Product Manager

As a product manager at Coactive, you will be responsible for leading the development and delivery of Coactive's solution for structuring unstructured visual data. Your role will involve identifying and prioritizing whole-product capabilities that align with the company's strategy and business goals. You will develop and maintain the product strategy, roadmap, and feature-level requirements to position Coactive as a market leader in the field. Additionally, you will play a critical role in developing the product positioning and messaging platform for marketing and sales. This position requires collaboration with cross-functional teams, interaction with customers, and frequent collaboration with development teams.

Understand customer businesses & customer problems; define personas to guide product features and experiences.

Identify attractive target segment(s), considering competition, pain points, relative product fit, sales & adoption cycles, distinct competitive advantages, leverageable customer success stories, and benefits delivered.

Work with leadership to articulate what we won’t do or pursue to focus limited resources on highest value product investments.

Minimize product development risk by defining hypotheses and developing low-cost methods of testing for product market fit & value delivery.

Socialize and solicit feedback on product strategy with internal stakeholders to gain buy-in, alignment, and clarity regarding product objectives and goals.

Build and maintain a high-level 12-24 month whole-product roadmap across relevant functional and non-functional areas to ensure delivery of a complete solution across the customer adoption lifecycle.

Produce goals and measurable outcomes to define product success.

Build and manage an enhancement request process to prioritize and respond to customer requests for new capabilities.

Write detailed epics, stories and requirements.

Collaborate with engineering teams to improve the software development lifecycle process through adoption of effective practices and tools supporting agile development.

Establish a systematic process for soliciting user feedback throughout the user experience (UX)  design and development.

• BS in computer science, engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent experience
• MBA is highly desirable
• 4-6+ years of B2B technology product management experience
• Proven track record of delivering compelling solutions
• Understand customer businesses & customer problems
• Define personas to guide product features and experiences
• Identify attractive target segment(s)
• Consider competition, pain points, relative product fit, sales & adoption cycles, distinct competitive advantages, leverageable customer success stories, and benefits delivered
• Articulate what we won't do or pursue to focus limited resources on highest value product investments
• Minimize product development risk by defining hypotheses and developing low-cost methods of testing for product market fit & value delivery
• Socialize and solicit feedback on product strategy with internal stakeholders
• Build and maintain a high-level 12-24 month whole-product roadmap
• Produce goals and measurable outcomes to define product success
• Build and manage an enhancement request process
• Write detailed epics, stories, and requirements
• Collaborate with engineering teams to improve the software development lifecycle process
• Establish a systematic process for soliciting user feedback throughout the UX design and development process
• Design a release strategy and cadence to support change management across multiple customers in multiple segments
• Establish a foundational product messaging framework
• Support sales processes by presenting on product capabilities, roadmap, and plans
• Define and evolve product management processes to improve product effectiveness, quality, user experience, time to market, and efficiency
• Perform win/loss analysis on each deal
• Evaluate market response for product market fit and adjust product strategy and roadmap
• Meet with customers and participate in sales engagement to develop a first-hand perspective of customer and market needs
• Actively seek customer and market input and data as a source of product innovation.

• 100% medical, dental & vision coverage for you
• Medical, dental & vision partially covered for your dependents
• 401K
• Unlimited PTO
• An allowance to set up workstations however you want
• A supportive environment. We build products, but we develop people.
• Social events ranging from happy hours and hiking to board game nights and games of Mario Kart.