About Faire

Faire is a technology wholesale platform built on the belief that the future is local. Independent retailers around the globe collectively represent a multi-hundred-billion-dollar wholesale market that has historically been fragmented and offline. At Faire, we're using the power of tech, data, and machine learning to connect this thriving community of entrepreneurs across the globe. Picture your favorite boutique in town we help them discover the best products from around the world to sell in their stores. With the right tools and insights, we believe that we can level the playing field so businesses can grow and local communities can thrive.

Were looking for smart, resourceful and passionate people to join us as we power the shop local movement. If you believe in community, come join ours.

About the Role

We're looking for Product Managers to sit at the nexus of design, engineering, data science, strategy and go-to-market, partnering closely across those functions and with founders and senior leadership to shape decisions that move Faire forward.

Youll own a significant area of the roadmap, deeply understand the customers you build for, and execute with an eye toward impact.

We hire role agnostic, first assessing your fit for Faire through the interview process and then matching you to the role, team and problem space where youll have the greatest impact, based on your experience, skills and interest.

Youll be aligned to one of these pillars:

Retailer Growth focuses on making Faires retailers more successful by acquiring, activating, and retaining more retailers, ultimately driving demand and deeper engagement with the marketplace.

Brand drives Faires supply side acquiring new brands, building tooling to help them run their businesses, partnering with them to maximize their growth and success on Faire, and ensuring quality of the marketplace.

Discovery focuses on the core shopping experience helping retailers find the right products and brands through search, recommendations, ads, and exploration while balancing marketplace dynamics.

Value makes Faire the best place for independent retailers to buy , building programs that take cost and friction out of sourcing inventory: membership discounts, flexible financing, a fulfillment network enabling lower minimums and faster and cheaper shipping, and simpler inventory workflows behind every order.

Ads helps brands succeed on Faire by putting them in control of their growth through paid placement. The team builds effective advertising products that accelerate brands wholesale growth while connecting retailers with relevant products.

What youll do

Own strategy and roadmap for your product area. Set the multi-year direction for how current and future products evolve and build the prioritized roadmap to get there.
Own specific goals and outcomes. You will be responsible for specific product outcomes and goals all designed to drive meaningful growth for the marketplace.
Own the unit economics for your product. Know the levers that drive your product's growth and margin.
Partner deeply across Design, Data Science, Strategy & Analytics, Go-To-Market, Operations and Engineering. Earn trust across functions, lead without authority, and keep complex, multi-stakeholder work moving without losing momentum.
Communicate clearly at every altitude. Translate complex, technical topics for a wide range of audiences, from engineering partners to senior leadership.

What were looking for, across levels:

4+ years of product management experience (years of experience requirements scale with level, see below), with demonstrated ability to own complex, cross-functional products end to end.
Strategic clarity with hands-on execution. You can zoom out and develop a defensible multi-year point of view, then zoom back in to write crisp requirements, drive execution, and unblock your team.
High learning velocity and analytical rigor. You define the metrics that matter, size the opportunity before you commit to it, and use data to drive decisions.
Customer empathy and strong design sense. You deeply understand how retailers and brands run their businesses and what makes them trust a platform like ours. You are skilled at designing thoughtful and delightful experiences that solve customer needs.
Structured problem solving. You break ambiguous problems into clear hypotheses, don't mistake activity for progress, and diagnose root causes rather than escalate.
Cross-functional influence across Design, Engineering, Data Science, Strategy & Analytics, and Go to Market, and a track record of aligning diverse stakeholders while maintaining momentum.
Proven ability to influence at the executive level and to communicate complex topics with clarity and conviction across audiences.
AI fluency. You use AI tools to accelerate problem solving, solution definition, and analysis; you are comfortable getting hands on building prototypes and using AI to accelerate decision-making.
Marketplace experience is a strong plus particularly familiarity with two-sided dynamics and competing customer objectives.

Levels we're hiring for

We hire generalist PMs across the following levels. Your final level and team will be determined through the interview process based on your experience and our current openings.

Senior Product Manager - 4+ years of product management experience

Staff Product Manager - 7+ years of product management experience

Principal Product Manager - 10+ years of product management experience

Salary Range

Senior Product Manager:

San Francisco, CA/New York City, NY: The pay range for this role is $188,000 - 258,500 USD
Toronto, ON: The pay range for this role is $148,000 - 203,500 CAD

Staff Product Manager:

San Francisco, CA/New York City, NY: The pay range for this role is $220,000 - 302,000 USD
Toronto, ON: The pay range for this role is $184,000 - 253,000 CAD

Principal Product Manager

San Francisco, CA/New York City, NY: The pay range for this role is $260,000 - 357,500 USD
Toronto, ON: The pay range for this role is $212,000 - 291,500 CAD

This role will also be eligible for equity and benefits. Actual base pay will be determined based on permissible factors, including transferable skills, work experience, market demand, and primary work location. The base pay range provided is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

Hybrid Faire employees currently go into the office 3 days per week on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and a third flex day of their choosing (Monday, Wednesday, or Friday). Additionally, hybrid in-office roles will have the flexibility to work remotely up to 4 weeks per year. Specific Workplace and Information Technology positions may require onsite attendance 5 days per week as will be indicated in the job posting.

Why youll love working at Faire

Move fast: You'll own meaningful problems that serve customers around the globe with the agency to move fast and see your results clearly.
Equipped to scale: We invest in what matters, including the latest enterprise AI tools, to help you work smarter and get more out of every day.
Best in class: Our team is full of sharp, kind, and generous colleagues who care about their craft and about helping you grow in yours.
Real rewards. Competitive pay, equity, and comprehensive benefits designed to support your life inside and outside of work.
Belonging: We're intentional about building an environment where every Faire employee has equal access to opportunities, growth, and success.

Faire was founded in 2017 by a team of early product and engineering leads from Square. Were backed by some of the top investors in retail and tech including: Y Combinator, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Forerunner Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund, and DST Global. We have headquarters in San Francisco and Kitchener-Waterloo, and a global employee presence across offices in Toronto, London, and New York. To learn more about Faire and our customers, you can read more on our blog.

Faire provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.

Faire is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. Accommodations are available throughout the recruitment process and applicants with a disability may request to be accommodated throughout the recruitment process. We will work with all applicants to accommodate their individual accessibility needs. To request reasonable accommodation, please fill out our Accommodation Request Form (https://bit.ly/faire-form)

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Product Manager - Multiple Levels

Faire Wholesale, Inc.

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