Product Manager - Richmond, Canada - Sierra Wireless

Description

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• At Sierra Wireless diversity is valued and celebrated. We strive to foster an inclusive organization. As a proud equal opportunity employer, we welcome people of every race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status to grow their careers here.

Job Summary
We have an opportunity for an enthusiastic and collaborative

Product Manager to join the AirLink Product Management team. This team is responsible for our Sierra Wireless' 5G AirLink routers including advanced network management and cloud services. We are focused on providing mission critical 5G connectivity to key verticals such as industrial, public safety and utilities. We are building solutions that enable our customers in the transformation to a smarter and more sustainable planet.

As Product Manager, you will play a key role interfacing with all functional areas of the company (Operations, Finance, Sales, Engineering) and our customers, creating and managing your own product lines for deployment in the harshest mission critical environments.

You will be responsible for the definition of hardware and software elements of the AirLink 5G Router portfolio. Listening to customers, creating and driving the product vision, developing requirements, guiding product development and championing new product commercialization.

This position will be located at our Richmond, BC headquarters and will have a hybrid work arrangement.


Responsibilities:

• Product management for the hardware and embedded software of AirLink 4G & 5G gateways and routers.
• Develop deep understanding of target customers and markets across the wireless landscape.
• Define and document user stories and product requirements based on regular customer and partner engagement, competitive analysis, and deep understanding of technology market trends.
• Manage product priorities and releases, with direct interaction with the engineering teams.
• Perform benchmarking analysis on competitive products, provide feedback to sales and channel organizations.
• Jointly develop product positioning messaging with marketing and sales enablement teams, including presenting to the sales team, channel partners and customers on new products.

Required Education, Experience & Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Finance, Marketing, Science, or Engineering.
• Knowledge of wireless networking technologies and ecosystem (customers, carriers, partners).
• Strong understanding of technology platforms with 3+ years' experience in the technology industry with software or hardware products.
• Demonstrated ability to influence outcomes in a cross functional, multidisciplined team.
• Excellent presentation, written and verbal communication skills.
• Selfmotivated and able to work independently to develop key concepts and execute them.
• Required travel will be up to 10%.

Desired Education, Experience & Skills:

• Experience in 4G/LTE and 5G wireless technologies is a benefit.
• A business degree such as an MBA is desired but not necessary.
• Experience interacting directly with customers is very desirable.

What We Offer

• Our people are friendly, collaborative, and like to share their ideas and knowledge with one another. This creates an amazing environment where we learn from each other and innovate together.

Our Canadian benefits include paid vacation and sick days, extended health and dental insurance, vision care, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, matching retirement savings program, and employee and family assistance programs.

• If you like working with a successful team, are looking for competitive salary and benefits, and the opportunity to represent a recognized and innovative brand, we'd love to have you join our team

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