• Redbeacon is a hot online local-services company. We’re figuring out how to use technology to create a better way of finding and hiring local services. This is a huge market, and we’re growing the space with other exciting companies such as Uber, Taskrabbit, AirBnB, and LivingSocial.
• Our company was founded with fanfare — funded by Mayfield Fund and Venrock and winning the top prize in the 2009 TechCrunch 50 , the SAI Startup 2010 and 2011 Always On 250 — in the San Francisco Bay Area by 3 ex-Googlers.
• As of January 2012, Redbeacon was acquired by The Home Depot — a move that ensures that Redbeacon’s mission will extend nationwide and that the company will continue to grow rapidly. It’s a great fit, and the acquisition provides us with the resources to drive forward.
• Redbeacon is a part of a fierce startup culture where we move fast and take risks. Our office is the kind of place where what you brainstorm in the morning can be implemented by the afternoon. Redbeacon employees are friendly, passionate, and hard-working, and everyone is expected to drive success immediately.

About the Job:

• We are looking for an entrepreneurial Product Manager. You are a startup person who thrives in a chaotic, fast moving agile environment. . . a leader who gets stuff done.
• You will conduct research and gather data by working with consumers who use RedBeacon’s product.  You will then work with our design and engineering teams to launch products that realize the full potential of our service.  
• You will own products and be responsible for their success.
• Leverage the scale of Home Depot to build new businesses with revenue in the billions of dollars.

Responsibilities:

• Talk to customers and conduct user research. Gather requirements and analyze data. Turn ideas into actionable plans.
• Mock up concepts using tools you are already proficient with. Write functional and technical specs.
• Lead an agile software development process.
• Own the immediate-term product road-map: write, assign and re-prioritize stories.
• Contribute to product direction by analyzing the market, identifying opportunities and developing ideas that inform company-wide prioritization.

Requirements:

• 2+ years of experience working as a Product Manager, ideally at a consumer web startup.
• A deep technical understanding and enthusiasm for the latest technological advances.  CS degree and/or development experience nice to have.  
• Great communication skills.  Ability to ask questions, listen, facilitate discussions and arbitrate decisions.
• Highly efficient.  Entrepreneurial.  Organized. Detail-oriented. You get things done.  You move fast, fail, and learn from your mistakes.  
• A strong UI sense. You are a stickler for good user experience and you likely have strong opinions based on experience.
• Experience working in an agile software development process.

Perks:

• Exposed-brick office space that’s only a half block from the San Mateo Caltrain stration
• Dog-friendly work environment
• Fully paid monthly Clipper passes or office-adjacent parking passes
• Ordered-in lunch three times per week
• We are in downtown San Mateo….very close to restaurants and bars
• Great benefits: medical/vision insurance, 401(k) matching program, Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP), Restrict Stock Units (RSUs)
• 3 weeks of vacation per year
• Gym/wellness reimbursement
• Company match for charitable gifts
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Kitchen stocked with organic fruit, snacks and beverages
• And much more!!!!