Purch is a rapidly growing, constantly evolving digital content and services company that helps millions of people make smarter purchases. More than 100 million monthly visitors engage with our many brands — Tom’s Guide, TopTenReviews.com, Space.com, LiveScience, and more. The Purch B2C division seeks an enthusiastic Product Manager to lead product strategy, development and testing across our various sites. Your mission will be to ideate, test and ship features that delight customers and helps them research and buy the products that are best suited for them.

You will…

• Immerse yourself in customer needs, the competitive landscape, and our unique business dynamics.
• Lead new product development initiatives from concept to launch, guiding a cross-functional team to meet strategic goals.
• Translate complex problems and projects into user stories and a coherent product backlog, using agile methods.
• Assess and prioritize opportunities, setting project milestones, aligning stakeholders and communicating decisions throughout the company.
• Define success metrics for new projects and track daily metrics for existing products to ensure all are moving towards our defined goals.
• Collaborate deeply with team members in engineering, UX, editorial, operations, sales and marketing.
• Continuously propose new features and A/B tests aimed at improving conversion and engagement metrics.

You bring…

• 3+ years of product management experience on high-scale, direct to consumer digital products.
• Experience in Excel, SQL.
• A passion for meeting customer needs through data-driven, iterative product development and continuous optimization.
• The ability to manage multiple priorities and drive focused resolution in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Excellent communication skills, from strategic vision to specific details of implementation.
• Strong analytical skills; ability to interpret data and trends, diagnose problems, and recommend effective action plans to resolve issues.

Salary 120k

Purch is one of the world’s largest tech publishers with brands such as Tom’s Guide, AnandTech, Space.com, LaptopMag, and LiveScience under its umbrella. With billions of users and three straight years of profitable, venture-backed double digit growth, Purch is on a mission to make complex buying decisions easier for both buyers and sellers. Purch is a fun, innovative company looking for talented people who fit.

Purch is looking for a Full Stack Web Engineer to join the team of front end engineers working on a variety of PHP applications. You should have experience developing high-traffic consumer-facing web sites. You will be responsible for building new features, as well as working on enhancements of existing platform. You will be interacting with different members of the team, both technical and non-technical, on a daily basis.

Required skills:

• Expert knowledge of PHP and Symfony2 framework
• Solid JavaScript skills and experience with client-side MVC frameworks (Angular, Require, Backbone)
• Solid skills in HTML, CSS, SASS and responsive design principles
• Working knowledge of LAMP architecture
• Comfortable with Linux shell and solid command of source control tools (git)
• Experience working with Service Oriented Architecture and RESTful Web Services
• Strong interpersonal skills; ability to work well with both technical and non-technical members of the team
• Superb attention to detail and ability to accurately estimate work effort
• Motivated self starter and finisher

Nice to have:

• Experience with Cloud platforms (AWS)
• Passion for clean UI and no-thrills UX
• Hands-on experience with build/release tools (Jenkins, ant, grunt, gulp)
• Understanding of both Agile and Waterfall development models
• Experience with Atlassian products (JIRA, BitBucket)

Experience:

• 4+ years developing web applications
• Bachelor degree in related discipline, and/or equivalent work experience

Please send resume along with a brief note outlining why you think you would be the perfect candidate for the job. No Word documents, please. Links to github profile or other projects are strongly encouraged, if available.

Salary: 100k – 110k

Purch is on a mission to make complex buying decisions easy. And with over 110M visits every month on sites such as Tom’s Guide, Top Ten Reviews, Laptop Mag or Space.com, we are the largest technology and science media company in the US.

Purch is now seeking a social media strategist/producer to join our editorial team to provide social coverage for such brands as Space.com, Live Science, Toms Guide, Laptop, Newsarama and other brands.

This editorial position is located in our NYC office. The person we hire will support our editorial teams by finding new, creative and effective ways to promote our brands via social media including: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, SnapChat, WeChat, Flipboard and whatever other networks we find effective.

This role will involve problem-solving and allow for creative solutions to our social media needs. The social media strategist/producer will be able to develop a work-flow process of his or her own that focuses on efficiency and quality and, most importantly, results.

Requirements:

• At least 2 years of on-the-job social media production and editorial experience, ideally working at a digital media brand that publishes multi-platform content and/or publishing.
• Must demonstrate, using metrics from your direct experience, a track record of success in leveraging social media to grow audiences and/or drive referrals from social media platforms back to the branded website.
• Must be fluent in, and have relevant experience and be able to demonstrate proficiency in, various forms of social media best practices – including text, video and photography – with evidence of your current use of social (personally or professionally) including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, SnapChat, WeChat, Flipboard, and other platforms
• Must be fluent in, and passionate about, leveraging user analytics data including Google Analytics, Parsely, and the analytics offered by such social media platforms to identify growth opportunities and risks/challenges.
• Must have direct experience, ideally deep expertise, in using paid “boosting” strategies and operational tactics, to drive social media success.
• Must have a journalism or editorial mindset and an eagerness to partner with writers, editors, and producers on a daily basis.

Skills:

• Able to juggle multiple deadlines at once and prioritize tasks by communicating with internal clients and determining order of importance
• Comfortable using all social media scheduling dashboard tools and/or have the ability and willingness to learn new ones
• Should be “ahead of the curve” in terms of social trends, and understand how to capitalize on those trends in ways that make sense for our brands
• Must be able and willing to develop success metrics, track and report them, and find ways to adapt to continue improving results
• A journalism undergraduate degree and/or editorial experience writing, copy editing, or proofreading skills helpful
• Social media @ Purch sometimes starts early: If starting your work day early might be an issue for you – then please do not apply.

NOTE: In your cover letter please include links to your social media work/accounts

Salary: 60k

Purch is one of the world’s largest tech review publishers with brands such as Tom’s Guide, LaptopMag, and LiveScience under its umbrella. With billions of users and three straight years of profitable, venture-backed double digit growth, Purch is on a mission to make complex buying decisions easier for both buyers and sellers.  Purch is a fun, close-knit, flexible, results-oriented work environment looking for talented people who fit.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all aspects of multiple small to large web development initiatives at once, across multiple cross-functional and geographically distributed teams
• Take full responsibility for sprint and project planning, coordination, and completion
• Prepare for and facilitate daily scrum meetings, sprint plannings, backlog refinement meetings, demos, and retrospectives
• Manage scope, goals, deliverables, and schedules throughout each project’s lifecycle
• Positively affect the outcome (time, features, quality) of your project. Do much more than just facilitate
• Ensure your projects are on track. Hold yourself and team members accountable
• Proactively communicate project status to team members, stakeholders, and senior management regularly. Improve transparency of project status and radiate information appropriately to various audiences
• Proactively identify and resolve communication gaps
• Participate in and drive process improvement. Includes sharing best practices within your project teams and with the PM group as a whole
• Remain on the forefront of emerging industry practice
• Work with a sense of urgency, both in regards to your own tasks and those of others

Required Skills

• In-depth knowledge of Agile Project Management methods and tools
• Highly organized with attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to effectively lead and direct the work of others, and collaborate with teams in multiple remote locations
• Ability to react quickly to a fast paced, rapidly changing environment
• Ability to take full ownership of assigned responsibilities, and appropriately prioritize
• Rely on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish your goals
• Strong analytical, technical, troubleshooting, and problem solving skills, with the ability to get to the source of problems and think critically regarding possible solutions
• Always a team-player with the ability to quickly establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers
• Willingness to roll up your sleeves and do whatever is necessary

Ideal Experience

• 4-6 years Project Management experience in web/apps development, with strong back-end experience
• At least 2 years working in Agile-based software development environments
• Bachelor’s degree in a related area or relevant expertise
• Experience coordinating remote teams across multiple timezones
• Internet savvy with extensive experience in all phases of the software development life cycle
• Experience with analytics tools like GA and ad revenue engines like DFP
• Atlassian tool suite and MS Excel expertise. Fluency in OmniPlan, MS Project, or similar Project Management tools

Salary: 85-105k

Purch is one of the world’s largest tech review publishers with brands such as Tom’s Guide, LaptopMag, and LiveScience under its umbrella. With billions of users and three straight years of profitable, venture-backed double digit growth, Purch is on a mission to make complex buying decisions easier for both buyers and sellers.  Purch is a fun, close-knit, flexible, results-oriented work environment looking for talented people who fit.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all aspects of multiple small to large web development initiatives at once, across multiple cross-functional and geographically distributed teams
• Take full responsibility for sprint and project planning, coordination, and completion
• Prepare for and facilitate daily scrum meetings, sprint plannings, backlog refinement meetings, demos, and retrospectives
• Manage scope, goals, deliverables, and schedules throughout each project’s lifecycle
• Positively affect the outcome (time, features, quality) of your project. Do much more than just facilitate
• Ensure your projects are on track. Hold yourself and team members accountable
• Proactively communicate project status to team members, stakeholders, and senior management regularly. Improve transparency of project status and radiate information appropriately to various audiences
• Proactively identify and resolve communication gaps
• Participate in and drive process improvement. Includes sharing best practices within your project teams and with the PM group as a whole
• Remain on the forefront of emerging industry practice
• Work with a sense of urgency, both in regards to your own tasks and those of others

Required Skills

• In-depth knowledge of Agile Project Management methods and tools
• Highly organized with attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to effectively lead and direct the work of others, and collaborate with teams in multiple remote locations
• Ability to react quickly to a fast paced, rapidly changing environment
• Ability to take full ownership of assigned responsibilities, and appropriately prioritize
• Rely on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish your goals
• Strong analytical, technical, troubleshooting, and problem solving skills, with the ability to get to the source of problems and think critically regarding possible solutions
• Always a team-player with the ability to quickly establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers
• Willingness to roll up your sleeves and do whatever is necessary

Ideal Experience

• 4-6 years Project Management experience in web/apps development, with strong back-end experience
• At least 2 years working in Agile-based software development environments
• Bachelor’s degree in a related area or relevant expertise
• Experience coordinating remote teams across multiple timezones
• Internet savvy with extensive experience in all phases of the software development life cycle
• Experience with analytics tools like GA and ad revenue engines like DFP
• Atlassian tool suite and MS Excel expertise. Fluency in OmniPlan, MS Project, or similar Project Management tools

Salary: 90-110k

Purch is one of the world’s largest tech review publishers with brands such as Tom’s Guide, LaptopMag, and LiveScience under its umbrella. With billions of users and three straight years of profitable, venture-backed double digit growth, Purch is on a mission to make complex buying decisions easier for both buyers and sellers.  Purch is a fun, close-knit, flexible, results-oriented work environment looking for talented people who fit.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all aspects of multiple small to large web development initiatives at once, across multiple cross-functional and geographically distributed teams
• Take full responsibility for sprint and project planning, coordination, and completion
• Prepare for and facilitate daily scrum meetings, sprint plannings, backlog refinement meetings, demos, and retrospectives
• Manage scope, goals, deliverables, and schedules throughout each project’s lifecycle
• Positively affect the outcome (time, features, quality) of your project. Do much more than just facilitate
• Ensure your projects are on track. Hold yourself and team members accountable
• Proactively communicate project status to team members, stakeholders, and senior management regularly. Improve transparency of project status and radiate information appropriately to various audiences
• Proactively identify and resolve communication gaps
• Participate in and drive process improvement. Includes sharing best practices within your project teams and with the PM group as a whole
• Remain on the forefront of emerging industry practice
• Work with a sense of urgency, both in regards to your own tasks and those of others

Required Skills

• In-depth knowledge of Agile Project Management methods and tools
• Highly organized with attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to effectively lead and direct the work of others, and collaborate with teams in multiple remote locations
• Ability to react quickly to a fast paced, rapidly changing environment
• Ability to take full ownership of assigned responsibilities, and appropriately prioritize
• Rely on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish your goals
• Strong analytical, technical, troubleshooting, and problem solving skills, with the ability to get to the source of problems and think critically regarding possible solutions
• Always a team-player with the ability to quickly establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers
• Willingness to roll up your sleeves and do whatever is necessary

Ideal Experience

• 4-6 years Project Management experience in web/apps development, with strong back-end experience
• At least 2 years working in Agile-based software development environments
• Bachelor’s degree in a related area or relevant expertise
• Experience coordinating remote teams across multiple timezones
• Internet savvy with extensive experience in all phases of the software development life cycle
• Experience with analytics tools like GA and ad revenue engines like DFP
• Atlassian tool suite and MS Excel expertise. Fluency in OmniPlan, MS Project, or similar Project Management tools

Salary: 80-100k

Purch is one of the world’s largest tech publishers with brands such as Tom’s Guide, AnandTech, Space.com, LaptopMag, and LiveScience under its umbrella. With billions of users and three straight years of profitable, venture-backed double digit growth, Purch is on a mission to make complex buying decisions easier for both buyers and sellers.  Purch is a fun, innovative company looking for talented people who fit.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Sr. Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) reports directly to the Vice President, FP&A and serves as business partner to the General Manager (GM) of Purch’s B2C business segment. In this capacity, the Manager FP&A will provide the GM with the necessary data, reporting, analysis and insights, essential to the business segment’s financial growth and profitability. The Manager will be embedded within the business segment, working closely with the GM as well as his senior staff, while serving as a liaison between the segment and FP&A. The Manager will have direct exposure to Purch’s CFO and other executives, including the Chief Revenue Officer and Chief Operating Officer.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Oversight of business segment’s P&L with full budget control and forecast responsibility
• Develop trusting and collaborative working relationship with General Manager of business segment
• Work with key business segment constituents to build and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs)
• Own and drive rolling revenue and expense forecasting process
• Own and drive annual budget planning process for all departments within the business segment
• Build business case and supporting ROI analysis for capital budgeting requests
• Other Ad hoc financial modeling and analysis
• Calculate commissions for business segment
• Assist with M&A related financial modeling and due diligence

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS:

Education:

• Minimum- Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting
• MBA or CPA a plus

Prior Work Experience:

• Minimum- 8 years Finance/Accounting experience with at least 4 years in FP&A and supervisory roles
• Preferred- experience supporting a digital media organization

Knowledge/Skills:

• Ability to convert operating and financial data into business strategy
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to interact with upper levels of management
• Expert level Excel skills
• Experience using accounting and financial planning software (experience with Adaptive Solutions a plus)
• Knowledge of M&A activity, including due diligence, a plus

Or any combination of education, experience, and training which provides the following knowledge, skills and abilities

Salary: $120,000 – $130,000/year

Purch

Purch is one of the world’s largest tech publishers with brands such as Tom’s Guide, AnandTech, Space.com, LaptopMag, and LiveScience under its umbrella. With billions of users and three straight years of profitable, venture-backed double digit growth, Purch is on a mission to make complex buying decisions easier for both buyers and sellers.  Purch is a fun, innovative company looking for talented people who fit.

*Cover letter required

Description of Duties or Attach Job Description:

• Designs and implements a cloud data platform that processes, stores, and analyzes terabytes of data per day from hundreds of different data sources
• Is a master of all things data including models, flows, quality, governance, and integrations
• Optimizes query and database performance like a finely tuned violin
• Deploys hardware and cloud functionality and capacity to its most efficient extent
• Presents a killer roadmap to the executive team with full technology stack ROI arguments
• Is well-versed in a wide variety of DW/BI tools
• Define, evangelize, and enforce development and modeling best practices
• Prides him or herself in the ability to troubleshoot anything data-related
• Relishes rapid iterations of new, unproven open source technologies
• Serves as the engineering lead of a top-notch development team
• Relentlessly tunes ETL workflows and integration jobs
• Delivers solutions and products on time and on budget
• Has the ability to communicate to and earn the respect of executives and engineers alike

Needs

• College graduate, preferably in a technical discipline
• Fluent English skills
• Strong software engineering skills
• Mastery of SQL, metadata frameworks, taxonomy management
• Mastery of data modeling, warehousing, ETL, relational and non-relational storage
• Proficiency in one or more BI tools – Qlikview, Cognos, Business Objects, SSRS, Tableau, Spotfire, Looker, ChartIO
• Proficiency in two or more DBs – SQL Server, RedShift, PostgresSQL, Netezza, Vertica, Snowflake, Oracle, MySQL, NoSQL DBs
• Strong working knowledge in one or more programming languages – Python, R, Java, .NET, Javascript, PHP, Pearl, Ruby, Scala, Clojure
• Amazon data stack experience (Kinesis, S3, EC2, Redshift, Glacier, etc.)

Salary: 60k – 100k

Purch is on a mission to make complex buying decisions easy. And with over 100M visits every month on sites such as Business.com, Business News Daily, BuyerZone, Tom’s Hardware, TopTenReviews, LaptopMag and Space.com, Purch is one of the largest technology and media companies in the world.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) reports directly to the Vice President, FP&A and serves as business partner to the General Manager (GM) of Purch’s B2B business segment. In this capacity, the Manager FP&A will provide the GM with the necessary data, reporting, analysis and insights, essential to the business segment’s financial growth and profitability. The Manager will be embedded within the business segment, working closely with the GM as well as his senior staff, while serving as a liaison between the segment and FP&A. The Manager will have direct exposure to Purch’s CFO and other executives, including the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Oversight of business segment’s P&L with full budget control and forecast responsibility
• Develop trusting and collaborative working relationship with General Manager of business segment
• Work with key business segment constituents to build and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs)
• Own and drive rolling revenue and expense forecasting process
• Own and drive annual budget planning process for all departments within the business segment
• Build business case and supporting ROI analysis for capital budgeting requests
• Other Ad hoc financial modeling and analysis
• Calculate commissions for business segment
• Assist with M&A related financial modeling and due diligence

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS:

To perform this Position successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education:  

• Minimum- Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting
• MBA or CPA a plus

Prior Work Experience:

•  Minimum- 8 years Finance/Accounting experience with at least 4 years in FP&A and supervisory roles
•  Preferred- experience supporting a digital media organization

Knowledge/Skills:

• Ability to convert operating and financial data into business strategy
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to interact with upper levels of management
• Expert level Excel skills
• Experience using accounting and financial planning software (experience with Adaptive Solutions a plus)
• Knowledge of M&A activity, including due diligence, a plus
• Or any combination of education, experience, and training which provides the following knowledge, skills and abilities:

Salary Range: 80k-95k

Company Summary:

Since 1992, BuyerZone ( a Purch brand) has helped connect millions of businesses with thousands of quality sellers for hundreds of products and services. Buyers save time and money on important purchases by receiving free price quotes from sellers who are able to best meet their needs. BuyerZone’s lead generation programs provide sellers with cost-effective, easy-to-implement and results-focused solutions that deliver leads from prospective buyers at every stage of the purchasing cycle.

http://www.BuyerZone.com

POSITION SUMMARY

The National Sales Manager (NSM) is responsible for achieving revenue and client retention goals by developing sales opportunities with new and existing client organizations in 25+ target industries.   The NSM will actively be cold calling sales and marketing decision makers at Fortune 2000 companies to introduce BuyerZone’s Lead Generation Programs. This person will need to be a “Hunter” and a consultative sales person that will be based in our office but may occasionally visit and meet clients and support trade show events. This is an individual contributor position.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Sell online and web-based lead development programs to new and existing customers
• Cover 25+ Target Industries throughout the United States, selling to “C” level and director level sales and marketing executives at Fortune 2000 companies
• Develop a quarterly and annual business plan detailing key client  and prospect focus, territory plans and sales strategies  for execution in the upcoming quarter and annually
• Propose solutions based on customer requirements. Prepare pricing quotes, sales proposals within defined corporate guidelines
• Work with management, sales and support teams to achieve revenue goals, new category development goals, customer satisfaction and account retention goals
• Well versed in and keen understanding of category portfolio to provide feedback to product management on client and industry requirements to enhance our product offerings
• Monitor competitive offerings and develop new sales strategies to win in assigned industry markets
• Manage and maintain detailed pipeline and accurate forecasts to achieve assigned monthly, quarterly and annual quota/goals
• Effectively utilize SalesForce.com for management of all daily business activities.  Maintain accurate records of all sales and prospecting activities including email tracking, qualification calls, closed sales, and follow-up activities within the assigned categories to maximize revenue potential

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS:

Education:

•             Minimum- Bachelor’s degree

Prior Work Experience:

• Minimum- 5+ years of internet, lead generation, or online advertising sales
• Preferred- Previous experience selling in a B2B environment to “C” level and director level marketing/sales executives

Knowledge/Skills:

• Able to sell and close business effectively over the phone
• Able to emphasize the value of the product
• Able to build professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Understanding of digital advertising/lead generation
• Strong focus on customer service and satisfaction
• Proficient with MS Office Suite and CRM software (ideally SalesForce.com)
• Strong questioning and listening skills to match product with the customer’s needs
• Able to learn details about and develop deep understanding of current trends in 25+ unique and varied industries