Product Manager - Junior / Intermediate

ROSS; Markham; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Junior/Intermediate Product Manager to drive innovative product ideas from concept to reality. In this dynamic role, you'll engage in market research, collaborate with sales and marketing, and guide product development to ensure alignment with customer needs. With a focus on GIS technology and location intelligence, you will play a critical role in shaping product strategies and delivering compelling presentations. This is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is passionate about creating impactful technology solutions.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in software product management, ideally with enterprise solutions.
• Solid understanding of GIS technology and location intelligence.

Responsibilities

• Conduct product and market research to identify opportunities.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to develop product specifications.

Skills

Product Management

GIS Technology

Market Research

Communication Skills

Presentation Skills

Strategic Thinking

Time Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field

Tools

GIS Software

Project Management Tools

Job description

Our client, a software leader, enables enterprises to leverage location to derive measurable business value. They do it with industry leading Location Intelligence solutions that contain the most relevant, rich and reliable location content available anywhere. They’re located in Markham and they have engaged ROSS (www.getROSS.com) to help them recruit a Junior/Intermediate Product Manager. ROSS is a team of People Specialists helping companies align their People Strategy with their business growth. We provide remote or onsite HR and Recruitment solutions such as Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) and Recruitment Augmentation complimented by leading edge open-source HRIS software.

Job Summary and Essential Functions

You will be focused on taking new product ideas from concept to reality by understanding the market opportunities, developing and communicating product specifications to key stakeholders, helping guide the development and QA processes to ensure the product functions as required, and participating in go-to-market activities. You will be actively engaged in the product design process with a core objective of translating customer business challenges into technology solutions that solve their problems.

It is the responsibility of the Product Manager to:

• Engage in product and market research to understand the market, competitive landscape, and opportunities.
• Interface with sales, marketing, business partners and customers to gather feedback on the current product and input on future requirements. Document and communicate market and product requirements based on input from these key stakeholders.
• Assist the Director, Product Management in the development, communications, and implementation of a comprehensive product roadmap that is customer centric in design and execution.
• Support Marketing in the development of product collateral and content for use in websites, brochures, presentations, promotions, partner marketing, and by our client’s sales team.
• Deliver product demonstrations and presentations to sales, partners and customers.
• Work collaboratively with product development to develop comprehensive functional specifications for new products/features and assist in all processes required to bring the product or feature to market. This includes the creation of supporting documentation, marketing position statements, presentations and demonstrations.
• Provide guidance to the Quality Assurance process to ensure delivered product meets original requirements.
• Support sales and marketing in the communication of our client’s solutions to customers and partners through various mediums such as print, webinars, trade shows and meetings.

Required Qualifications

• A minimum of 3 years of software product management/product marketing experience supporting enterprise software solutions.
• Solid understanding of GIS technology (hands on work experience or education preferred in spatial data, mapping and/or demographic databases, software).
• Technically literate, familiar with emerging technologies and trends in location intelligence solutions.
• Ability to think strategically, analyze information, develop comprehensive business plans and executive and measure performance against plan.
• Ability to see a product from the user perspective and understand the product from the user's point of view.
• Work and think independently and as a team member to meet company objectives.
• Excellent written and oral communications skills.
• Good customer presence with effective presentation skills.
• Highly motivated self-starter with initiative and passion to succeed.
• Good time management skills with ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines.
• Excellent work ethic; professional and dedicated.