Senior Product Manager

YOUR MISSION

Lead the development plan – Product Management(40%)

• Own and lead the definition of the product roadmap in collaboration with sales, marketing, R&D, CTO and strategic partnerships
• Research and identify industry needs and trends, develop market and business intelligence to support product roadmap development and evolution
• Formal definition of product requirements, product vision and positioning, business case for new and existing products
• In charge of the product line, pricing strategy, business model, P&L analysis and reporting
• In collaboration with marketing, develop product marketing plan
• Ownership and authoring of product documentation and specifications (ex: spec sheets, user’s guides, brochures, white papers, application notes, etc.)

Supporting the sales force and business development to win business and deliver value(BDM)(40%)

• Lead product evangelist
• Visit key customers, gives, or organize trainings to the sales force and BDM, participate to sales meetings and attend trade shows
• Define and deliver the product documentation, the pre-sale and after-sale tools needed to win business

• Participates in the redaction of commercial offers (e.g. technical proposals, project plans and statements of work) by articulating tailored value proposition for each customer

Team management(10%)

• Manage the personnel under his or her authority by complying with the mission, values and company management practices and by sharing those ones.
• Assign and coordinate the technical work of the department
• Recruit, train and coach the personnel of his or her department, in compliance with the effective policies
• Ensure a good communication within his or her team.

Contribute to the development of the organization (10%)

• Facilitate collaboration and value creation across regions and departments

• Keep your knowledge up to date

The ideal candidate for this position will have

• Master’s degree or Ph. D. in engineering or physics
• MBA an asset
• 5+ years of product line management experience and customer facing experience including tier-1 and OEMs in the automotive industry
• 3-10 years of experience in R&D projects related to LiDAR or the semiconductor industry, used for driving-assistance applications, active security and/or autonomous driving (automotive industry)
• Autonomous work skills and very high capacity to resolve problems
• Easiness to understand customer pains, use cases and translate them in requirements
• Ability to define and articulate a clear value proposition
• English fluency mandatory, fluency in French an asset
• Availability to travel up to 20% of the time
• Solid technical foundations combined with a strong business orientation
• Outstanding communication skills, both oral and written, with various customers (external customers, management, engineering team, etc.)
• Strong negotiation skills
• Strong experience in people management and developing high potential individuals