AI Product Manager
Bending Spoons
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Job Description
About Bending Spoons
Bending Spoons is on a mission to build an exceptional company that serves millions of customers, fosters employee growth, operates with unparalleled efficiency, and generates extraordinary value for its shareholders while upholding high ethical standards. We acquire and improve digital businesses for long-term ownership, transforming them to accelerate innovation, benefit customers, and enhance performance. Our environment is characterized by minimal hierarchy, small, talent-dense teams, and a startup-like agility applied to established products. We deeply integrate AI to enhance human judgment and machine intelligence.
Your Role as an AI Product Manager
As an AI Product Manager at Bending Spoons, you will be instrumental in driving the success of our digital products. This role demands a unique blend of product management acumen, a strong understanding of AI and data, and a relentless drive for execution. You will be responsible for investigating product performance, identifying growth opportunities, innovating new features, executing development, and iterating based on data and experimentation.
Key Responsibilities
- Investigate: Develop a deep understanding of your product, its business model, and growth drivers. Leverage AI, data analytics, and user research to uncover opportunities and challenge assumptions.
- Innovate: Synthesize user insights, market trends, and emerging technologies to identify high-impact initiatives and features. Employ modern tools, first-principles reasoning, and creative thinking to explore solutions rapidly.
- Execute: Translate product ideas into impactful features. Prioritize effectively using data to focus on critical drivers of success. Own the end-to-end development process, collaborating with designers, engineers, and other stakeholders to meet user needs.
- Iterate: Utilize experimentation and product metrics to assess performance. Treat each project as a learning opportunity, continuously improving the product based on insights gained.
What We Look For
- Reasoning Ability: Strong problem-solving skills, ability to think from first principles, sharp idea structuring, resistance to bias, and attention to detail.
- Drive: Exceptional ambition, initiative, effort, and tenacity. A profound sense of responsibility for your work and a commitment to continuous self-improvement.
- Team Spirit: Generosity, a focus on the best idea over personal ideas, willingness to help teammates, reliability, honesty, and transparency.
- English Proficiency: Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
What We Offer
- Incredibly talented, entrepreneurial teams in small, results-oriented, autonomous settings.
- Exceptional growth opportunities, with Spooners in their 20s leading significant products.
- Competitive pay and access to equity, with potential for compensation beyond usual ranges for exceptional capability.
- Comprehensive benefits including flexible hours, remote working, unlimited learning support, top-tier health insurance, relocation assistance, generous parental support, and annual retreats.
- Potential for a 50% tax cut in Italy if relocating.
Commitment & Contract
Permanent or fixed-term. Full-time or part-time.
Location
Milan (Italy), London (UK), Madrid (Spain), Warsaw (Poland) or remote in selected countries.
The Selection Process
We prioritize verifiable signals of excellence. Do not self-reject if you feel you lack experience. The process includes challenging tests that may take several hours. We maintain high standards and only extend offers to the right candidates. Jobs may remain open for extended periods.
Before You Apply
If you've applied before without an offer, wait at least one year to reapply. Bending Spoons is a demanding environment requiring significant commitment, but offers extraordinary learning and career growth. We recommend an initial few months in our Milan office for rapid onboarding and culture immersion, with relocation support provided. Post-onboarding, you can work from our offices or remotely from approved countries.
Key skills/competency
- AI Product Management
- Product Strategy
- Data Analysis
- User Research
- Product Development
- Cross-functional Collaboration
- Problem Solving
- Agile Methodologies
- Market Analysis
- Feature Prioritization
How to Get Hired at Bending Spoons
- Tailor your resume: Highlight AI product management experience, data analysis skills, and demonstrable problem-solving abilities relevant to Bending Spoons' objectives.
- Showcase your drive and team spirit: Use your application and interview responses to illustrate your ambition, initiative, and collaborative approach.
- Prepare for challenging tests: Understand that Bending Spoons uses rigorous assessments to identify top talent; dedicate time to problem-solving and analytical preparation.
- Demonstrate first-principles thinking: Be ready to articulate how you break down complex problems and arrive at solutions based on fundamental reasoning.
- Express your commitment: Convey your understanding of Bending Spoons' demanding yet rewarding environment and your eagerness to contribute.
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