Senior Product Manager – 12 month contract

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• Develop and implement product strategies and roadmaps that align with overarching business objectives and market dynamics.

• Define and prioritize product requirements, user stories, and use cases based on customer demands and business goals.

• Conduct research on the market, perform competitive analyses, and gather customer insights to guide product choices.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to collect input and ensure effective product development and launch.

• Identify market opportunities, emerging trends, and customer challenges to promote product innovation.

• Articulate and disseminate the product vision, roadmap, and strategy to both internal and external stakeholders.

• Discover and validate market challenges for current and prospective customers.

• Oversee product development from inception to launch, managing product specifications, engineering collaboration, testing, and quality assurance.

• Manage the product roadmap for incremental advancements and iterative development.

• Work with marketing and sales on product materials, sales enablement, marketing initiatives, positioning, and go-to-market strategies.

• Analyze customer feedback and user testing results to inform product decisions and refine features and functionalities.

• Establish and monitor product performance metrics, conduct data analyses, and generate actionable insights.

• Research and assess technologies, industry trends, and competitor offerings.

• Collaborate with engineering, design, marketing, sales, and customer success teams.

• Maintain communication with internal and external stakeholders while providing updates on the product roadmap.

• Mentor junior team members.

• Write user stories that include requirements and a clear definition of completion.

• Contribute to engineering planning and take part in scrum ceremonies.

• Make decisions regarding buy, build, or partner strategies and conduct high-level technology assessments.

• Monitor delivery progress and communicate any delays and launch timelines.

• Develop profitability assessments using ROI, cost of delay, or other modeling techniques.

• Analyze product success metrics and product usage statistics in collaboration with the BI team.

• Gather market research and requirements from customers, analysts, and global stakeholders for upcoming releases.

⛳️ Requirements

• A proven history of successfully developing and launching software (SaaS) products, ideally in a global or fast-paced startup setting.

• Extensive experience in product development processes, methodologies, and best practices throughout the product lifecycle.

• Demonstrated experience in owning and driving product strategy, roadmap development, and product lifecycle management.

• Proven ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams, including engineering, design, marketing, sales, support, and customer success, to achieve favorable product outcomes.

• Experience in conducting market research, competitive analysis, and gathering customer insights to inform product decisions.

• A data-driven mindset, experienced in analyzing performance metrics, conducting experiments, and utilizing insights for product enhancements.

• Exceptional communication skills across various mediums.

• Willingness to travel frequently, up to 20% of the time.

• Experience in product management for enterprise-level or B2B SaaS products is a plus.

• A successful track record of collaborating with global remote teams is a bonus.

• Experience with go-to-market strategies and product positioning is a bonus.

• Familiarity with Agile or Scrum methodologies and tools such as Jira, Asana, or Trello is a bonus.

• Experience with decision engines and billing systems is a bonus.

• Must be legally authorized to work in Canada.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses.

• Comprehensive health insurance plans.

• Flexible working hours and remote work opportunities.

• Professional development and training programs.

• Engaging team environment with collaborative culture.