[Hiring] Product Management Associate @Akraya

Role Description

The Product Management Associate will support product delivery and incubation initiatives focused on partner journeys, activation, and readiness to scale. The role involves:

• Gathering partner feedback
• Mapping end-to-end journeys
• Identifying experience gaps
• Translating business needs into requirements and user stories
• Collaborating with engineering, UX, sales, channel, and operations teams

The ideal candidate will have strong communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with an interest in product management, partner experience, process improvement, and product delivery. The associate will also support API integration requirements, user acceptance testing, launch readiness, and structured handoffs to operational teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or a related field
• Strong written and verbal communication, interpersonal, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to gather requirements and translate business needs into user stories, acceptance criteria, and actionable documentation
• Basic understanding of product delivery, business processes, partner experience, and cross-functional collaboration
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage priorities and work independently
• Basic proficiency with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, MS Project, Visio, or similar productivity and documentation tools

Requirements

• Support product delivery across assigned workstreams, including writing business requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and maintaining a prioritized product backlog
• Partner with engineering and UX teams throughout planning, development, and launch, helping resolve day-to-day issues and escalating decisions when broader alignment is required
• Create and maintain partner journey maps, process flows, and diagrams to identify friction points and translate partner experiences into actionable improvements
• Gather partner feedback through pilots, interviews, and data analysis, translating findings into prioritized problem statements and product opportunities
• Document functional requirements and API-driven partner integration requirements in collaboration with product and development teams
• Analyze adoption, funnel, and partner feedback data to identify gaps, recommend improvements, and compare expected outcomes with actual results
• Support launch readiness through enablement materials, documentation, pricing inputs, and go-to-market handoffs
• Define scale-readiness criteria and prepare documentation and supporting evidence for handoffs to CRO, CDIO, CPO, and operational teams
• Plan and support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for process changes and platform updates, including API integrations
• Document test results, defects, and gaps, and assess whether solutions meet business requirements
• Collaborate with external partners and internal stakeholders across sales, channel, operations, engineering, and UX
• Communicate progress, risks, recommendations, and unresolved issues to relevant stakeholders

Benefits

• Contract Type: W2 Only
• Duration: 6+ Months
• Location: Remote - US
• Pay Range: $60 - $64 on W2

Preferred Qualifications

• PMI or PMP certification
• Internship, academic project, or practical exposure to product management, business analysis, or project coordination
• Ability to create process maps, journey flows, UX documentation, and clear handoff materials
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to coordinate across multiple teams and stakeholders
• Willingness to learn, take ownership of assigned workstreams, and contribute to continuous product and process improvement