Leland Acquires Career Season, Expanding Platform with APM Season Job Board
Leland has acquired Career Season, the company behind APM Season, the leading job board for Associate Product Management roles.
By John K.
Posted August 26, 2025
Lehi, UT — August 26, 2025 — Leland, the platform connecting ambitious professionals with world-class coaches and resources, today announced the acquisition of Career Season, the company behind several leading job board websites including APM Season.
APM Season is the go-to destination for candidates pursuing coveted Associate Product Management (APM) roles, providing hundreds of thousands of aspiring product managers with job opportunities at top technology companies. The acquisition strengthens Leland’s position as a full-stack career platform for product management hopefuls—offering coaching, content, community, and now direct access to elite job opportunities.
“Product management is one of Leland’s fastest growing categories,” said John Koelliker, CEO and Co-Founder of Leland. “Through this acquisition, we can not only deliver world-class content and coaching to PM candidates, but also connect them directly with jobs at the best companies in the world. It’s an exciting step forward in building the most comprehensive platform for career ambition.”
The move highlights Leland’s broader strategy to integrate learning, coaching, hiring, and placement into a single ecosystem. By pairing Career Season’s job distribution network with Leland’s coaching and content offerings, the company aims to help professionals not only prepare for their dream jobs, but also land them.
“We’re thrilled to partner with Leland in Career Season’s next chapter of growth,” said Evan Mui, CEO and Co-Founder of Career Season. “Together, we’ll not only expand access to top APM opportunities, but also give candidates the guidance, preparation, and network they need to actually succeed in these roles.”
To celebrate the acquisition, all Career Season Premium subscribers will receive special Leland discounts on coaching, content, and bootcamps. To stay up to date on the latest job postings and access these unique discounts, subscribe to APM Season today.
Leland and Career Season will also co-host a special live event on Monday, September 8th at 6pm ET: “Breaking Into Top APM Roles.” John Koelliker and Evan Mui, who bring PM experience from Uber, LinkedIn, American Express, and other leading companies, will share insights on landing highly competitive APM positions and discuss the vision for this new partnership. Join that free event here.
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Welcome to my profile! I'm the CEO & Co-Founder of Leland—a platform that has helped millions of people reach their most ambitious goals, raised $20M from top investors like Forerunner and GSV, and was a Forbes 30u30 recipient in 2022. Prior to Leland, I worked in product at Uber, LinkedIn, and Curated. I attended Stanford GSB for my MBA< BYU for undergrad, and now live in Lehi with my wife, Karli, and four boys. I love working with people who are wanting to build a company, work at startups, apply to product roles, apply to top MBA programs, or just accelerate their career in any way. Looking forward to getting to know you!
John has helped clients get into organizations like:
Harvard Business School
MIT Sloan
The Wharton School (UPenn)
Stanford Graduate School of Business
Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern)
