Senior Product Manager

CAE•Tampa, FL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

CAE is seeking a Product Manager responsible for leveraging internally developed capabilities and technologies into mature, market-ready products and solutions for CAE’s customers. This role requires a highly driven, self-motivated individual who will work across CAE teams, partners, and a broad range of customers to champion the needs of multiple user personas. This role will have high visibility to CAE leadership and requires effective communication with key stakeholders throughout CAE Defense & Security worldwide to ensure products meet customer needs and reach the appropriate level of maturity, ensuring product completeness.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
8+ years of experience in simulation and modeling or related industry.
3+ years of experience in product management, product ownership, or product planning with strong focus on building market-driven products.
Must be eligible for DoD Security Clearance, eligibility for Top Secret clearance preferred.
Due to U.S. Government contract requirements, only U.S. citizens are eligible for this role.
Knowledge of Software Development and Integration, Systems Engineering, and hardware interfaces.
Knowledge of Agile software development methodologies and design techniques.
Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and creative thinking skills.
Excellent written, verbal communication, and presentation skills.
Domain knowledge of professional concepts including: product lifecycle, product plans, productization plans, business/licensing models, business rules, legal terms of use, distribution models.

Nice To Haves

Ability to work well with remote management and staff across various departments.
Self-motivated, organized, creative, and team-oriented.

Responsibilities

Drive and communicate product vision, strategy, and roadmap by working with a cross-team, cross-company, international community of stakeholders.
Ensures products under development reach appropriate TRL level prior to being offered as a solution in a proposal.
Works with Finance/contracts teams to determine licensing model for generated products.
Works with Legal team to ensure newly generated IP is clearly identified and tracked.
Helps guard existing IP as product improvements are made by working with external programs to ensure correct funding is used.
Works with Marketing team to create datasheets and other marketing materials for new products.
Ensures license fees for sales are collected and tracked to allow ROI analysis and sustainment.
Effectively communicates availability of new products through the company.
Serve as a subject matter expert for the product team and across the company.
Engage with strategic customers and partners to gather requirements, prioritize needs, and understand business workflows, specifically focusing on the CAE technologies and capabilities required to meet the needs of users.
Identify, prioritize, and evangelize the roadmap required to meet key market and customer segment adoption milestones.
Participate in competitive analysis and perform market research.
Maintain information on products through product docs, white papers and presentations.