Technical Product Manager

Position Summary:

The Technical Product Manager will lead efforts towards the successful launch of software products, owning the product lifecycle and driving implementation. This role is a hybrid tech-business position requiring a high degree of technical software knowledge, hands-on mechanical field visits and relevant marketing or business experience. 

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Fully understand the company’s business strategy to drive implementation of products in partnership with internal technical and fabrication teams and external software and firmware contractors.
• Champion the product vision and define value-based roadmap together with key stakeholders.
• Work with key stakeholders to gather well-defined user requirements that deliver the product vision.
• Document user stories and acceptance criteria to maintain 90 days’ worth of the Product Backlog.
• Collect user feedback from proposed design, mock-ups, prototypes, or demos.
• Set product development priorities which align with the product strategy and technical capabilities.
• Create and document Initiatives and Epics in JIRA.
• Guide the engineering team to understand how to vertically divide work to continuously deliver value.
• Act as the primary point of contact for development teams, ensuring alignment between technical execution and business priorities.
• Act as the voice of customer in Sprint Planning, Reviews, and Retrospectives.
• Prepare Sprint Review materials and demo (with Scrum team support).
• Define beta test requirements and metrics to track.
• Cross-collaborate with Sales and Tech Service to ensure internal customer adoption.
• Lead marketing initiatives to quantify the product value and communicate regularly with stakeholders.
• Any other related duties required for project or product success.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• None

Travel:

• 10 – 20%: Quarterly field rides will be required to build collaborative working relationships, assess equipment performance in the field, and identify areas for innovation.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Computer Science, Data Science or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience as a Project Owner or similar role in software development.
• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or similar certification preferred.
• Coding, either data science or computer science roles and/or some mechanical or robotics engineering.
• Understanding of product development life cycle.
• Experience using Agile and Lean methodologies such as Scrum and/or Test-Driven Development.
• Knowledge of dairy industry is a plus.