Position: Senior Software Product Manager
Location: Kitchener, ON
Job Type: Full-Time Permanent
Experience: 5+ Years of relevant work experience
Education: Bachelors Degree
Division: OTTO by Rockwell Automation
About OTTO by Rockwell Automation
OTTO by Rockwell Automation is a global leader in autonomous technology for material handling inside manufacturing and warehouse facilities. With over five million hours of production experience, OTTO autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) are trusted in mission-critical operations for some of the world’s most recognized brands. OTTO by Rockwell Automation was recognized as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Robotics Companies of 2023. For more information, visit ottomotors.com.
OTTO by Rockwell Automation was acquired by Rockwell Automation effective October 2023. Rockwell is a global technology leader focused on helping the world’s manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 28,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers – amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility – our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how the work we do changes the world for the better.
About the Opportunity:
We are looking for a senior product manager to add to our growing team. We need someone with a track record of success bringing great products to market. An ideal candidate has experience bringing both enterprise-grade software and industrial grade hardware to market, comes from an automation background or really understands the industrial automation, manufacturing, or distribution space.
You will be responsible for a critical part of our portfolio, focusing on fleet management and material handling workflows. Your experience in product management will help you drive the products’ success & strategic vision . You will work closely with the rest of the OTTO product development team to make sure that we are delivering properly engineered solutions. You will work closely with both sales and marketing to ensure your products are competitive, valuable and understood in the marketplace.
Key Responsibilities:
Contribute to product strategy, vision, and execution of our software and hardware to ensure the success of our robots.
Build a detailed near- and long-term product roadmap. Validate with key customers and stakeholders.
Translate product requirements into product deliverables and drive them to completion
Work closely with the engineering team to deliver great solutions
Act as a product evangelist internally and externally champion the best in class material movement platform
Be the expert on the competition and how to beat them.
Required Experience/Skills:
Product Managers come from various backgrounds, therefore, most importantly we are looking for someone who matches the description above and is looking to take on the world. That being said we consider these baselines for our next team member:
You have been building software and/or hardware products for a while and have 5+ years’ experience shipping products as a product manager
You have a degree or diploma in Business or Engineering related fields
You have worked with engineering teams as a product owner and have demonstrable experience leading cross-functional teams to define, execute and iterate on projects
You are adept at both verbal and visual communication and can lead teams through difficult decisions.
You have a demonstrable track record shipping high-quality product, and can excel in product design when required
You can break down strategy into tactics and tactics into metrics
What’s in it for you:
At OTTO by Rockwell Automation, we are committed to building and supporting a culture of diversity, inclusion, and accessibility. We hire the best talent regardless of race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, disability, marital status, age, veteran status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, and expression. If you require special accommodation to complete any portion of the application or interview process, please contact 1-800-301-3863.
