Product Manager

PlayerData is focused on creating the best product experience for aspiring players and coaches. They are looking for a Product Manager to oversee product execution across multiple engineering pods, ensuring that product vision translates into clear specifications and is delivered reliably.

Responsibilities:

• Translate discovery, prototypes, and product direction into clear, implementation-ready PRDs
• Define user flows, edge cases, and acceptance criteria before sprint start
• Ensure engineering teams fully understand the problem, scope, and intended user experience before development begins
• Identify UX or usability gaps during development
• Make bounded product decisions during implementation when required
• This role stays actively engaged during development to ensure implementation reflects the intended product experience
• Pressure-test scope before development begins
• Ensure teams commit to realistic sprint plans
• Surface risks and tradeoffs early
• Escalate when execution risk becomes material
• Own post-launch feedback and structured data collection
• Capture learnings that improve future product decisions
• Provide clear reporting on execution quality and outcomes

Requirements:

• Proven ability to translate ideas into clear, actionable product specifications
• Strong attention to detail in UX and usability
• Ability to identify friction in user journeys others miss
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-accountability environment
• Strong ownership mindset - you surface problems early rather than reacting late
• Ability to balance ideal solutions with real engineering constraints
• Writing is a core part of this role. Strong candidates should be comfortable turning complex ideas into clear, structured product specifications
• You care deeply about building products that athletes and coaches genuinely want to use, not just products that are technically complete
• You believe that small product details compound into meaningful improvements in athlete and coach experience
• You are someone who can listen carefully, learn quickly, and execute reliably
• You are comfortable working cross-team and cross-department, and can unlock collaboration across product, design, engineering, and leadership
• Strong preference for candidates with a coaching or competitive athletic background, particularly in grassroots or youth environments
• Experience working inside a product development organisation is strongly preferred