Product Manager - Multiple Levels

About Faire

Faire is a technology-driven wholesale platform focused on empowering local businesses. It connects independent retailers worldwide with unique products from global brands by leveraging technology, data, and machine learning. Our goal is to level the playing field so local entrepreneurs and their communities can flourish.

Role Overview

We seek Product Managers who act as a central point connecting design, engineering, data science, strategy, and go-to-market teams. Collaborating closely with leadership and cross-functional partners, you will help steer key decisions to advance Faire’s mission. You will oversee a significant portion of the product roadmap, gain deep customer insight, and drive execution aimed at tangible impact.

Core Product Pillars

• Retailer Growth: Enhance retailer success by increasing acquisition, activation, retention, and marketplace engagement.
• Brand: Support supply-side growth by acquiring brands, creating business tools for them, and ensuring quality in the marketplace.
• Discovery: Improve shopping experience through search, recommendations, ads, and product exploration balancing marketplace needs.
• Value: Develop programs reducing sourcing costs and friction such as discounts, financing options, fulfillment networks, and inventory workflows.
• Ads: Build advertising solutions that empower brands to grow wholesale exposure and deliver relevant products to retailers.

Key Responsibilities

• Define multi-year vision and roadmap for your product area, prioritizing development to achieve goals.
• Be accountable for product goals and outcomes that foster marketplace growth.
• Manage the unit economics to ensure growth and profitability of your product.
• Collaborate extensively across design, data science, strategy, go-to-market, operations, and engineering, guiding cross-functional initiatives without direct authority.
• Effectively communicate complex concepts to diverse audiences including engineering teams and senior executives.

Qualifications Across Levels

• Minimum 4 years of product management experience (increasing with seniority), demonstrating ownership of complex, cross-functional projects.
• Ability to combine strategic insight with hands-on execution from vision setting to detailed requirement writing and team enablement.
• Strong analytical skills to identify key metrics, evaluate opportunities, and leverage data for decision-making.
• Deep understanding of customer needs with excellent design sensibility to craft engaging, trustworthy user experiences.
• Structured problem-solving capability to dissect ambiguous challenges into actionable hypotheses and root causes.
• Proven track record influencing cross-functional teams and aligning diverse stakeholders to maintain progress.
• Experience communicating effectively at executive levels with clarity and persuasiveness.
• Proficiency in using AI tools for accelerated problem solving, prototyping, and informed decision-making.
• Marketplace experience is highly desirable, especially understanding two-sided dynamics and balancing competing objectives.

Available Levels

We hire generalist Product Managers for several levels, with exact role assignment based on experience and current needs:

• Senior Product Manager: 4+ years of experience.
• Staff Product Manager: 7+ years of experience.
• Principal Product Manager: 10+ years of experience.

Compensation

Salary varies by role and location. For Toronto:

• Senior PM: CAD 148,000 - 203,500
• Staff PM: CAD 184,000 - 253,000
• Principal PM: CAD 212,000 - 291,500

Equity and benefits are also included. Final compensation depends on skills, experience, market demand, and primary work location.

Work Arrangement

Hybrid employees typically attend office three days per week on fixed and flexible days, with occasional remote weeks allowed annually. Some roles may require full-time onsite presence.

Why Join Faire

• Opportunity to address impactful global challenges with autonomy and clear outcome visibility.
• Access to the latest AI technologies and tools to enhance productivity.
• Collaborate with highly skilled, supportive teammates focused on craft and growth.
• Receive competitive pay, equity, and comprehensive benefits supporting work-life balance.
• Work within an inclusive environment fostering equitable access to development and success.

Equal Opportunity & Accessibility

Faire is committed to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of personal characteristics and offers accommodations during recruitment to support candidates with disabilities.