Associate Product Manager (Parental Leave Coverage)

This role is open to CANADA based candidates only at this time.

Liferaft is seeking an Associate Product Manager to join our Product team for the duration of a parental leave cover. This role is expected to last 3-4 months, with the possibility of becoming permanent if budget allows. This role is tactical in nature, supporting the successful delivery of feature improvements, cross-functional communication, and industry-informed product development.

You will work closely with Product Managers, Senior Product Managers, Engineering, and Go-To-Market (GTM) teams to ensure features are prioritized, releases are coordinated, and customer needs are understood and documented.

This is a great opportunity for someone passionate about product management and eager to build their skills in a high-growth, impact-driven environment.

The Associate Product Manager will report directly to the VP, Product.

Key Responsibilities

• Prioritize and Maintain the Feature Backlog: Ensure that tickets are refined, prioritized, and aligned with product objectives and timelines.
  
• Facilitate Cross-Team Coordination: Serve as the liaison between Engineering and GTM teams to support smooth feature releases and communications.
  
• Support Concept Ideation: Collaborate with Product Managers and Senior Product Managers during early-stage ideation and concept development.
  
• Assist with Customer Discovery: Participate in customer interviews, note-taking, and preparing structured discovery documentation.
  
• Document Customer Insights: Maintain clear, organized, and actionable records of customer feedback and discovery sessions.
  
• Monitor Industry Trends: Research and report on trends, competitive movements, and emerging opportunities to inform product strategy.
  

Expected Outcomes

• Feature Backlog Management:
  Backlog is consistently well-organized, with tickets clearly prioritized and ready for engineering sprints. PMs/Sr PMs can rely on the backlog being “sprint ready” at all times.
• Cross-Functional Coordination:
  Engineering and GTM teams are well-informed of upcoming releases, and feedback loops are efficiently managed during launch cycles.
• Customer Discovery Support:
  High-quality customer discovery notes and structured documentation are produced consistently, contributing directly to product decision-making and new feature ideation.
• Concept Development Contribution:
  Provides early input and research support during concept ideation sessions, enabling faster validation or rejection of ideas.
• Industry Trend Reporting:
  Delivers regular, insightful trend reports that highlight competitive moves, new technologies, and potential threats or opportunities relevant to LifeRaft’s product roadmap.
• Process Improvements:
  Identifies and suggests improvements for product processes, including backlog management, documentation practices, or communication flows, resulting in greater team efficiency.

What You Need to Get the Job Done:

• 1–2 years of experience in a Product Management, Product Analyst, or equivalent tactical product support role.
  
• Strong organizational and communication skills — able to coordinate across multiple stakeholders.
  
• Familiarity with Agile development processes and backlog management tools (e.g., Jira, ProdPad, Trello).
  
• Basic understanding of product discovery techniques (user interviews, customer journey mapping, etc.).
  
• Detail-oriented, with strong documentation and note-taking skills.
  
• Curious mindset with a passion for learning about customers and emerging trends.
  
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment

Why Liferaft?

We pride ourselves on our innovative spirit and determination to help solve new challenges developed by the complexities of open source data. LifeRaft provides a threat intelligence and investigations platform, Navigator, to corporate security teams around the world, including some of the biggest brands you've probably referenced today! Navigator is designed to identify, track, and validate issues from open source channels (surface, deep web, and darknet) related to executive safety, fraud prevention, and asset & infrastructure protection. Our technology is helping keep these companies, their people, and their operations safe – making a real impact in the world we all live in.

The diversity of our team is integral to our success. We are a team of passionate and supportive individuals and pride ourselves in fostering a collaborative, innovative, and fun culture. 

We offer our team:

• Competitive compensation plan & benefits
• Investment in personal and professional growth
• Remote work/office space with flexible hours
• Flexible time off – Take a minimum of 15 days/year with no cap beyond!
• $750 Yearly Lifestyle Subsidy
• Diversity & Inclusion Committee
• Authentic, engaged team, who value work life balance

We’re building a company future generations can be proud of. Diversity at Liferaft  means fostering a workplace in which individual differences are recognized, appreciated, respected and responded to in ways that fully develop and utilize each person's talents and strengths. We welcome all qualified applicants regardless of race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, genetic characteristics, disability, or any other protected characteristic.