Senior Product Manager​/Founding Product Lead

BBQ United is building the global platform for barbecue culture — combining membership, structured directories (restaurants, teams, events), live competitions, rankings, user-generated content, and commerce into a scalable consumer ecosystem.

This is not a marketing website. This is a content-heavy, subscription-driven B2C product designed for long-term scale.

We are seeking a Senior Product Manager / Founding Product Lead to take ownership of product clarity, prioritization, and execution — turning vision into measurable outcomes.

This is a founding-level product role.

You will:

• Own the product roadmap and sequencing
• Translate business objectives into structured execution plans
• Lead sprint planning and backlog prioritization
• Partner closely with engineering and UX/UI
• Drive conversion, retention, and engagement strategy
• Create product discipline and decision clarity
• Remove day-to-day product management burden from the founders

This is a hands-on role. You will write PRDs, define user flows, run sprints, manage tradeoffs, and ensure what we build directly supports growth and revenue.

BBQ World Cup is developing a structured, subscription-powered ecosystem that includes:

• Membership tiers and paid access
• Structured entities (Restaurants, Teams, Events, Rankings, Sanctioning Bodies)
• SEO-indexed programmatic pages at scale
• User-generated content and moderation
• Subscription and entitlement enforcement
• A scalable infrastructure foundation

This role requires someone who understands both growth-stage product strategy and execution-level detail.

• Define and evolve the roadmap aligned with company goals
• Sequence MVP vs long-term platform architecture
• Identify high-leverage releases that drive measurable results

• Write structured PRDs and acceptance criteria
• Run sprint planning and backlog grooming
• Unblock engineering and maintain shipping cadence
• Ensure UX and product logic remain cohesive

• Own funnel instrumentation and analytics
• Improve paid membership conversion
• Define and monitor KPIs
• Structure scalable entity relationships
• Support SEO-driven product growth
• Align taxonomy and data governance

• 8+ years in product management
• Built or scaled B2C subscription products
• Experience with content-heavy or marketplace-style platforms
• Strong experimentation and conversion mindset
• Experience directly managing engineering execution
• Comfortable working with React-based frontends and API-driven backends

• Contract engagement to start
• Minimum commitment of 3–6 months
• Expected availability aligned with U.S. business hours
• Compensation: $25–$40 per hour (USD) based on experience
• Strong performance may evolve into a long-term or full-time leadership role

We are looking for someone who wants to help shape and build a scalable platform — not just manage tickets.

Please include brief responses to the following:

• What B2C subscription product have you owned end-to-end? What KPIs were you directly accountable for?
• Describe a measurable conversion improvement you personally drove. What was the lift?
• Have you led a content-heavy or marketplace-style platform? How did you prevent data or content sprawl?
• How do you prioritize what not to build in early-stage products?
• What would your 30/60/90-day plan look like in this role?