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Head of Product

As the Head of Product at Athlete To Athlete, you will be the strategic and functional leader driving the next generation of our youth sports mentorship platform. You will own the full product lifecyclefrom vision and strategy to execution and continuous improvement, while working hands-on as the first in-house product manager, collaborating closely with founders, engineering, design, marketing, and operations to shape the future of the company. This role requires exceptional product intuition, strong execution, and the ability to balance the responsibilities of the product lead, and being an individual contributor as the first in-house PM at an early stage startup. It is an exceptional opportunity for an ambitious and versatile product manager and leader. This is an On-Site role based in Santa Monica.

Responsibilities

• Product Strategy : Define a clear product vision and multi-quarter roadmap aligned to business goals and marketplace dynamics.
• Translate company strategy into actionable product priorities that drive measurable outcomes.
• Identify long-term opportunities and build the product foundation that will scale with the business.
• Execution : Act as the first full time product manager : own user research, requirements, specs, acceptance criteria, and launch processes.
• Collaborate with engineering and design to ship high-quality features with speed and precision.
• Manage cross-functional communication, ensuring all teams understand priorities, timelines, and responsibilities.
• Maintain a high-quality backlog and deliver frequent, meaningful releases.
• Process-Oriented Leadership : Implement lean, startup-friendly processes that enable rapid iteration and data-informed decision making.
• Establish systems for planning, testing, learning, and improving without creating excess overhead.
• Design and optimize operating processes across product and engineering to increase velocity and quality.
• Background Fit : Bring strong experience in consumer products, ideally within high-growth startups.
• Experience working in or with a two-sided marketplace is highly preferred.
• Understand how to build products for youth, parents, or education-oriented user groups (bonus).
• Have previously helped a product & engineering team grow from early-stage to scale.
• User Empathy : Deeply understand the needs and motivations of all four user groups : Parents, Students, College Athlete Mentors, and A2A internal teams.
• Conduct ongoing user interviews, shadow sessions, feedback loops, and research to validate hypotheses.
• Turn qualitative and quantitative insights into high-impact product decisions.
• Team Fit : Bring a collaborative, ownership-driven mindset that elevates the entire company.
• Inspire confidence with strong communication, clarity of thought, and the ability to rally teams around priorities.
• Opportunity to guide junior PMs over time as the team grows.

Requirements

Nice to Have

$165,000 - $195,000 a year

Athlete to Athlete is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran or disability status.

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