Contract to start, with opportunity for full-time

New York or Remote (EST preferred)

Contract rate: $80–$125/hr | Full-time base salary: $85,000–$125,000 (base)

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We are hiring a Creative Product Manager to help shape, guide, and deliver digital products and brand experiences for early-stage companies.

At Little Plains, creative work succeeds or fails based on the quality of decisions made early and often. This role exists to hold context, create clarity, and help teams move forward with confidence.

You are not here to manage tasks from a distance. You are embedded in the work, responsible for helping teams make good decisions across product, design, strategy, and technology.

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Why This Role Exists

Creative work breaks down when decisions are delayed, unclear, or disconnected from reality.

Early-stage teams are operating under real constraints. Time, budget, technical complexity, and shifting goals all collide at once. Someone still needs to decide what to build, in what order, and when something is ready to ship. This role is where that judgment lives.

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About Little Plains

Little Plains is a modern brand and product studio. We work primarily with early-stage companies, often from pre-launch through Series A, at moments where clarity, speed, and conviction matter most. Our partners are founders and small senior teams building new products, categories, and narratives under real constraints.

We operate as an embedded creative partner rather than a traditional digital agency, building brand, product, and go-to-market work into cohesive systems that can scale as companies grow. Our work spans healthcare, biotech, SaaS, and consumer products.

Creative Product Managers work side by side with designers, strategists, creative direction, and developers throughout the process.

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What You Will Do

Day to day, you will:

• Own the shape and delivery of creative products and digital experiences from early framing through launch
• Help define scope, priorities, and sequencing in partnership with creative and studio leadership
• Translate client input, constraints, and feedback into clear options and recommendations
• Bring a strong point of view to discussions around UX, structure, content, and systems without owning creative execution
• Work closely with designers and developers to ensure ideas are feasible, coherent, and grounded in reality
• Identify risks, gaps, and misalignment early and help teams course-correct
• Ensure work is complete, accurate, and ready to ship before it reaches clients
• Communicate clearly with founders and internal teams so decisions stick
• Use AI tools to synthesize client input, accelerate documentation, and keep project context organized across fast-moving sprints

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How We Work

Progress is shared through live artifacts, working systems, and clear decisions. Planning happens close to the work, not removed from it.

AI-informed tools are used daily to explore options, reduce busywork, and pressure-test ideas earlier. They support speed and clarity. The judgment about what to actually do stays on you.

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The Bar for Judgment

This role requires strong product instincts, clear communication, and confidence making tradeoffs. You are not responsible for creative execution, but you are responsible for helping teams make and hold decisions.

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What We're Looking For

• 3–5 years of experience in creative project management, product management, or similar roles
• Experience working on website, digital product, or brand system projects
• Comfort holding context across design, strategy, and development
• Strong judgment and confidence making tradeoffs
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and help others move forward
• Clear communicator with strong follow-through
• High emotional intelligence and awareness of team dynamics
• Comfort working in AI-informed workflows without outsourcing judgment
• Preference for candidates in New York or the Eastern Time Zone

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Benefits (Full-Time)

• Quarterly profit share tied to studio performance
• Equity participation for long-term team members
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance (50% employer-covered)
• 15 days PTO (Year 1, increases by 2 days/year)
• Parental leave: 12 weeks (birth parent), 6 weeks (non-birth parent) at full pay
• Prenatal leave: 20 hours paid per year
• $1,000/year craft and tools stipend
• $200/month coworking stipend

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What to Submit

• Resume or LinkedIn profile
• A short note describing the kinds of product or creative problems you want to work on
• Optional examples of projects where you helped shape decisions, not just delivery

If you want to help teams make better decisions and ship better work, we should talk.

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Equal Opportunity & Fair Chance

Little Plains is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, including the New York State and New York City Human Rights Laws.

In accordance with the NYC Fair Chance Act, we consider applicants with criminal histories. Any background check will occur only after a conditional offer of employment has been made.

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Apply Now

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Thank You.‍

We appreciate your consideration. We will do our best to view every submission carefully, and in a timely manner. Please allow a few business days for us to get back to your submission, and we look forward to hopefully talking more.‍

Cheers,
Little Plains