Product Manager

Location: Chicago preferred. Remote candidates will be considered if they are strong and willing to travel periodically.

Reports to: GM, Commerce

Youth Inc. is a venture-backed e-commerce marketplace and digital media network focused exclusively on youth and high school sports. We are a technology-forward commerce platform for fan merchandise, team uniforms, and equipment alongside a media business that helps the 65M U.S. families navigating the daily opportunities and challenges of youth sports. Our team is comprised of seasoned executives from leading e-commerce brands and prominent media and technology institutions.

We're committed to setting new industry standards and transforming the way youth sports communities engage, shop, and thrive in a rapidly growing $40B market.

We are looking for a Product Manager who thrives in 0→1 environments and takes accountability for turning ideas into outcomes. As Youth Inc.’s first dedicated Product Manager, you will operate across strategy and execution, owning product direction, driving prioritization, and ensuring features are shipped with a high bar for quality. Success in this role requires sound judgment, initiative, follow-through, and the ability to navigate partner considerations thoughtfully while balancing internal priorities.

• Strategy & Execution:
  Own roadmaps for our front-end website product and integrations with strategic partners. Prioritize the highest impact projects, build structured plans for complex problems, and ensure day-to-day execution stays on track. Coordinate across commerce and engineering to ensure engineering has clear requirements, business context, and acceptance criteria.
• Conversion Optimization:
  Work with the VP/GM of Commerce to identify and prioritize conversion improvements across the full purchase funnel. Define success metrics, track performance post-launch, and iterate.
• Customer Insights:
  Develop a deep understanding of our customer journey; identify product solutions to user needs and friction points
• Product Health:
  Leverage data, customer feedback, and hands-on testing to ensure our products maintain a high bar for quality and reliability.
• AI Tools as a Force Multiplier:
  We expect everyone on the product and engineering team to actively use AI tools for research, spec writing, data analysis, and workflow acceleration. You should already be comfortable with this.

• Customer-focused:
  Attentive to the end-to-end customer experience; able to identify issues and get them fixed.
• Business Acumen:
  Demonstrated ability to evaluate business impact and make informed product tradeoffs.
• Technical Foundation:
  Have a foundational understanding of web and e-commerce technologies, and leverage that knowledge to collaborate effectively with technology teams and ensure the product roadmap decisions are made with an eye toward execution realities.
• Analytical:
  Strong problem-solving skills and proficiency in Excel/Google Sheets required; experience with data visualization/reporting tools and SQL preferred
• Communication:
  Strong communicator able to articulate product vision and direction to leadership and stakeholders.
• Experience:
  
  5+ years of product management experience in e-commerce or other digital consumer products.
• Education:
  
  Bachelor’s degree or higher in a technical or business field, or equivalent experience.
• Bonus:
  Passion for sports, especially youth and high school athletics.

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome candidates from all backgrounds.

To apply, please send your resume to msiedlecki