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Interested in joining Blue State’s Tech team? Submit an application so you can be considered when a role becomes available. Please note: this is an “evergreen” job post (i.e. not an active job post), but your expression of interest matters to us. While interviews aren’t ongoing, we’re excited to connect with talented individuals who share our commitment to Blue State’s mission. If you came across this job via LinkedIn, please note that it is an evergreen role; LinkedIn does not differentiate, but we prefer to. What to know As a Product Manager at Blue State, you’ll work with leading nonprofits and progressive organizations to reimagine how they engage audiences through their digital product suite, which can include websites and marketing platforms. Working closely with our Tech, Strategy, Design, and Analytics teams, you’ll conduct user research, identify product requirements, help define content strategy, create sprint plans, write acceptance criteria, and test and iterate on deliverables for Blue State’s unique portfolio of clients. The company Blue State is a purpose-driven agency. We partner with leading causes, brands, and campaigns and create real change. From AARP and Doctors Without Borders to Amnesty International and Oxfam, we transform how brands and causes raise money, influence policy, build platforms, and grow communities of supporters. Led by the most creative and analytical minds from the political, nonprofit, and brand worlds, Blue State is an independent agency in the US and London. The team  Blue State Digital is a purpose-driven creative and tech agency. We transform how brands and causes engage their most important people. From Google to UNICEF, from Obama to MIT, from Tate Modern to Ford Motor Company, Blue State Digital helps grow communities, build platforms, and transform organizations for the digital age. Led by the most creative and analytical minds from the political, nonprofit, and brand worlds, Blue State Digital is a part of WPP Digital and has more than 250 employees in six offices around the world. A day in the life Assess clients’ digital platforms, identify goals, and communicate solutions that help clients achieve their strategic objectives. Cultivate an understanding of users’ needs and behaviors through interviews, analytics, and other forms of research. Create personas and user journeys, and represent users’ perspective in planning sessions. Conduct product research and lead feature ideation and prioritization sessions. Evaluate all proposed features against the product scope. Provide creative recommendations based on your technical expertise when features don’t fit in the budget. Make the tough calls when a sprint plan is over budget. Write and maintain functional requirements, ensuring that all functionality, user flows, and edge cases are understood by stakeholders. Documentation could range from lofi sketches to detailed acceptance criteria. Be the client-facing expert on product functionality, answering questions and solving problems. Develop testing and measurement plans in coordination with strategists and analysts. Manage agile product builds, overseeing sprint plans, standups, and backlogs. Use project management tools such as Jira to track progress and communicate status. Manage stakeholder feedback, ensuring that issues are reported and prioritized correctly. Use your tech skills to clarify defects for developers and augment bug reports with necessary context. Use AI to accelerate your work, whether that’s writing requirements, creating prototypes, or organizing inputs. We approach in-office working with a hybrid model. On-site presence is welcome for US staff who are within commuting distance of the NY or DC office. Managers retain discretion to require in-person attendance for folks on their discipline or client teams as necessary, including for those whose roles require them to be in person.