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  2. 02 Open a posting
  3. 03 Press Adapt my application
  4. 04 Apply, then write to a person

A run, from the posting to the files

Below stands a sample posting with the real panel working on it, the way it works in Chrome. In it, every name and every number is invented.

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Alex-Rivera-Northwind-Logistics.pdf
Alex Rivera
alex.rivera@example.com | +1 (415) 555-0148 | Brooklyn, New York | https://alexrivera.example | https://www.linkedin.example/in/alexrivera

Summary

Product manager who owns activation surfaces and reports on them in SQL and Looker.

Experience

Product Manager, Onboarding, Cartwheel Mar 2021 - Present
  • Owned onboarding for a self-serve product with 90,000 signups a month.
  • Ran 40 experiments in 2023 and moved first-week activation from 31% to 44%.
  • Built activation reporting in SQL and Looker for a 40-person team.
  • Led two engineers and one designer as a working group.
Associate Product Manager, Bellwether Software Jan 2019 - Feb 2021
  • Shipped the billing self-service flow that cut support tickets about invoices by a third.
  • Wrote the first experiment framework the team used, including the sample-size checklist.
  • Handled the hand-off between self-serve accounts and the sales team.
Business Analyst, Halyard Media Jun 2017 - Dec 2018
  • Built weekly revenue reporting in SQL.
  • Ran the pricing analysis behind a subscription bundle launched in 2018.

Education

BSc Economics, University of Texas at Austin 2013 - 2017

Skills

SQL, Experiment design, Activation and onboarding, Looker, Product management, A/B testing, Amplitude, Roadmapping, Pricing analysis, Stakeholder management

The file, with every edit in the open

Into this file went 7 edits, and 1 more was refused before anybody saw it. Where a line changed, it is highlighted.

  • reworded Summary

    Product manager with experience in onboarding and analytics.

    Product manager who owns activation surfaces and reports on them in SQL and Looker.

    The posting asks for activation ownership and BI without an analyst.

  • strengthened Experience, Cartwheel

    Ran 40 experiments in 2023 on the onboarding surface, and first-week activation went from 31% to 44%.

    Ran 40 experiments in 2023 and moved first-week activation from 31% to 44%.

    Both numbers are already in your confirmed facts.

  • reworded Experience, Cartwheel

    Led two engineers and one designer in a working group, with no direct reports.

    Led two engineers and one designer as a working group.

    The posting asks about team size, so the real number is stated.

  • Refused Summary

    Product manager with onboarding experience.

    Product manager who grew revenue 30% in logistics.

    Neither the number nor the industry is in your confirmed facts.

Reject an edit and the downloaded file changes with it. PDF and DOCX carry the same text.

Cover letter, 189 words

Dear Hiring Team at Northwind Logistics,

Your posting for Senior Product Manager, Growth asks for someone who can move activation without adding headcount. At Cartwheel I have owned the onboarding surface since 2021, and in 2023 I ran 40 experiments that took first-week activation from 31% to 44%. Most of them were small, and the reporting that told us which ones paid for themselves is the same SQL and Looker work your posting describes.

Logistics is new to me. What I have done is the closest neighbour, a self-serve funnel where the first real action costs the customer money and trust. At Bellwether I also ran the hand-off between self-serve accounts and the sales team, which is the seam your posting puts between the shipper portal and Sales.

On team size, your posting asks for five or more direct reports. I have led a working group of three without formal reports, and I would rather say that than have a resume imply otherwise.

I am in Brooklyn, three days a week in Manhattan works, and I would be glad to walk through the activation numbers in detail.

Alex Rivera

A letter that fits no other posting

In it stand the company, the role and one fact out of your history, and where that history falls short of what the posting asks, the letter says so.

Short version, for a message on a profile

Hi Dana, I applied for the Senior Product Manager, Growth role on the Northwind portal. I have owned activation at Cartwheel since 2021 and took first-week activation from 31% to 44% with 40 experiments in 2023. Logistics is new to me. If it is useful, I can walk through how I would read your activation funnel in the first month.

Until you copy it, every word of both stays editable.

Who to write to at Northwind Logistics

3 found
  • Hiring manager

    Dana Meyer

    Director of Growth, Northwind Logistics

    The posting reports into Growth, and this is the person leading it.

    Found on: Company team page

  • Department lead

    Sofia Okafor

    VP Product, Northwind Logistics

    Growth sits inside Product, and the leadership page carries this name.

    Found on: Company leadership page

  • Recruiter

    Rahul Kapoor

    Technical Recruiter, Northwind Logistics

    Named on this posting as the contact for questions.

    Found on: The job posting

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