--- title: 'Senior Product Manager at 12twenty' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-product-manager-12twenty-remote-bn2fkmb7btve' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-12' --- # Senior Product Manager at 12twenty - **Company:** 12twenty - **Location:** Remote - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-09-30 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-12 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/12twenty/jobs/4739278005 ## Job description 12twenty is the leading platform for employers to connect with elite early career professionals. Our community includes millions of students, recent graduates, and alumni from top business schools, law schools, and universities around the world. We take pride connecting our community of candidates with recruiters from top companies across industries. Come join our fast growing organization! Position Overview: 12twenty is seeking a Senior Product Manager with deep experience in the talent acquisition, recruiting, or staffing software space to lead the strategy, development, and evolution of our suite of career services and recruiting products. This is a unique opportunity to own high-impact initiatives that support students, alumni, and employers within the higher education ecosystem. The ideal candidate combines strategic vision with a hands-on approach and is passionate about creating elegant, data-driven solutions that meet the needs of educational institutions, career centers, and recruiters. You will collaborate across engineering, design, marketing, and customer success to define and deliver product experiences that drive measurable outcomes for our users. Responsibilities: Product Strategy & Vision - Own the long-term product vision and strategy for a major product line or initiative. - Define and communicate a clear product roadmap aligned with company goals and user needs. - Evaluate and prioritize product opportunities based on market research, customer input, and business impact. Cross-Functional Leadership - Lead and mentor cross-functional teams through the entire product development lifecycle—from ideation through launch and iteration. - Ensure clear communication and alignment between product, engineering, design, marketing, and sales. - Represent the product team in strategic discussions with executive leadership. Customer & Market Insight - Engage directly with users and customers to uncover pain points, workflows, and success metrics. - Conduct competitive analysis and stay on top of industry trends, particularly in HR tech, recruiting platforms, and higher ed software. User-Centered Product Development - Partner with UX and research teams to deliver intuitive, accessible, and high-impact user experiences. - Lead discovery processes including user interviews, data analysis, and prototype testing. - Leverage user feedback, support insights, and usage data to continuously iterate and improve the product. Go-to-Market & Product Launches - Collaborate with marketing and customer success teams to deliver successful product launches. - Develop positioning, messaging, and documentation that enable sales and support teams to succeed. - Monitor and analyze product KPIs to ensure ongoing value delivery and user engagement. Qualifications: - 5+ years of experience in product management, with at least 2 years in a senior or lead role. - Experience working in a scrappy, entrepreneurial, startup, scale-up, or otherwise resource-constrained organization. - Demonstrated end-to-end product ownership is required. You must have personally identified and validated customer problems, shaped solutions, partnered closely with developers through execution, shipped products, and measured and iterated on results after launch. - Hands-on experience building AI agents, workflow automations, applications, or functional AI-powered tools using platforms such as Hermes, OpenClaw, Grok Bot, or similar technologies. Prompting alone does not meet this requirement. - Proven success leading B2B SaaS product initiatives in the recruiting, staffing, or talent acquisition space. - Strong understanding of the product lifecycle, from research and strategy through execution and iteration. - Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills. - Experience working with Agile teams and product tools (e.g., Jira, Productboard, Figma, Mixpanel). - Passion for solving complex problems at the intersection of education, recruiting, and technology. If you are a strategic thinker, passionate about building innovative products, and thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, we invite you to apply for the Senior Product Manager position at 12twenty. Join us in shaping the future of career services and recruiting solutions! The annual compensation range for this position is listed below. This salary range is an estimate, and the actual salary may vary based on company compensation practices, job related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and trainings, in addition to geographic location. In addition to the range below, US employees are eligible for equity. Employees in this position are also eligible to participate in the Company’s standard benefit programs, which currently include the following: medical, dental, and vision benefits, 401(k), and paid time off. Annual compensation range: $120,000 - $160,000 The annual compensation range for this position is listed above. This salary range is an estimate, and the actual salary may vary based on company compensation practices, job related skills, depth of experience, relevant certifications and trainings, in addition to geographic location. In addition to the range below, US employees are eligible for equity. Employees in this position are also eligible to participate in the Company’s standard benefit programs, which currently include the following: medical, dental, and vision benefits, 401(k), and paid time off. Benefits & Perks: - Competitive salary - Generous PTO policy - Full benefits, including 401(k) - Regular team happy hours and activities - Remote work flexibility 12twenty is an enterprise level talent acquisition platform connecting the world’s largest employers with students and alumni from top business schools and other graduate level institutions. The market for talent, especially highly qualified talent, continues to grow more and more competitive. 12twenty’s unique position as the connection between students, schools, and employers has fueled our rocketship growth. Come be part of our journey! 12twenty offers competitive salary and stock options and an amazing team to innovate and collaborate with. We love what we do, we embody a passion for continuous improvement, and we support each other to be excellent! Check out a video from a recent user conference: https://vimeo.com/1205520510 ## About 12twenty ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: 12twenty is a data-driven platform that helps universities and employers connect top college talent to the perfect career opportunities. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series A) - **Headquarters**: Santa Monica, California, United States - **Founded**: 2010 - **Founders**: Kenny Berlin (CEO, Co-Founder) and Adam Levitt (CTO, Co-Founder) [craft.co](https://craft.co/12twenty) ## Core Business - **Primary industries**: Education Technology (EdTech) / Human Resources (HR) / Early‑Career Recruiting - **Target customers**: University career centers, employers recruiting early‑career talent (B2B), and students/alumni (B2C) - **Mission/Purpose**: “Change the way hiring works” by making early‑career connections more efficient and equitable using deep data [12twenty.com](https://12twenty.com/) ## Products & Services - **Career Center Platform**: A unified system for universities to manage job postings, career fairs, experiential learning, outcome reporting, and alumni engagement. - **Employer Recruitment Suite**: Tools for employers to post jobs, host multi‑school events, source candidates, and access outcome data across 4,000+ college programs. - **Student/Alumni Portal**: A mobile‑friendly marketplace where graduates and alumni can search for jobs, network, and track their career progress. All offerings are **SaaS** solutions delivered through a shared data engine. [12twenty.com](https://12twenty.com/) ## Market Standing - **Valuation**: Not disclosed - **Key Metric**: Annual revenue of **~$5.0M** (latest estimate) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/12twenty-inc) - **Total Funding**: Series A (March 2015) led by **Lighthouse Capital Management** (amount undisclosed) [craft.co](https://craft.co/12twenty) - **Scale**: Connects **4,000+ college programs** and **350K employers** with **55M+ students and alumni** [12twenty.com](https://12twenty.com/) - **Growth Signals**: Headcount of **83 employees** (+10.7% YoY); operates in **7 countries** (US, Brazil, North Macedonia, Argentina, Philippines, Slovakia, Germany) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/12twenty-inc) - **Engagement Metrics**: 68% message open rate, 8+ minute average student session, 56% higher application rate vs. industry average [12twenty.com](https://12twenty.com/) ## Competitive Advantages - **Data‑first platform**: Decisions are driven by outcomes data, not gut feelings. - **High engagement**: Gen Z‑centric design yields industry‑leading interaction rates. - **Exclusive access**: Strong relationships with top business, law, and undergraduate programs—hard for competitors to replicate. - **Privacy‑obsessed**: Emphasizes candidate data protection, a key trust differentiator. [12twenty.com](https://12twenty.com/) [12twenty.com/careers](https://12twenty.com/careers) ## Strategic Focus - Deepen data and analytics capabilities to deliver “right‑fit” matches faster. - Expand employer network beyond current 350K, especially in mid‑market and enterprise segments (as shown by open Account Executive roles). - Continue remote‑first model (since 2020) to attract talent globally while maintaining team cohesion through retreats. [12twenty.com/careers](https://12twenty.com/careers) [job-boards.greenhouse.io/12twenty](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/12twenty) ## Why Work Here - **Remote‑first**: Work from anywhere; quarterly and annual in‑person retreats keep the team connected. - **Culture**: High‑growth startup environment with five core values (e.g., “Aspire to do great things,” “Build quality work we are proud of,” “Make data‑driven decisions”). - **Impact**: “Help millions of careers get off to a better start”—employees shape the future of early‑career hiring. - **Benefits**: Competitive packages, flexible work, and a focus on personal growth. - **Open roles (as of July 2025)**: Mid‑Market Account Executive (Employer Division) and University Account Executive (University Division) [job-boards.greenhouse.io/12twenty](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/12twenty) [12twenty.com/careers](https://12twenty.com/careers) ## Sources 1. [12twenty.com](https://12twenty.com/) – Company overview, product details, stats 2. [12twenty.com/careers](https://12twenty.com/careers) – Culture, values, remote‑first policy 3. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/12twenty](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/12twenty) – Current job openings 4. [linkedin.com/company/12twenty-inc](https://www.linkedin.com/company/12twenty-inc) – Employee count, revenue, locations, departments 5. 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