Description

Key Responsibilities

• Own and lead the product strategy, design and roadmap for various SmartThings Solutions & Services, which may include or depend on partner devices (e.g. Cameras)
• Understand the market needs, and bridge business and technical considerations that result in innovative and compelling solutions for customers.
• Engage directly with strategic partners to define collective use cases and objectives for the partnership, as well as set timelines for bringing integrations to market.
• Coordinate and sync product initiatives across different internal teams, executive stakeholders, and business units, by establishing shared vision and getting buy-in.
• Go deep to develop strong insights into customer needs and behaviors, as well as understand the competitive landscape, to inform product direction
• Define product priorities and collaborate with engineers to overcome roadblocks and evaluate trade-offs when appropriate.
• Monitor and measure success metrics after launch by incorporating feedback into the product development process
• Communicate product plans, benefits, and results to all audiences in formal presentations at the team and organization level

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

• 3+ or more years of product management, engineering, or product design experience
• Strong sense of ownership, bias for action, urgency and drive
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Able to concisely communicate with and influence technical and non-technical stakeholders, partner teams, and executives.
• Experience working both independently and collaboratively on product strategy, maintaining roadmaps, identifying hurdles, articulating requirements, and managing product tradeoffs.
• Strong intuition for product interaction, design, and user experience
• Data driven mindset, performing market analyses, usability studies, and examining usage patterns to evolve existing services and propose new features.
• Strong interest in the Internet of Things, Home Automation and Smart Home products
• Enthusiasm to add to our culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.

• General manager/owner mentality, entrepreneurial drive and an ability to influence without authority
• Past work experience in partner facing roles
• Experience with product metrics and monetization strategies
• Experience with embedded systems as an engineer or product manager
• Prior international work experience

SmartThings Benefits

• You’ll receive a competitive compensation package and comprehensive health benefits (medical, dental, vision, HSA with employer contribution, life & disability insurance, a competitive 401(k) with a 5% employer match, and more)
• You’ll have access to generous paid leave for parents, including 8 weeks Parental Leave and 8 more weeks for Childbirth Recovery Leave paid at 100%
• You’ll enjoy work/life flexibility through our unlimited PTO plan, Summer Fridays, 12 paid holidays each year, and an emphasis on work/life balance.
• Our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging is embedded into our culture and our work, and you’ll have opportunities to join forums and groups and participate in our ongoing projects.
• We are a group of bright, kind, and goal-oriented people. You can be your authentic self here, and are empowered to encourage others to do the same!
• We are a successful, fast-growing company at the forefront of IoT.
• We are a technologically and data-driven business.
• We are committed to our customers and developers.
• We love solving problems, thinking creatively, and trying new things.
• We believe in autonomy & taking initiative.
• We take what we do seriously–we don’t take ourselves seriously.
• We have a smart, experienced leadership team that wants to do it right and is open to new ideas.

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