Sr. Product Manager, Feed - job 1 of 2

About Handshake

Handshake is building the career network for the AI economy, backed by the largest and most trusted job network on the internet. As the only three-sided job marketplace connecting 18 million knowledge workers, 1,500 educational institutions, and 1 million employers, Handshake powers career discovery, hiring, and upskilling—from first internships to full-time roles, freelance work to gig work, and beyond.

Founded in 2014, we’ve built the most trusted platform for early talent—owning the college-to-career market and powering nearly every career center. Today we’re building on that foundation to help students and early professionals upskill or reskill for the future.

Now’s a great time to join Handshake. Here’s why:

• Category Leader: Over 92% coverage across US universities & 77% of total US university student population.
• Proven Market Demand: Deep employer partnerships across Fortune 500s and the world’s leading AI research labs.
• World-Class Team: Leadership from Scale AI, Open AI, xAI, Notion, Coinbase, and Palantir, just to name a few.
• Capitalized & Scaling: $434M raised with a $175M+ run rate.

About the Role

As the Senior Product Manager, Feed, you’ll lead the strategy to turn our Feed into a vibrant, personalized destination that helps students grow their careers every time they open the app. You’ll help students stay in the loop, feel seen, and take action — not just when they’re job searching, but every day in between.

This is a rare opportunity to own a high-visibility product surface with massive potential, and help millions of students discover what’s possible for their future.

• Shape the Vision. Define a bold and differentiated product strategy for the Feed that ladders up into our Content & Community vision and company goals.
• Lead the Way. Inspire your cross-functional team and represent your product area to senior leadership. You'll translate high-level strategy into a focused roadmap that delivers results.
• Drive Impact. Set clear, measurable goals — and ensure the team is relentlessly driving toward them.
• Plan & Prioritize. Own the roadmap and collaborate across engineering, design, data, and marketing. You’ll also influence adjacent teams (e.g., Career Events, Employer Paid Products) to ensure alignment and amplify impact.
• Champion the User. You’ll bring deep insight into the student experience — through user research, experimentation, and data — and use it to shape every product decision.

Desired Capabilities

• You’re a customer-obsessed product leader with a track record of building lovable consumer products.
• You’ve launched and scaled a social or content-based product with over 1M+ MAUs — and ideally know what it takes to build retention into a daily feed.
• You think in systems and design products that create strong network effects.
• You bring data savvy — using qualitative and quantitative insights to shape strategy, optimize UX, and measure success.
• You understand marketplace dynamics and know how to design with multiple audiences in mind.

Extra Credit

• Experience launching zero-to-one products in a consumer social or community space.
• Experience managing large-scale consumer platforms with 10M+ users.

Perks

Handshake delivers benefits that help you feel supported—and thrive at work and in life.

The below benefits are for full-time US employees.

🎯 Ownership: Equity in a fast-growing company

💰 Financial Wellness: 401(k) match, competitive compensation, financial coaching

🍼 Family Support: Paid parental leave, fertility benefits, parental coaching

💝 Wellbeing: Medical, dental, and vision, mental health support, $500 wellness stipend

📚 Growth: $2,000 learning stipend, ongoing development

💻 Remote & Office: Stipends for home office setup, internet, commuting, and free lunch/gym in our SF office

🏝 Time Off: Flexible PTO, 15 holidays + 2 flex days, winter #ShakeBreak where our whole office closes for a week!

🤝 Connection: Team outings & referral bonuses

Explore our mission, values, and comprehensive US benefits at joinhandshake.com/careers.