Sr Product Mgr

Inovonics•Westminster, CO

29d•$135,000 - $165,000•Hybrid

About The Position

We are looking for a Software Product Manager who can guide our software engineering team with clarity and technical credibility. This is not a role for someone who will hand requirements over the wall and hope for the best. You will be embedded in the day-to-day work of the team: running sprint ceremonies, owning the backlog, writing requirements that engineers can act on, and making product decisions that hold up under scrutiny. The right candidate has a software engineering or technical background and has moved into product management because they want to shape what gets built, not just how it gets built. You understand system architecture well enough to know when a proposal does not fit, and you are willing to say so. You write requirements you have thoroughly reviewed and own the outcomes that follow.

Requirements

Background in software engineering, computer science, or a related technical discipline
Handson experience running Agile development: sprint planning, backlog management, story writing, and retrospectives
Demonstrated ability to write detailed, accurate product requirements that engineering teams can execute without constant clarification
Ability to engage in architectural conversations and recognize when a proposal does not fit the existing system
Experience owning a SaaS or cloud platform product end-to-end
Comfort with ambiguity and the ability to make and defend product decisions with incomplete information

Nice To Haves

5+ years of product management experience with a software or engineering foundation
Experience with IoT, connected hardware, or embedded systems products
Familiarity with physical security, life safety, or building automation markets
Experience shipping AI or ML powered product features; practical understanding of what AI systems can and cannot do
Experience with API platform products and third-party integration ecosystems

Responsibilities

Day to day software team leadership
Own the product backlog and sprint planning for the software engineering team
Write and maintain requirements that are accurate, scoped, and actionable
Run Agile ceremonies and serve as the primary product voice to engineering
Manage trade-off decisions between scope, quality, and timeline in real time
Report sprint progress to executive leadership
Work with customer-facing teams and market focused Product Managers to triage requests and manage communication related to software releases
Define the “What", "Why”, and “When” of what the software team builds.
Own the software and cloud platform roadmap, including API integrations and third-party partnerships
Ensure roadmap initiatives have well defined software requirements before engineering picks them up
Partner with hardware and market focused product managers to identify what software can realistically deliver, surface revenue opportunities, and align software commitments to system level plans.
Maintain visibility into technical dependencies and surface risks early
Provide product leadership for Inovonics' AI capabilities, including our dealer facing AI assistant and AI driven monitoring features
Translate the engineering team's AI and ML capabilities into a committed, realistic roadmap
Identify where AI creates genuine product value versus where it adds complexity without payoff
Work with commercial and customer facing teams to validate AI use cases before committing engineering resources