Muck Rack is the leading SaaS platform for public relations and communications professionals. Our mission is to enable organizations to build trust, tell their stories, and demonstrate the unique value of earned media. Muck Rack’s AI-powered, comprehensive, and integrated platform streamlines the PR workflow to help businesses generate positive media coverage, monitor mentions to manage brand reputation, and analyze PR’s impact on business outcomes. By combining media database, monitoring, and reporting into one dynamic platform, we empower teams to collaborate seamlessly, pitch effectively, and analyze results faster and more efficiently.

Founder-controlled, fully distributed, and growing sustainably, Muck Rack has received several awards for its unparalleled culture and product from organizations like Inc., Quartz, G2, and BuiltIn. We value resilience, transparency, ownership, and customer devotion, and infuse these values into everything we do.

We’re looking for an enthusiastic and adaptable Product Operations Specialist to join our team and help us support and continuously improve Product Operations processes and features on Muck Rack.

As our Product Operations Specialist, your mission will be to contribute to Muck Rack by resolving key issues impacting customers, communicating the roadmap, and supporting the processes that help the product and engineering teams work more efficiently. This is a great opportunity for someone who is excited about collaborating with teammates, shipping products that delight our users around the world, evolving in the ever-changing media landscape, directly contributing to our company’s growth, and wants to make a meaningful impact from day one.

What you’ll do:

Support responder responsibilities, including the resolution of bugs and product feedback reported by Muck Rack team members and users, and production support through alerts and automated systems
Partner closely with the Customer Support team to diagnose and see through resolution for User Issues
Proactively communicate ongoing issues for maximum visibility across GTM teams
Gather, analyze, and help compile product data and reports to surface trends, issues, and feedback to relevant teams to inform the direction and understanding of key features
Support and execute systems that improve the visibility of Muck Rack’s product roadmap to both internal and external stakeholders
Compile reports on recent feature requests and upcoming launches to share with internal stakeholders
Build and iterate on systems that inform the product team of feature improvements, bugs, and overall Quality Assurance
Occasionally manage projects related to feature development and maintenance that sit within the product, engineering and design teams

How success will be measured in this role:

Ability to effectively resolve user issues as they arise
Ability to swiftly escalate performance issues to correct Engineering and on-call squads
Ability to find gaps or redundancies in our processes and propose or contribute to solutions
This role is execution-focused, with an emphasis on learning Muck Rack’s platforms, workflows, and escalation paths during the first several months.

If the details below describe you, you could be a great fit for this role:

1-2 years of project management, operations or product management experience, preferably in software development
Experience with project management and workflow tools like Shortcut, Productboard, and Slack
Experience with production support and queue monitoring tools like Datadog, Grafana, PagerDuty
Comfort with Google Apps (Docs, Spreadsheets, Slides) or similar product suites like Microsoft Office
Awareness of business models and pricing strategy as it relates to feature development
Familiarity with agile, waterfall and similar product management methodologies
Experience with QA and logging/tracking bugs for our Product and Engineering teams
Ability to collaborate with remote teams
Experience with SQL and platforms like Redash is a plus, but not required

Interview Overview

Here’s what you can expect from our process. We’ll keep you informed at every step and let you know if anything changes along the way.

Intro call with a member of our Talent Team
A video interview with the Hiring Manager
Peer interviews with future teammates
Final call(s) with executive team member(s)

Salary

For roles based in Europe, we offer a competitive salary range aligned with local market value.

The base salary for this role in the UK is between £55,000 - 64,000 GBP.
The base salary for this role in Ireland is between 52,000 - 61,000 EUR.

Total compensation for this role consists of base salary and a quarterly bonus plan. For all other countries, we have competitive pay bands based on market standards.

Individual compensation decisions are based on a number of factors, including experience level, skillset, and balancing internal equity relative to peers at the company. We expect the majority of the candidates who are offered roles at our company to fall healthily throughout the range based on these factors. We recognize that the person we hire may be less experienced (or more senior) than this job description as posted. If that ends up being the case, the updated salary range will be communicated with you as a candidate.

Why Muck Rack?

Remote Work, Forever

Fully distributed team with a permanent remote setup
Home office stipend, phone and internet reimbursement, coworking membership
Virtual and in-person team bonding (lunches, events, competitions)

Transparent & Fair Compensation

Competitive geo-neutral pay in the U.S.
Annual reviews to ensure equity and market alignment
Standardized bonus or commission structure
401(k) with employer contributions
Equity opportunities

Health & Wellness

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance for employees and dependents
100% premium coverage for individuals on high-deductible plans
24/7 Virtual Care and Employee Assistance Program
Employer-funded HSA contributions and other pre-tax benefits
Quarterly wellness stipend and free Headspace subscription

Time Off & Family Benefits

4+ weeks of PTO, plus paid sick and mental health days
13 paid holidays with the option to swap for personal days
Up to 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave

Learning and Development

Transparent pathways for internal mobility and promotion
Bi-annual performance reviews, team workshops, and leadership training
Unlimited access to Coursera and O’Reilly
2 additional PTO days annually for learning and development

Inclusive, Customer-First Culture

Commitment to equity and valuing diverse perspectives
Agile, founder-led company focused on collaboration and innovation
Trusted by 3,000+ companies worldwide

Note: Benefits and compensation reflect offerings for U.S.-based employees. Support is provided for employees in other locations, in compliance with local laws and regulations.

While we are a fully distributed team, we do have limitations on where we can hire and maintain a list of acceptable working locations based on job function. If we are unable to hire in your current location for the role for which you applied, you will be notified via email. While we enjoy many benefits as a permanently distributed and remote company, we cannot always support relocation or extended travel and have guidelines in place to ensure compliant work away from your designated permanent residence.

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Please note: For detailed information regarding our GDPR and/or CCPA compliance policies, including how we handle personal data and privacy rights, kindly refer to the email correspondence accompanying this application.

Muck Rack does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or any other third parties. Any unsolicited resume sent to Muck Rack will be considered Muck Rack property, and Muck Rack will not pay a fee should it hire the subject of any unsolicited resume.

Muck Rack considers applicants for all positions on the basis of merit, qualifications, and business needs, and without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, alienage or citizenship status, ancestry, marital status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, veteran status, familial status, status as a victim of domestic violence, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Note to applicants/job seekers: We have recently been made aware of scams impersonating Muck Rack’s HR team. Please be cautious of these attempts to elicit banking or other financial or sensitive information. Muck Rack will never request financial information during the interview process, and follow ups for interviews or next steps will always come from an ‘@muckrack.com’ email address. If you are contacted by anyone from a different domain who claims to be from Muck Rack, please forward the communication to legal@muckrack.com.

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