Senior Project Manager

The Woobles is a fun, quirky brand with a lean team. We’re looking for a Senior Project Manager with experience in product development with strong technical skills involving Airtable, Smartsheets, and Zapier.

The Woobles exists to show people it's never too late to learn a new skill.  We teach complete beginners how to crochet by combining a physical kit with emerging ed-tech tools. 

Our work is meaningful. Many of our customers turn to The Woobles to spark joy in their and their loved ones’ lives. Since 2020, we’ve successfully helped 500,000+ people experience fiero - the feeling you get when you accomplish something you once thought was impossible.

We’re a healthy business. We have no investors and with that, comes freedom. Freedom to make choices that are best for our customers, employees, and business. 

We’re an unusually small team for our revenue, and we plan on keeping it that way. We're all about getting the job done with as little busy-work and meetings as possible. Our team is fully remote, spanning Wisconsin to China. So while we do a lot of our work asynchronously, we also know how to have a good time virtually anywhere ;)

We’re on a rocket ship. We’ve seen unbelievable growth in our 3 years in business. Every day is a busy day, and the fast pace excites us. We’ve got ambitious goals to 1) make better products that make a significant impact on how millions of people see themselves, and 2) build a lasting brand that people more than love – that they obsess over.

You’re an all-around good human being. Life is short, and you want to be around people you like. You’re kind, honest, and trustworthy. You want to work every day with positive, direct people who make you and your day better. No big egos allowed.

You value autonomy. You do your best when you’re given lots of responsibility and independence. You thrive in ambiguity and enjoy making decisions. Lots of them. When you run into problems, you have the resourcefulness to solve it on your own, and the self-awareness to know when you need help. You’re comfortable working remotely.

You care deeply about doing great work. You’ll do whatever it takes to get things done. But you don’t just settle at that. You’re always looking for ways to break your own records the next time around. Your teammates know they can always count on you, just like you can count on them. 

You eat feedback for breakfast. You’re always looking for ways to improve (yourself, the process, the product, you name it), so you give and take feedback with equal grace.

You’ve got a sense of humor. Because have you seen what we make? You’re an emoji connoisseur and appreciate the art of well-timed GIFs. You want to work somewhere where a sentence like this is 100% relevant: “There’s 3 dinos on this one but I think it’s OK because one is riding a turtle.”

You’ll maintain and improve our complex, interconnected project management system of Airtable, Google Drive, Smartsheets, and Zapier. The Woobles project management system uses Airtable as a pseudo-database, Google Drive as a repository, and Smartsheets for task management. There are more than 50 automations that automate as much of the work as possible and your job is to not only maintain but also improve and iterate on this technology stack. You should have a high-level knowledge of database concepts and experience with advanced spreadsheet formulas.

You’ll own the relationship between various licensors. Each licensor has different processes, approval systems, and preferences when it comes to working with The Woobles. You’ll be in charge of making sure each licensor relationship is strong and productive through including, but not limited to bi-weekly syncs, working within their product approval systems, and keeping them proactively informed of timelines and blockers.

You’re comfortable with telling people no. In a fast-moving company, priorities change quickly, and it's your job to protect project timelines and resources. You’re able to diplomatically say “no” when necessary, sometimes to the founders of the company or licensors, and can on-the-spot problem solve to offer alternative solutions or livable workarounds.

You thrive when given autonomy in a fast-paced environment. From day one, you’ll take on critical tasks to ensure that projects stay on track and run smoothly. By Month 3, you'll have the skills and experience to manage non-licensed projects from start to finish. By Month 6, you'll have taken on 100% of the project management workload at The Woobles. You embrace ambiguity, can prioritize an ever-growing list of initiatives, and consistently deliver results in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Submit your resume and Loom video (see details below) to [email protected] with the subject line: “APPLICATION: Senior Project Manager”. 

In a Loom video, tell us your preferred method for tracking project dependencies and alerting dependents when their task becomes unblocked.