Senior / Principal Product Manager, Sourcing & Purchasing

ZipHQ, Inc.; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Toronto is seeking a Senior/Principal Product Manager to drive product initiatives. You will work closely with customers to understand their needs, develop product roadmaps, and mentor junior team members. The ideal candidate has over 8 years of experience in Product Management, especially in SaaS, and should possess strong communication and technical skills. This role offers a hybrid work model and attractive benefits including equity and flexible PTO.

Benefits

Start-up equity

Health, vision & dental coverage

Catered lunches & dinners for TO employees

Team building events & happy hours

Flexible PTO

Apple equipment plus home office budget

Qualifications

• 8+ years of Product Management experience, including 4+ at a SaaS company.
• Experience working with engineering and design to ship sophisticated products.
• Experience building and iterating on products from 0-to-1.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with customers and teams to understand user needs.
• Synthesize user needs with company strategy to develop product roadmap.
• Mentor junior product managers on core product management skills.

Skills

Product Management experience

Technical skills to ask engineers good questions

Strong written and oral communication

Attention to detail

Ability to prioritize ruthlessly

Job description

Your Role

We’re hiring a Senior / Principal Product Manager to join our growing product management team and lead several product initiatives within our Sourcing and Purchasing products. You will ensure that we continue to deliver a consumer-grade collaboration experience while supporting complex cross-functional workflows.

Please note we're looking for someone who is willing and able to come into either our downtown New York or Toronto offices on a hybrid basis (3 days / week).

You Will

• Work directly with customers and customer-facing teams to understand user needs and solicit feedback on our existing product
• Be the voice of the procurement and sourcing teams within the Zip product team
• Synthesize user needs with the company strategy and your product vision to develop a compelling roadmap and detailed product specs
• Manage end-to-end execution for core product features / capabilities
• Ensure we meet high customer standards by designing robust feature rollout and quality processes in coordination with stakeholder teams
• Pick up slack wherever needed to ensure the team and product’s success, whether that means taking notes in user research sessions or trying to reproduce a reported user issue
• Mentor junior product managers on core product management skills

Qualifications

• 8+ years of Product Management experience, including 4+ at a SaaS company
• Experience working with engineering and design to ship sophisticated products that also deliver a great user experience
• Experience building and iterating on products or feature areas from 0-to-1
• Sufficient technical skills to ask engineers good questions and navigate through user data
• Strong written and oral communication with internal and external stakeholders
• Attention to detail and ability to quickly grasp complex business processes and industry knowledge
• Ability to prioritize ruthlessly, even if may disappoint customers or stakeholders
• Preferred : Experience managing other product managers

Perks & Benefits

At Zip, we’re committed to providing our employees with everything they need to do their best work.

• Start-up equity
• Health, vision & dental coverage
• Catered lunches & dinners for TO employees
• Team building events & happy hours
• Flexible PTO
• Apple equipment plus home office budget

We’re looking to hire Zipsters and that means hiring people who take ownership, communicate openly, have an underdog mindset, and are excited to increase the pace of innovation for every business in the world. We encourage all candidates to apply even if your experience doesn’t exactly match up to our job description. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workspace where everyone (regardless of age, religion, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and more) feels like they belong. We look forward to hearing from you!