About Josephmark
Josephmark is a technology-driven design studio with a mission to build beautiful brands, products and businesses. We are an eclectic mix of technologists, designers, developers and strategists spread across Australia and the US. As a team we’ve innovated, branded, rebranded, and strategised around emerging and existing brands and technologies that are shaping our collective future. Our clients span a wide range of industries; everything from world-leading record labels to new technologies, and the futures of agtech, fintech, sextech and Space. To get more of a feel for life at JM, check out https://josephmark.studio/careers.
What we are looking for
We're seeking an accomplished Senior Product Manager to lead one of the products we are building in collaboration with a US-based client. We prefer this position to be near our Brisbane office but are open to fully remote applicants who can align with the Brisbane (AEST) timezone. We are looking for someone keen to fill a 6 month+ contract role.
What makes this role different?
- Young people’s mental health: You will lead a team building a mobile app developed in collaboration with a leading global figure in youth mental health.
- Exposure to US client & team: You will get the opportunity to work alongside an impressive US team who have worked at the big US tech companies.
- Innovation: Striking a balance of bringing a product to market and conducting broad-horizon R&D exploration, you’ll get to innovate with people working at the bleeding edge of AI development.
- Remote, flexible working: We're all about remote and flexible work—no need to come to the office, although we do have a stunning workspace at the Brisbane Powerhouse and we still love to get the team together regularly.
- Collaborate with experienced multi-disciplinary teams: You’ll get to work alongside our team of highly experienced Product Managers, business strategists, boundary-pushing developers, world-class designers, and all-around amazing humans.
About you
- You’ve been around the block a couple of times. You’ve built multiple products, worked in different technology stacks, delivered to different types of clients or product owners, and know how to manage both up and across a team.
- You are both a thinker and doer, who is clear, concise and decisive, yet approachable.
- You’re able to work with incomplete information, know what is important, and know how to facilitate finding out what you need to know. You can wrangle multiple stakeholders to arrive at decisions made.
- Your bread and butter are translating insights to define product requirements, prioritise milestones, and flesh out roadmaps to bring into focus the short, mid, and long-term strategy.
- You know what a mobile-based products need to succeed, and more importantly, what a design and development team needs to do in order to get there.
At JM, we know better products start with diverse teams. We are an inclusive workplace committed to fostering a sense of thriving and belonging for all. That's why we strongly (see bold and underline usage) encourage members of underrepresented communities to apply. If you share our values and our venture mindset, you’ll find a home at Josephmark.
Colleen Morgan, Product Director
What’s the most interesting project you’ve worked on at JM? A video-on-demand project, think Netflix for South America. We traveled to Argentina, Colombia and Mexico to conduct field research for the product and branding. Had heaps of fun designing the experience for kids, met some amazing people (who I’m still friends with), and even squeezed in seeing some Mexican wrestling.
How long have you been in the industry for? 11 years. I've been at JM for 8+ years now. Before that, I was doing research in interaction and visual design. They even gave me the Dr. title for it.
What’s the best thing about working at JM? Working with people I love to see every single day. The work itself is so rewarding, but the people I get to sit side-by-side with enrich my life in so many ways beyond the studio walls.
What’s the worst thing about working at JM? That we are spread over many locations/timezones. Can someone please hurry up and invent a teleporter so our LA, Stockholm and Sydney peeps can pop into the studio for lunchtime hangs.
What’s something people might not know about being a strategist at JM? We have the privilege of going beyond strategic thinking about a product itself – feature releases, UX flows and the like – to a holistic consideration of the business. We're Venture Designers, helping 0-1 stage businesses, so we define financial models, expected growth, revenue streams, hiring plans, and operational costs. These models become essential tools for businesses to raise investment funds and bring their vision to life.
What advice do you have for strategists? Dive head-first into every new problem domain and relish in the challenge that is building new knowledge.
Link us to something cool.
https://www.goabstract.com/ – version control your designs like a boss.
