Wellist: Product Manager
Boston, MA (Hybrid)
At Wellist, we’ve spent the last decade helping people navigate life’s most challenging moments. After building a track record of impact with leading health systems, we have successfully pivoted into the employer market and we are now scaling with large, global employers.
Our platform acts as an activation layer within the HR ecosystem, embedding precision matching capabilities so employees can find the right support at the right time, and employers can maximize the value of their benefit and resource investments.
This is a pivotal moment for Wellist. You’ll be joining a company with a proven product, a strong foundation, and the momentum of high-growth expansion. As our Product Manager, you will own Wellist’s product and technology strategy while building a more technology-enabled operating model that allows us to scale globally with greater quality, consistency, and impact.
You will be a true owner of the product and a close strategic partner to the CEO bringing rigor, judgment, and systems thinking to every decision.
What You’ll Do
Run Day-to-Day Product Execution (75%)
- Lead daily standups with engineering and design.
- Track sprint progress, remove blockers, and manage tradeoffs (scope, timing, quality).
- Clarify requirements and acceptance criteria for developers.
- Write and refine tickets and user stories; prioritize bugs vs. features.
- Conduct rigorous quality control before releases.
- Act as the “voice of the customer” in every decision.
- If technical: provide hands-on coding support as needed.
Guide Product & Technology Strategy (25%)
- Define Wellist’s product and technology roadmap and drive execution of all deliverables.
- Partner closely with the CEO on all major product, data, and technology decisions.
- Make disciplined tradeoffs using clear case math and real constraints (time, capital, people).
- Prioritize work that drives growth, scalability, and measurable economic value for employers while improving outcomes for employees.
- Align engineering, operations, analytics, content, and commercial teams around shared priorities.
- Strategic Focus Areas include:
- Technology for Operations: Modernize and automate the systems that power content operations, concierge support, analytics, and client delivery.
- Consumer Product: Evolve our precision resource matching platform.
What Success Looks Like
First 3 months:
- Establish a high-trust operating model for delivering product and technical commitments.
- Develop a deep understanding of Wellist’s end-to-end business model.
- Validate Wellist’s 2026 product roadmap.
First 6 months:
- Identify, define, and implement technical solutions that accelerate Wellist’s impact.
- Deliver meaningful “quick wins” that improve efficiency and quality.
- Refine a 12–18 month roadmap and align with the CEO on a resourcing plan to execute it.
First 12 months:
- Demonstrably increase value for the company, employers, and employees.
- Put durable systems in place that meaningfully improve quality and scalability
- Build a high-trust technical organization that meets 80%+ of quarterly commitments.
- Align the CEO and Operating Committee on a full product strategy for 2027 and beyond.
What You Bring
- Experience scaling a company from early product/market fit in a profitability-minded, resource-constrained environment.
- 5+ years of product leadership in SaaS, data, or AI-enabled platforms.
- Experience as a solo product leader partnering with cross-functional teams in fast-paced environments.
- Comfort making hard tradeoffs using rigorous “case math” to validate priorities.
- Strong systems thinking across product, operations, and business.
- Proven ability to execute technical deliverables with excellence.
Preferred (not required):
- Experience in HR tech, benefits, healthcare, or employee experience.
- Experience applying AI to operational workflows.
- Technical fluency with Ruby and Rails (coding experience is a plus).
Why Work Here
- Own product and technology at a mission-driven, high-growth company.
- Partner directly with the Founder and Operating Committee.
- Shape Wellist’s employer expansion and AI strategy.
- Competitive compensation, strong benefits, and meaningful impact.
