Remote Product manager Jobs in Newark, NJ

Who We Are

Float is the leading resource management software for professional services teams. Since 2012, we’ve grown every year—independently, self-funded, and profitably. We’re rated #1 for resource management on G2 and trusted by 4,500+ customers worldwide.

As a certified B Corporation, we’re committed to making a positive impact on our team, customers, the environment, and the remote community. Our 50+ person team works 100% remotely across the globe, with perks and benefits designed to support us in living our Best Work Life. You'll collaborate with teammates across Australia, Mexico, the UK, Nigeria, Canada, and the US. Learn more about our data security practices for employment or service contracts here . Browse our blog to get a glimpse of life at Float and check out our Glassdoor employer reviews . See why our customers love Float on G2 .

We’re on a scale-up journey, and we’re seeking people who thrive in this stage. We want Float to be the place where you have the autonomy and opportunity to do the best work of your career.

Why We’re Hiring For This Role

Our Mid-Market customers need smarter ways to optimize resources, while SMBs are looking for clearer insights into project success patterns. To meet these needs, we’re investing in a dedicated Product Manager to lead the development of data-driven insights and proactive intelligence that help teams optimize resources with confidence. As part of a focused Intelligence Team alongside engineering and design, this role will shape how Float transforms from a scheduling tool into a platform that provides smarter, more strategic resource planning.

This role is essential for transforming our rich scheduling data into actionable insights, helping teams make better decisions without adding complexity. As the competition in resource planning evolves, this role will be pivotal in ensuring Float stays ahead with AI-enhanced yet intuitive insights that set us apart from both legacy ERPs and new AI-driven entrants. We need someone who can drive this evolution while maintaining our commitment to simplicity, ensuring we continue to deliver a product that is both powerful and intuitive.

Our Director of Product, Michael Luchen, explains the important role you will play within our Product team. Watch this video!

You’ll be working asynchronously with a bright, dedicated team from across the globe, with a strong focus on taking complex problems and creating solutions that feel simple and intuitive for our customers.

What You’ll Be Responsible For

Early on, you’ll start to :

• Define and validate initial success patterns by analyzing Float’s existing customer data to uncover trends that drive effective resource management.
• Design the initial rollout of pattern detection, ensuring it delivers measurable impact and meaningful insights for our customers.
• Collaborate with design to seamlessly integrate recommendations into core scheduling workflows, enhancing usability without adding complexity.
• Develop a framework for measuring pattern confidence and assessing the effectiveness of recommendations to ensure they drive real value.
• Work closely with platform teams to establish scalable foundations for pattern detection, enabling future innovation and expansion of intelligent optimization capabilities.

Once you are a bit more settled, we expect that you will jump into the following projects :

What You’ll Need To Be Successful

We want you to love your work and believe that these skills will allow you to succeed in the role. Applying these skills requires :

As a fully remote team, we’re looking for someone comfortable with asynchronous communication as the default, which means you have previous remote experience and are comfortable using tools like Slack, Loom, and Linear to communicate as needed. Don’t worry—you will have significant deep work time since we have very few meetings .

Why Join Us

Pay for this role is US $129,200 (Level 2). Here’s a blog post with more information on how we determine our salaries.

We’re a global async remote company with a diverse team of people from all over the world who share a common belief in living our best work life . We believe deeply in the idea of transparency and share our Float Handbook publicly so potential new team members can see first hand our perks & benefits as well as our ways of working . If you feel like you can thrive at Float to do your best work, we would love to hear from you.

Hiring Process For This Role

You’ll find a lot of useful information about our interview process and what it’s like to join our global team on the Float careers page . The hiring process for this role looks like this :

Initial First Meet (20 min) : You'll meet with Ashley, Talent Coordinator, to discuss your interest in the role and review your questions about working at Float.

Manager Interview (45 min) : You’ll meet with Michael Luchen, Director of Product, to discuss how you’ll add value to the product team and your goals for this role.

Co-Worker Interview (30 min) : You’ll meet with Jill, Product Designer, and Omar, Senior Application Engineer, to dive deeper into your skills and experience.

Founder Interview (30 min) : You’ll meet with Glenn, Float’s CEO, to get to know you and see if you have potential to be a great addition to the team.

Note : Industry research shows that women and those in traditionally underrepresented groups generally don’t apply to jobs unless they check all the boxes for the role. If you feel strongly that you have what it takes for this role but don’t check 100% of the boxes—that’s okay—we encourage you to apply anyway and highlight what you can bring to the table.