Job Description Template

"95% of All Job Descriptions Prevent Companies from Hiring the Best and Most Diverse Talent" - Lou Adler

Company:______________

Job title: ____________________

Work location:________________

Reports to: __________________

Job Type: [Full-time]   [Part-time]

Position Overview:

[Explain how the candidate’s role fits into the larger success of the company. “Position” the candidate within the wider organization. This will include saying which skills best contribute towards that success (e.g. “ability to work with multiple departments.”)]

For example:

As a Product Manager with our company, you will be involved in numerous product launches. We are a venture capital-backed company and we are introducing 30 new products per year. You will be working closely with sales, product development, manufacturing, QA and finance to ensure timely release of new products. You will need to have a high sense of urgency and at the same time, be very organized and detailed oriented 

Performance Objectives:

[Decide what performance objectives are needed to be successful at a job, choose the top 6-8, and describe what must be achieved for each.]

Working with sales and their clients to determine the most desired product attributes. Meet with 10 KOL’s and submit your findings to the VPM within 30 days.

Within 90 days determine the 5 most important product attributes and present your findings to R&D.

Present financial projections for new products to finance to determine gross profit and provide sales projections. Deliver a comprehensive report to the CFO within 10 days of presenting product attributes to R&D.

Work with product development to ensure a smooth transfer of products to manufacturing.

Experience:

[Only ask for the absolute essentials. Requiring non-essential experience may leave out otherwise qualified candidates.]

Successful product launch experience for at least two products.

Marketing degree or equivalent experience