Senior Product Manager, Payors

Job Description:

• Drive the end-to-end strategy and execution for payer vertical initiatives
• Partner with Business Development and payer stakeholders to understand partner needs, pain points, and opportunities, translating them into product requirements and priorities
• Collaborate across product squads to inform related roadmaps and align payer-facing products with Octave’s broader platform strategy
• Define and maintain a prioritized roadmap balancing near-term delivery with long-term scalability and efficiency
• Lead discovery and validation efforts grounded in data, user insights, and business impact
• Develop and communicate business cases for product investments, including expected ROI and enterprise-strategy alignment
• Drive cross-functional execution with Engineering, Design, Operations, and Client Success
• Analyze product performance and client feedback; run experiments and iterate based on data
• Represent the payer partner’s voice throughout the product lifecycle
• Foster communication and collaboration across teams toward goals

Requirements:

• Proficiency with rapid hypothesis-driven experimentation and analysis
• Operational mindset
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across technical and non-technical audiences
• Analytical and data-informed approach to decision-making, with comfort presenting ROI and financial impact
• Passion for Octave’s mission to expand access to high-quality mental health care
• Comfort working in fast-paced and dynamic startup environment
• Comfort collaborating with a distributed team
• 5+ years of experience in Product Management, ideally in a B2B or enterprise SaaS environment
• Proven success leading complex, cross-functional initiatives with measurable business or financial outcomes
• Strong client-facing experience, with the ability to translate business needs and feedback into product strategy
• Demonstrated ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution
• Experience collaborating across distributed teams and dynamic environments
• Must be eligible to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future
• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• Must be able to frequently communicate with others through virtual meeting applications such as Zoom and Google Meet
• Must be able to observe and communicate information on company provided laptop
• Move up to 10 pounds on occasion

Benefits:

• Equity in the form of stock options
• Company sponsored life insurance
• Disability and AD&D plans
• 401k retirement plan
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• FSA
• HSA
• Dependent care options
• Commuter/parking options
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Paid parental leave benefits