Director, Product Management - Platform
Miovision
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Position Summary:
We are seeking a Director of Product Management to own and drive the strategy for our core Mio One platform. In this role, you will be responsible for the strategic development, execution, and optimization of the entire platform, which encompasses our devices, services and infrastructure, and the full data lifecycle from ingestion to consumption.
As the Director, you will play a vital hybrid captain-coach role, acting as a strategist, individual contributor, and manager of Product Managers. You will shape the long-term vision for the platform, ensuring that technology advancements align with business needs and that we are building scalable systems capable of supporting over one million users. Collaborating closely with leaders in Hardware, Software, Cloud, AI, and Product Marketing, you will be accountable for the planning, delivery, and success of the platform roadmap. Your leadership will be critical in creating alignment across teams and transitioning the team to mature, strategy-driven product development practices.
Key Accountabilities:
- Strategy and Roadmap:
- Own the creation, evolution, and communication of the Mio One platform's prioritized roadmap and long-term strategy, ensuring alignment with our mission, business goals, and customer needs.
- Define and manage a comprehensive multi-year platform roadmap that supports the product line and software strategies of the business units consuming the platform's data and services.
- Develop a deep understanding of Miovision's product lines to derive a common set of platform capabilities for scalable and cohesive product development.
- Platform Leadership & Data Governance:
- Collaborate with technical product managers to define and manage platform requirements across hardware, operating systems, cloud/network core, and SW platform services/infrastructure.
- Oversee the strategy for data governance, including ingestion, storage, transformation, analysis, and consumption by various lines of business.
- Champion the user experience for developers and internal teams who consume the platform by owning the API strategy and developer experience
- Ensure platform performance meets or exceeds system uptime and performance targets.
- Ensure the coordinated delivery of hardware, firmware, operating systems, and device applications into product line roadmaps.
- Accountable for defining and driving the platform monetization strategy or business model
- Collaborate deeply in technical architecture discussions, understanding system design trade-offs, and influence technical discussions to ensure scalability, reliability, and maintainability of the platform
- People Leadership & Mentorship:
- Lead by example while hiring, managing, guiding, and mentoring a team of Product Managers and Product Owners in their growth and development.
- Foster strong product management practices and market-informed requirement development within your team.
- Build and refine scalable processes and frameworks to drive efficiency, effectiveness, and collaboration with other teams.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration:
- Work closely with Product Marketing, Sales, and Executive Leadership to build a cohesive message across go-to-market activities.
- Influence and align cross-functional teams (engineering, design, marketing, sales) around the platform vision and roadmap.
- Identify and drive strategic technology partnerships in collaboration with business development
Skills/Qualifications:
- Extensive product management experience, with a significant focus on platform, data, hardware and software solutions
- Proven experience scaling a software or data platform to over 1 million users
- Demonstrated success in a senior product role responsible for a flagship platform or product
- Demonstrated ability to hire, manage, and mentor a team of product managers.
- Strong leadership, communication, and conflict management skills to build consensus with stakeholders.
- In-depth knowledge of edge computing architectures, IoT device management, data platforms, and cloud infrastructure. Understanding of IoT security best practices is essential.
- Strong product fundamentals as demonstrated through experience in customer-facing roles, with a proven ability to translate customer needs into product requirements and solutions.
- Experience managing the entire product lifecycle, from ideation and development to launch and end-of-life.
- Proven ability to define and manage a comprehensive platform roadmap, prioritizing features and initiatives based on value and feasibility.
- Strong analytical skills to track key platform metrics, analyze performance, and identify areas for improvement.
- Familiarity with agile development methodologies and experience working in agile environments that interface with waterfall hardware development.
- Experience working with government agencies and navigating the complexities of B2G sales and procurement processes.
- Understanding of financial concepts, including margin analysis and unit economics.
- Ability to conduct market research, competitive analysis, and identify opportunities for new products and features.
- Strong leadership, communication, and conflict management skills to build consensus with project leaders and stakeholders.
- Ability to influence and align cross-functional teams (engineering, design, marketing, sales) around the device platform vision and roadmap.
- Effectively communicate complex concepts in a way that is accessible to diverse stakeholders.
Your Rewards & Well-being:
We invest in our team with benefits designed for modern life and true work-life balance.
- Comprehensive Coverage: Your well-being is covered from day one with comprehensive health benefits, 24/7 virtual healthcare access, and dedicated wellness programs.
- Financial Future: Build for tomorrow with our RRSP Matching Plan and share in the company's success through our Variable Incentive Plan.
- Time to Recharge: Truly unplug with our unique Mio-Days (we turn every long weekend into a 4-day weekend!), a December holiday shutdown, and a flexible vacation policy.
- Work & Life Support: We support you with flexible work options, an internet subsidy, a remote work allowance, and enhanced leave for new parents.
Sound like your next adventure? Apply now and let's start building together!
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