160+ employees across our offices in New York, London, Paris (HQ), Singapore, and Berlin.

Our values guide our approach to work and are at the heart of our recruitment process. To join our team, we look for individuals who value:

• Excellence: We think that every detail counts, and we place great importance on the quality of our deliverables.

• Trust: We are passionate, committed, and free to act with autonomy.

• Happiness at work: We enjoy looking on the bright side and we share our enthusiasm with our colleagues and clients.

Get ready to dive into our dynamic Product Team, led by our Head of Product Diane , and backed by a talented crew including 3 Product Managers, 1 Technical Product Manager, 2 creative Product Designers, and 2 savvy Product Marketing Managers!

Each PM works with a squad (5 developers per squad). You will be taking over our 5th squad "Office Online" from Valentin , who will be leading our new AI-focused squad. You will work closely with Ivan , the Tech Lead of this team.

This squad is strategic for UpSlide. It's the first to try new ways to build our features and is directly responsible for monitoring Microsoft Office Online evolutions. Example of recent releases:

• GANTT charts , first UpSlide PowerPoint feature available on Desktop and Online

• Outlook signatures first UpSlide Outlook feature available on Desktop, Online, and Mobile.

• Product discovery (40%)

Conduct qualitative and quantitative research to uncover user pain points, behaviors, and needs. -Lead customer interviews, surveys, and usability tests to validate assumptions.

• Product strategy (20%)

-Build and nurture your product vision based on the data you gathered (from users, your team, data analysis, competitors, market trends, industry best-practices ).

-Turn that into a strategy and a well-thought roadmap: you will make sure that we're building the right features.

-Make sure your team/stakeholders understand and embrace it through your engaging communication.

• Product delivery (40%)

-Work closely with product designers and developers to come up with the best solution to address users' pain points: you will also make sure that we're building the feature right.

-Turn your roadmap into a backlog of user stories. Organize and prioritize everything, and explain the rationale behind it to all stakeholders and to your team.

-Ensure that all products shipped by your team are bug-free.

-Ensure other teams (Support, CSM, Product Marketing) have minimum materials to understand and roll out features successfully

The annual salary package for this role in Paris is €65,000 - €82,000.
This salary range is inclusive of several career levels at UpSlide and will be narrowed during the interview process based on the candidate's experience and qualifications.

At UpSlide, we're committed to helping our team grow, with a career framework designed to elevate your skills and accelerate your progression. You'll have the opportunity to deepen your expertise as an individual contributor or pave your way into leadership-shaping the career that excites you most!

You are a great fit if you have:

• You have +5 years of experience in product management

• You are familiar with Microsoft Office (we build on it!)

• You master the tools and processes to run this flow: user feedback, mock-ups, EPICs, user stories

• You handle ambiguity, complexity, and interdependencies, in a prioritized and structured way

• You are detailed-oriented and want to build a productivity tool used daily by thousands of users

• You have great written and verbal communication skills in English and French and know how to communicate with different stakeholders

We'd love it if:

• You've worked in SaaS or in Finance

• You experienced the pain of building perfect slides or Excel models in a previous job

If you don't tick all the boxes but you think you'd be a great fit, please apply and tell us why.

• First interview with Misbah , Senior Talent Acquisition Manager 30' video or call

• Interview with Diane , Head of Product 45' video call

• Case study and review with Valentin and Ivan 80' in person

• Interview with Julien , CEO 30' video

• Meet the team around a coffee (or tea!)

We'll conduct a reference check to learn how to help you thrive!

On average our process lasts 3 weeks.

Make a real difference and be at the very centre of a self-funded and growing SaaS company (doubling every two years for the past 10 years)!

International environment:Start-up with five offices (Paris, London, Berlin, New York, Singapore) and users in more than 60 countries

Hybrid work:2-3 days/week hybrid work policy

Work-from-home budget: €500 WFH equipment budget

Training & professional development:Collaboration with our sister company, IPH, who provides UpSliders with training on key soft skills and management

️Wellness package:50€ per month for physical and mental wellness activities

Parental leave:Paid parental leave for the birthing/non-birthing parent and help for parents of children under seven

Beautiful office:Office near l'Opéra (1er arrondissement) - a vibrant space with beautiful common areas and meeting rooms, a nap room, bike storage and showers, tea/coffee, etc.

️ Holidays: 25 vacation days and 8 RTT (with one taken for Solidarity Day)

Company events:Office socials and international company events (e.g. annual company seminar, team seminar, and sustainability actions taken throughout the year)

Compensation:Competitive package

General:Tickets restaurants (Swile), healthcare (mutuelle - Alan), transportations (50% reimbursed)

• On top of exciting business challenges in a fast-growing market, you will find a friendly, caring, and challenging culture

• You will be met with opportunities to acquire new skills, learn from others in a multicultural environment, and grow as a person

• UpSlide employees have committed to making a positive impact on the world. We obtained B Corp certification in 2022 with strong commitments toward our employees, community, clients, suppliers, and the environment. UpSlide is now 30% owned by employees
  More info here: upslide.net/en/from-a-to-b-corp-our-mission-for-positive-impact/

• UpSlide was ranked best place to work in 2019 and best place to work in 2020 in the category "best company for remote work"
  More info here: upslide.net/en/happiness-at-work-recipe/

As a B Corp-certified company, we have strong commitments toward our employees, community, clients, suppliers, and the environment. We strive to create an environment where everyone feels welcome. This commitment to diversity and inclusion is applied in our recruitment process and your employee experience once you've joined UpSlide