Senior Product Manager (Volunteer)

Senior Product Manager (Volunteer)

Company: Havora

Engagement: Volunteer | 6-Month Contract

Commitment: 10–15 Hours Per Week

Work Arrangement: Fully Remote

Experience: Minimum 5 Years of Professional Product Management Experience

About Havora

Havora is a technology-driven relationship platform reimagining how people build meaningful, intentional, and long-term relationships.

We are building a platform that moves beyond traditional swipe-based dating by using compatibility assessments, shared values, relationship goals, and curated introductions to facilitate more meaningful connections.

We have completed our product prototyping phase and are actively developing our MVP. As we move towards product completion and launch, we are looking for an experienced Senior Product Manager to bring structure, strategic direction, and strong execution to our product organisation.

The Role

We are looking for an experienced, strategic, and hands-on Senior Product Manager who has a proven track record of building and delivering digital products.

This is not a role for someone who only understands product management theoretically. We need someone with genuine industry experience who has taken products from discovery through development and delivery, understands how to make difficult product decisions, and can translate business objectives and customer needs into products that solve real problems.

You will lead Havora’s product team, establish effective product processes, work closely with engineering, design, and marketing, and take ownership of moving Havora from its current MVP development stage towards a successful product launch.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and provide direction to Havora’s product team, establishing clear ownership, accountability, and execution standards.

• Develop and maintain the product roadmap, prioritisation framework, and release plans.

• Translate business objectives, customer feedback, and market insights into clear product requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.

• Lead product discovery, user research, competitor analysis, and market validation.

• Work closely with designers to ensure product experiences align with user needs and business objectives.

• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure requirements are technically understood, properly scoped, and delivered effectively.

• Lead sprint planning, backlog refinement, prioritisation, and product review sessions.

• Establish structured Agile product management processes and improve the team’s development workflow.

• Identify product gaps, challenge assumptions, and propose innovative solutions.

• Work with the marketing team on product positioning, launch readiness, and go-to-market coordination.

• Monitor product performance, define relevant KPIs, and use data and feedback to guide product decisions.

• Identify bottlenecks, manage dependencies, communicate risks, and ensure product milestones remain on track.

• Take ownership of the overall product development process, from MVP completion through launch and continuous improvement.

Required Experience and Skills

• Minimum 5 years of actual professional Product Management experience. Internships, academic projects, and training programmes do not count towards this requirement.

• Demonstrable experience building, managing, and delivering digital products.

• Strong understanding of the complete product development lifecycle.

• Excellent product discovery, research, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.

• Proficiency in translating business and customer needs into actionable product requirements.

• Strong experience with Agile methodologies, sprint planning, backlog management, and product prioritisation.

• Proficiency with Jira, Jira Product Discovery, Miro, Whimsical, and Notion.

• Experience with other product management, collaboration, and project management tools.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to manage competing priorities and make informed product decisions.

• Strong leadership, organisation, ownership, and stakeholder management abilities.

Additional Advantages

• Understanding of APIs, backend systems, databases, and general software development concepts.

• Experience working closely with engineering teams on technically complex products.

• Experience taking an MVP from development to market launch.

• Experience in consumer technology, marketplaces, relationship technology, or other customer-facing digital products.

• Experience defining product metrics, analysing user behaviour, and driving product growth.

• Previous experience leading or restructuring a product team in an early-stage startup.

The Kind of Person We Are Looking For

Beyond qualifications, we want someone who:

• Takes ownership and does not wait to be micromanaged.

• Is proactive, resourceful, and comfortable making decisions.

• Can bring structure to an evolving product environment.

• Thinks critically, challenges assumptions, and is not afraid to ask difficult questions.

• Balances customer needs, business objectives, and technical realities.

• Is innovative and capable of identifying opportunities others may overlook.

• Communicates clearly and can influence teams without relying on authority.

• Understands that product management is about outcomes, not just documentation, meetings, and maintaining a backlog.

• Can work with a high level of independence while keeping the team aligned.

• Is genuinely interested in building something meaningful from an early stage.

Commitment and Engagement

This is a volunteer opportunity, and we want to be transparent about the commitment required.

• Contract Duration: 6 months.

• Performance Review: Every 3 months.

• Weekly Commitment: 10–15 hours.

• Work Arrangement: Fully remote.

• Engagement Type: Volunteer (currently unpaid).

We are looking for someone who can genuinely commit the required time and actively contribute to the team.

Please do not apply if your existing work, personal, or professional commitments will prevent you from consistently contributing 10–15 hours per week. We completely understand that everyone’s time is valuable, and we would rather work with someone who can genuinely commit than someone who cannot sustain the required involvement.

What Havora Offers

Havora is currently bootstrapped and founder-funded. While this is an unpaid position at this stage, we are building with a long-term vision.

As the company grows, gains traction, generates revenue, and secures funding, there may be opportunities for paid employment, increased leadership responsibilities, and other long-term incentives, subject to business performance and mutual agreement.

You will also have the opportunity to:

• Lead and shape the product direction of an emerging technology startup.

• Influence important product and business decisions.

• Build and lead a product team.

• Work directly with engineering, design, and marketing professionals.

• Take ownership of a real product with the opportunity to see your decisions translate into a market-ready solution.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should submit:

• An updated CV.

• LinkedIn profile.

• A brief description of digital products they have helped build and deliver.

• Examples of products they have taken from discovery to launch, where possible.

• A brief explanation of why they are interested in joining Havora.

• Confirmation that they can commit 10–15 hours weekly for the six-month engagement.

Application Email: hello@joinhavora.com

Subject: Senior Product Manager – Volunteer Application

We are not simply looking for someone to manage a backlog. We are looking for a product leader who can bring clarity, challenge ideas, build structure, lead people, make sound product decisions, and help turn Havora’s vision into a product people genuinely want to use.

If you have the experience, ownership mindset, and commitment to build something from the ground up, we would like to hear from you.