AutoTune is hiring: Product Manager, Pro Audio in Austin

Product Manager, Pro Audio

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Location: 100% Remote. We hire anywhere within the U.S.

Product Management

• Own and maintain prioritized product backlogs for AutoTune and related products
• Write detailed user stories with clear, testable acceptance criteria that engineers love
• Participate in scrum events as a core team member and lead work prioritization during sprint planning and backlog refinement
• Make sprint-level prioritization decisions within the strategic framework set by product leadership
• Partner closely with engineering leads to evaluate technical feasibility, manage technical debt, and make informed trade-offs between new features and refactoring or stability work
• Unblock developers continuously—clarify requirements, answer questions, make tactical trade-offs
• Support QE team’s definition of test cases and acceptance testing approaches

Discovery & Research

• Conduct user interviews to validate assumptions and uncover workflow pain points
• Use product analytics and usage data to inform prioritization decisions
• Analyze competitive landscape, including emerging AI vocal tools
• Synthesize user feedback from support tickets, community forums, and surveys
• Partner with Design to prototype and validate user-centric features before engineering handoff

Documentation & Communication

• Write, maintain, and present PRDs and MRDs
• Translate complex technical capabilities into user-facing benefits
• Be the voice of the user and product in engineering discussions
• Document decisions, trade-offs, and rationale for future reference
• Communicate progress and blockers clearly to cross‑functional stakeholders

Qualifications

Required

• 4-5+ years of product management or product owner experience in software development environments (though not necessarily music tech)
• Exceptional Agile/scrum product ownership skills
• Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle
• Excellence at writing user stories and acceptance criteria
• Strong collaboration skills with engineering teams
• Design thinking and user‑centered design experience
• Genuine passion for music software
• Proficiency with a major DAW and understanding music production workflows

Preferred

• Scrum Product Owner certification (CSPO or equivalent)
• Background in consumer software, SaaS, or creative tools (Adobe, Figma, Notion, etc.)
• Experience with user research methodologies beyond interviews (surveys, usability testing, analytics)
• Competency & fluency with AI tools to improve product management workflows
• Technical background or ability to understand DSP concepts at a high level
• Personal creative experience producing music or using vocal processing tools
• Active participation in music production communities (Reddit, Discord, forums)
• Experience working with subscription business models
• Empathy for those with the fear of singing (we test our own software!)

About Us

For over 25 years, Antares Audio Technologies has defined the sound of modern music. We created AutoTune, the most iconic vocal processing software in the industry, used on countless hit records and by artists ranging from bedroom producers to Grammy winners. Our mission is to empower serious music makers with tools that provide complete creative control over their vocal performances. We're a team of musicians, engineers, and product builders who obsess over craft and speed. We believe in leading with innovation, unleashing the next era of music technology, and building software that shapes pop culture.

Compensation & Benefits

Full compensation packages are based on candidate experience. Compensation ranges are established using national benchmarking data and apply across all geographic locations within the United States.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental and Vision with up to 100% coverage for you and your family
• Unlimited PTO
• Paid Federal holidays, including a week off for everyone at the end of the year
• Annual bonus plan
• Stipend for office and learning & development expenses
• Flexible working hours
• Paid Parental Leave
• 4% 401k match after 6 months
• Free AutoTune software!

Seniority level

• Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Product Management and Marketing

Antares is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.