Senior Product Manager

About Kinaxis 

Elevate your career journey by embracing a new challenge with Kinaxis. We are experts in tech, but it’s really our people who give us passion to always seek ways to do things better. As such, we’re serious about your career growth and professional development, because People matter at Kinaxis.    

 

In 1984, we started out as a team of three engineers based in Ottawa, Canada. Today, we have grown to become a global organization with over 2000 employees around the world, and support 40,000+ users in over 100 countries. As a global leader in end-to-end supply chain management, we enable supply chain excellence for all industries. We are expanding our team in the US and around the world as we continue to innovate and revolutionize how we support our customers.  

 

Kinaxis has a well-established team of Sales and Professional Services professionals across the US. Our newest office is based in Irving’s Las Colinas development and will serve as a centralized hub where employees and customers from across the US can come together to work towards solving some of the biggest challenges facing supply chains.  

Location

This is a remote position. You can work from home and be located anywhere in United States

About the role

The Senior Product Manager, as a unique subject matter expert and seasoned professional brings amastery of knowledge, leadership, and design within the function of product management. They own a product line and develop new products from the ground up to build and execute the delivery of measurable and ROI approved new product solutions. They own their portfolio and manage the long-term strategic roadmap for RapidResponse. Their work is integrated into all product categories and theyare responsible for creating the strategy and the business plan to secure investment in a new product area, define the market needs, marketing strategies, and they conduct the “evangelist” role as theProduct Manager, Principal to let the world know what has been built for the industry and to supportmarketing activities.

What you will do

The incumbent is responsible for establishing new market strategy (retail, O&G, commodities), vision, strategy, financial success, pricing, and distribution for product lines. This includes but is not limited to development of a product portfolio and packaging, accountable for partner health, for customer acquisitions and financial health, pricing, thought leadership, marketing plan, buying process and conducting win/loss analysis. They develop the financial business plan for BBP opportunities that they are accountable for and present this to the Executive Leadership team for the Senior Product Manager to receive project approval and financing.

 

The incumbent provides leadership in their internal team, and with multiple cross-functionalstakeholders throughout and after the product development process. They are exceptionally adept atinfluencing without direct authority. The incumbent is professional, approachable and conductsthemself with a positive and inspiring disposition. They are responsible in providing leadership for aportfolio of clients and build collaborative relationships, trust, rapport, and credibility within theorganization, the industry and external networks. Ability to lead, influence, and coach others through complex projects.

 

The incumbent is proactive and consistent in taking initiative to ensure their knowledge and skillsremain current in the industry, platform strategies, trends and opportunities, and technicaldevelopments are in alignment with strategic company objectives, and to meet their positionrequirements, attend and/or present related training, and conferences, etc. They are responsible fortechnical leadership and mentorship to others on the PM team.

 

What we are looking for

• BSc Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent, MBA is an asset
• 10+ years of directly related experience working on the development and delivery of enterprise software; manufacturing/supply chain/BI and 5+ years of directly related product management experience. A seasoned SME within the high-tech industry, technical aptitude, and experience working with clients from multiple industries to develop industry leading supply chain management solutions.
• Experience in leading and managing multiple large and complex projects. Leadership and coaching skills.
• Experience includes but is not limited to, knowledge of Enterprise Software security standards and protocols, broad knowledge of enterprise software applications, experience launching a new business segment or work in a startup environment, and with the deployment, maintenance and administration of enterprise soft