Hybrid Associate Product Manager

at PrePass

• Job title: Associate Product Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Junior, Mid level
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Azure
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Phoenix, United States

About the role

• Associate Product Manager leading web platform development at PrePass. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to maximize customer and business value in product solutions.

Responsibilities

• **Essential Responsibilities**
• ** Product Ownership & Delivery**
• Own and drive the product backlog, ensuring alignment with product strategy, business objectives, and customer needs.
• Make informed prioritization decisions within and across sprints to maximize customer and business value.
• Ensure backlog items are clearly articulated, well-refined, and appropriately estimated to support predictable delivery.
• Lead sprint planning, backlog refinement, and discovery sessions, translating complex requirements into clear, actionable user stories.
• Partner with Product Management to support roadmap execution and incremental delivery of strategic initiatives.
• **Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement**
• Collaborate closely with engineering, design, QA, and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality features on time.
• Act as a trusted subject matter expert for the web platform, serving as a key point of contact for internal teams.
• Proactively communicate priorities, trade-offs, risks, and progress to stakeholders across the organization.
• Support alignment across teams by balancing technical constraints, user experience, and business priorities.
• **Innovation & Continuous Improvement**
• Stay current on industry trends, web and API technologies, and Agile best practices to inform product decisions.
• Identify opportunities to improve development processes, product scalability, and customer experience.
• Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement through data-informed decision-making and iterative learning**.**

Requirements

• **Qualifications**
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of experience as a Product Owner, Associate Product Manager, or in a similar product-focused role.
• Strong experience in business process analysis and translating requirements into technical solutions.
• Solid understanding of web application and API-based systems.
• Proficiency with Agile/Scrum methodologies and backlog management tools (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps).
• Excellent decision-making, communication, and organizational skills.
• Familiarity with user-centered design principles and modern web usability standards.
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams and drive outcomes without direct authority.
• Some travel may be required.
• **Desired Characteristics**
• Strategic, outcome-oriented thinker with a proactive problem-solving mindset.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity while maintaining clarity and forward momentum.
• Strong collaborator with the ability to influence across technical and non-technical teams.
• High level of ownership, accountability, and follow-through.
• Passion for continuous improvement and delivering meaningful customer value.

Benefits

• **How We Will Take Care of You**
• Robust benefit package that includes medical, dental, and vision that start on date of hire.
• Paid Time Off, to include vacation, sick, holidays, and floating holidays.
• Paid parental leave.
• 401(k) plan with employer match.
• Company-funded “lifestyle account” upon date of hire for you to apply toward your physical and mental well-being (i.e., ski passes, retreats, gym memberships).
• Tuition Reimbursement Program.
• Voluntary benefits, to include, but not limited to Legal and Pet Discounts.
• Employee Assistance Program (available at no cost to you).
• Company-sponsored and funded “Culture Team” that focuses on the Physical, Mental, and Professional well-being of employees.
• Community Give-Back initiatives.
• Culture that focuses on employee development initiatives.
• Company-wide bonus and commission plans.