Product Manager, Contributor (CB) Pay & Incentives

About the Role: Scale operates a global marketplace for talent, working with Contributors in over 100 countries. Understand the cost efficiency and quality for different payment structures - pay by hour, pay by task, etc. to ensure pay transparency, fairness and predictability This is a highly cross functional role that will involve working with: Dedicated Eng, design and data science staffing + PMs across the org Growth, Payment operations and delivery operations for each new project launched Support for issues that come up You will: Understand our business, customer experience and ecosystem position Set the product strategy for the Pay team Develop and execute a data-driven, contributor-focused product roadmap through close collaboration with senior leadership, Operations, Data Science, Analytics, Design, and Engineering while balancing business needs. Translate customer and internal-user needs into clear, well-defined functional and technical requirements backed by data analysis and deep understanding of our users Guide and interface closely with data analysts and engineering teams to define scope, review and refine technical capabilities, prioritize projects for release, and define new opportunities. Build long-term instrumentation, monitoring, and evaluation capabilities for product performance, tracking, and to create product insights. Establish business cases and projected return on investment to identify and prioritize opportunities Partner with Finance and Business Leaders to manage the impact on the profitability of the overall business. Ideally, you’d have: 5-8 years of experience in Product Management in the tech industry Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, capable of influencing across technical and non-technical audiences to drive strategic outcomes. Strong business acumen and analytical experience, with demonstrated success in defining emerging or ambiguous user behaviors and driving continuous iteration in high-uncertainty environments. Nice-to-have: Strong understanding of the AI market and willingness to stay at the cutting edge. Deep understanding of modelling workflows, including data labeling, model training, inference, and deployment, with the ability to translate technical concepts into actionable product strategies. Experience building products from the ground up, seeing them through the scaling journey Experienced in building scalable decision systems, partnering cross-functionally with policy, Bachelor’s or advanced degree in a quantitative, engineering, or related discipline, with strong comfort in engaging deeply with technical and data-driven problem spaces. Compensation packages at Scale for eligible roles include base salary, equity, and benefits. 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For pay transparency purposes, the base salary range for this full-time position in the locations of San Francisco, New York, Seattle is: $164,800—$197,760 USD PLEASE NOTE: Our policy requires a 90-day waiting period before reconsidering candidates for the same role. This allows us to ensure a fair and thorough evaluation of all applicants. About Us: At Scale, our mission is to develop reliable AI systems for the world's most important decisions. Our products provide the high-quality data and full-stack technologies that power the world's leading models, and help enterprises and governments build, deploy, and oversee AI applications that deliver real impact. We work closely with industry leaders like Meta, Cisco, DLA Piper, Mayo Clinic, Time Inc., the Government of Qatar, and U.S. government agencies including the Army and Air Force. We are expanding our team to accelerate the development of AI applications. 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