Product Manager, Growth & Partnerships

Parallelz

$90K — $120K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in gaming or mobile ad tech with a focus on partnerships and product management.
  • Proven ability to close deals and translate partner needs into actionable product specs.
  • Strong judgment in prioritization and delivery within small engineering teams.
  • Expertise in AI tools and workflows to enhance productivity and outcomes.
  • Solid quantitative skills and proficiency in first-principles thinking for problem-solving.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, particularly in industry contexts.
  • Ability to thrive in the dynamic and ambiguous environment of an early-stage startup.

Responsibilities

  • Own the partner lifecycle from initial conversations to pilot launches and expansion.
  • Translate customer insights into product requirements in collaboration with engineering.
  • Utilize AI-first systems to enhance partner outreach and customer development.
  • Collaborate with leadership to create a repeatable acquisition and partnership strategy.
  • Establish operational foundations including sales pipelines and conversion analytics.
  • Act as the internal voice of the customer, integrating market insights into the product roadmap.
  • Lead outward marketing efforts, including content creation and representation at events.

Benefits

  • Group Retirement Savings Plan with company matching.
  • Comprehensive health benefits package including dental and vision.
  • Generous time off policies to promote work-life balance.
  • Access to cutting-edge AI tools and platforms for professional growth.
Full Job Description
About the Role

Parallelz is hiring a Product Manager, Growth & Partnerships to help shape how our platform reaches the developers, publishers, and partners defining the next era of mobile gaming. This is a hybrid product and commercial role that sits at the intersection of the customer, the platform, and the roadmap, and works directly with the leadership team to convert market signals into product clarity and commercial momentum.

You will own pilots end to end: framing the opportunity with a partner, scoping the solution with engineering, and carrying the resulting insight back into the product. You will also be a core practitioner of AI-native ways of working, using AI and agentic systems to expand the surface area of research, outreach, customer development, and product execution well beyond what a traditional PM could cover alone.

What You'll Do
  • Own the partner lifecycle end to end, from first conversation through signed pilot, launch, and early expansion, with developers, publishers, and platform partners across the mobile ecosystem
  • Translate customer insight into product, working closely with engineering to scope pilots, write clear requirements, and ship the capabilities our partners need
  • Deploy AI-first systems across outbound, research, customer development, and operations to consistently surface the right partners and run a deeper motion than a traditional commercial team could
  • Partner with the CEO and the broader leadership team to build a repeatable acquisition and partnership playbook, including positioning, segmentation, and pricing
  • Establish the operational foundation of the commercial motion, including pipeline visibility, conversion analytics, partner reporting, and the dashboards that tell us what is working
  • Serve as the internal voice of the customer, feeding structured market insight and revenue-backed feature requests into the product roadmap
  • Lead outward marketing and category presence, including AI-augmented content, positioning narratives, and representing Parallelz at industry events and conferences

Requirements
Must-Haves
  • Experience in gaming, mobile ad tech, or mobile platform and infrastructure, in a role where you have owned partnerships, pilots, or product with external customers
  • A demonstrated ability to both close partners and translate their needs into product specifications that engineering can execute against
  • Strong product instincts and the judgement to scope, prioritize, and drive delivery alongside a small engineering team
  • Fluency with AI tools and agentic workflows, and a track record of using them to meaningfully expand what you are able to deliver
  • Strong quantitative skills and first-principles thinking
  • Sharp written and verbal communication, with credibility in front of senior developers, publishers, and partners
  • Comfort with the ambiguity, pace, and ownership of an early-stage startup environment
Nice-to-Haves
  • Existing relationships with decision makers at mobile game studios, publishers, or platforms
  • Experience as an early product or commercial hire at a startup, where you built the playbook rather than inherited one
  • Technical familiarity with the mobile or web gaming ecosystem

Benefits
  • Group Retirement Savings Plan matching and participation
  • Comprehensive benefits package (health, dental, vision), including Health and Wellness spending account
  • Generous time off policies
  • Access to leading AI tools and platforms

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