Product Manager

Socket.dev; Whitby; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Corporate bonus

Stock options

Benefits package

Job summary

Socket.dev in Canada seeks a Product Leader to coach Product Owners and drive the Product & Technology roadmap. You’ll balance hands-on execution with strategic leadership to align teams and markets while delivering value across releases.

The role emphasizes people leadership, clear communication, and a strong technical background in software/web development to translate business needs into technical requirements and navigate priorities in Agile environments.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Product Manager or Product Owner.
• Experience managing and developing people.
• Strong communication skills with ability to adapt approach based on audience.
• Hands-on experience managing all stages of the product lifecycle.
• Technical background with knowledge of software development and web technologies.
• Ability to translate non-technical information into technical requirements.
• Experience navigating conflicting priorities and turning ambiguity into clarity.
• Experience working in Agile organisations (SAFe experience is a nice-to-have).

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a group of Product Owners and coach direct and indirect teams.
• Define, explore, plan and lead execution of strategic initiatives supporting the Product & Technology roadmap.
• Develop understanding of persona segmentation and the competitive landscape.
• Evangelise the Product Vision across the organisation.
• Monitor and analyse releases to determine if value is attained as hypothesised.
• Lead cross-team coordination and alignment for complex initiative management.
• Develop strong partnerships with UX, Architecture, Engineering and Infrastructure.

Skills

Product management

People leadership

Communication

Product lifecycle

Technical background

Requirements translation

Prioritisation

Agile / SAFe

Job description

About the role

You'll lead and develop a team of Product Owners while executing on the Product & Technology roadmap. By facilitating cross-team delivery and maintaining deep market understanding, you'll help bring our product vision to life. The Product Manager is both a people leader, an influential strategic thinker and will be hands on executing too.

This is an existing vacancy.

In addition to base salary, we offer a corporate bonus, stock options and benefits.

What you'll do

People Leadership

• Support and enhance the development and performance of a group of Product Owners
• Coach, inspire and guide direct and indirect teams

Product Strategy & Execution

• Define, explore, plan and lead the execution of strategic initiatives supporting the Product & Technology roadmap
• Develop and maintain understanding of persona segmentation and the competitive landscape
• Evangelise the Product Vision across the organisation
• Monitor and analyse releases to determine if value is attained as hypothesised

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Lead cross-team coordination and alignment for complex initiative management
• Conduct business analysis and stakeholder management
• Develop strong partnerships with UX, Architecture, Engineering and Infrastructure counterparts

What you'll bring

• Experience as a Product Manager or Product Owner
• Experience managing and developing people
• Strong communication skills with ability to adapt approach based on audience
• Hands-on experience managing all stages of the product lifecycle
• Technical background with knowledge of software development and web technologies
• Ability to translate non-technical information into technical requirements
• Experience navigating conflicting priorities and turning ambiguity into clarity
• Experience working in Agile organisations (SAFe experience is a nice-to-have)

We are less interested in seeing every keyword from the job description reflected in your resume and more interested in understanding the specific business outcomes you have achieved, the problems you have solved, and the impact you personally made.