Senior Product Manager

Build products that matter

As Nectar is connecting more and more hives and ramping up new features, our platform needs to sustain this growth and perform optimally. To achieve a product that exceeds the expectations of beekeepers, Nectar believes that a robust platform, delivering tangible and quantifiable value is essential to its success.

That's why we're looking for a motivated Senior Product Manager to further the development and improvement of Nectar's platform and make a positive impact on our ecosystem and food supply chain.

Your responsibilities

• Gain and own a deep understanding of our customers’ business, of our users’ product experience and of the beekeeping industry.
• Working with Sales, Customer Success and Marketing, identify and fill product gaps and generate new ideas that grow market share, improve customer experience and drive revenue growth.
• Working with the CEO, create buy-in for the product vision both internally and with key external stakeholders. Act as a product evangelist to build awareness and understanding.
• Translate product strategy into roadmaps, detailed requirements, ROI opportunities and prototypes.
• Closely collaborate with the Senior Product Designer to build wireframes and ensure that the quality of the UX/UI design improves the customer experience, data quality, and value generation.
• Through our product roadmap, scope and prioritize product development activities based on business and customer impact.
• Represent the company by visiting customers to solicit feedback on company products and services.
• Collaborate with the COO and the Director of Finances on the alignment of the product strategy with pricing models and revenue generation strategies.
• Work closely with the CTO to ensure that the product is aligned with the needs of the industry and that the technological stack is well suited.
• Work closely with the Director of Engineering to ensure optimal development speed and ensure validation of features (i.e. MVP)
• Work closely with the engineering team to deliver features with quick time-to-market and optimal resources
• Collaborate with the Marketing team on promotional plans to ensure that they are consistent with product line strategy and that the message is effectively conveyed.

Your profile

• 5+ years experience in product management
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related disciplines or equivalent experience in technical leadership roles; an MBA is a plus
• Previous experience in a Software as a Service work environment(s)
• Proven success in overseeing all aspects of a product’s life cycle
• An appreciation for designing products, features, and frameworks for users with varying levels of technological expertise
• Experience with agile methodologies, including the ability to manage the scrum process, sprint delivery and release management
• Experience with both external and internal customers as key stakeholders to manage in roadmap planning and development
• Experience contributing to product marketing strategies that can be implemented by the marketing team
• Strong spoken and written communication skills
• Working proficiency in English and, ideally, French.

About you

• Interested in becoming an expert in the agriculture and beekeeping industries
• Strong technical understanding, ability to grasp technical concepts and establish credibility with engineers
• A proven track-record of delivering outstanding results with a bias for customers & the business, managing significant complexity & aggressive timelines. You also have a bias-to-action and aren't afraid to get your hands dirty
• Strong sensitivity for customer experience and product-market fit
• Results driven
• Startup mentality

Benefits & conditions

• Permanent and full-time role with flexible work hours.
• To be performed in Canada: from home and/or from Nectar's office in Montreal.
• Remuneration according to experience.
• A minimum of 3 weeks of vacation, plus time off during the holidays.
• Group insurance including health, dental, vision care and virtual healthcare.
• Group RRSP from day 1.
• Annual well-being budget of $500.
• Half-day Fridays : our work weekends Friday mid day.
• The opportunity to learn beekeeping and participate in maintaining Nectar's hives at its farm.
• An endless supply of honey