Hybrid Product Lead

at Stellic

• Job title: Product Lead
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $170,000 - $220,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, San Mateo, United States

About the role

• Product Lead at Stellic managing the Progress Product for universities' academic requirements. Collaborating with engineers and partners to optimize student progress evaluation.

Responsibilities

• Own and Shape the Progress Product: Deeply understand how universities define academic requirements and ensure our system evaluates student progress accurately and efficiently.
• Lead Problem Solving: Take long-term, complex challenges and break them down into actionable, iterative steps to deliver immediate value.
• Drive Technical Collaboration: Engage with engineers (in US and Pakistan) to discuss trade-offs, system architecture, and product decisions.
• Engage with University Partners: Join calls to do product discovery to understand the underlying need, articulate product decisions, and build trust with institutions as they transition to Stellic.
• Identify Patterns: Recognize commonalities across institutions and design scalable solutions that can serve multiple customers.
• Think Big-Picture: Ensure each feature you build contributes meaningfully to our broader product strategy and Stellic’s long-term vision.

Requirements

• Have 8+ years of experience as a product manager with demonstrable growth through the years
• Are experienced in building enterprise SaaS product preferably in a fast-paced, scrappy startup environment or early product development in an established company
• You have a relentlessly driven to build products that set new standards of excellence, going beyond 'good enough' to deliver something truly exceptional
• Love getting into the details of complex logic, systems, and algorithms to understand how and why something works
• Have a technical mindset—you don’t need to write code, but you should be comfortable in engineering discussions and grasp complex technical concepts
• Are a problem solver who thrives in ambiguity, taking abstract problems and breaking them down into structured, actionable solutions.
• Are analytical and resourceful, able to use tools to manipulate data, identify patterns, seek insights without depending on engineering.
• Have strong written and verbal communication skills, enabling you to articulate complex product decisions clearly to university partners and internal teams.
• Are comfortable working in a hybrid setup and coordinating across different time zones.
• Comfortable with travel (domestic and international)

Benefits

• Competitive salary, equity, and a culture of excellence, speed, and ownership.
• Generous stock options in a Series A stage startup
• Flexible, outcome-based culture
• Comprehensive health insurance, with Stellic covering 99% of your premium and 75% for dependents on our base plan
• 401K and commuter benefits
• Annual international retreats in some of the most beautiful cities & towns