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Associate Product Manager (Contracting/Action Processing)
impact.comSanta Barbara, CA · full time · Entry
$85,000 – $95,000
Listed on impact.com’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.
What this role is
This Associate Product Manager role focuses on building product requirements and features for impact.com's contracting and action processing systems—the core infrastructure that powers how brands define terms, commissions, and contract workflows. You'll ship focused feature slices quickly by writing clear Markdown specs, partnering closely with engineering, and using AI tools to compress cycle time from ambiguous request to delivery-ready requirement.
Our summary, not impact.com’s wording. The full posting is on their site.
What they ask for
Required
- Early-career product experience (internships, APM/PM rotation, or technical background)
- Degree in engineering or computer science or closely related technical field
- Technical orientation and ability to run basic analyses from source data
- Already using AI tools in real work (drafting, research, analysis, prototyping)
- Fast iteration on structured requirements without over-polishing before engineering feedback
- Experience writing structured requirements in Markdown with comfort working near codebases or GitHub
- Clear written and verbal communication; ability to turn ambiguous asks into acceptance criteria
- Comfort working with engineers and designers in agile delivery
- Comfort learning from complex, lightly documented systems
- Strong organization and follow-through on owners, dates, and open questions
- Curiosity, coachability, and bias to learn by doing
Nice to have
- Personal projects or prototypes built with AI agents or coding assistants
- Exposure to marketplace, fintech, SaaS monetization, contracting, or partner/platform products
- Experience triaging customer/support requests or working with Customer Success teams