Product Manager, 3D Design Software – MachineBuilder

As a Product Manager, 3D Design Software - Machine Builder at Vention…

You will interface with clients to capture emerging needs, drive respective software development teams and support sales & marketing for successful product launches. Leveraging your product management expertise, you will be uniquely positioned to guide architectural choices, drive effective prioritization of our effort and own the product roadmap. More specifically, your role will include the following responsibilities

Vention Machine Builder is the fastest and easiest way to design and order factory equipment. You can create automated equipment, robot cells and tooling in minutes with the only CAD software built exclusively for the factory floor.

What You'll Do:

Product management

• Conduct client interviews to understand feature opportunities/gap
• Conduct benchmarking of competitor's product and pricing
• Conduct analysis to inform new product specifications and evaluate performance of existing products
• Scope and maintain the product roadmap
• Prepare detailed brief for new software/features, including business logic
• Define pricing for monetized products and forecast revenue potential
• Lead preparation for Quarterly Product Review
• Develop sales enablement material and train various go-to market teams (Account Executives, Application Engineers, Customer Success, etc.)
• Work closely with the marketing team to provide input for product launch campaigns

Product ownership

• Organize and prioritize ticket backlog
• Breakdown product briefs for new product/feature in sequenced ticket for efficient execution
• Prepare and host sprint kick-off, ensuring software team support the scope and can successfully define the "how"
• Ensure deadline compliance for each feature/product and measure team performance
• Conduct business QA on new products/features to ensure the user experience contribute to elevating the Vention platform
• Work with software team and HR to ensure teams are properly staffed with expertise required to deliver the annual roadmap
• Maintain dev-team happiness by scheduling period of technical debt / bug elimination (or allow some refactoring as part of new feature development)

What You Bring to the Table

We’re looking for skills, intellect, and experiences that will help you succeed in this role but we also know that various profiles (not only the one described below) could be successful. If you’re excited about what you read and think you’d be a great fit, we encourage you to apply, even if you don’t meet every single qualification.

You’ll bring:

• Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, computer science or equivalent
• 7+ years experience as a product manager, product owner or application engineer
• Understanding of software user interface/user experience best practices
• Excellent communication, leadership and collaboration skills
• Highly motivated self starter
• A proven track record of successful product launches
• Strong project management and risk mitigation mindset, with demonstrated ability to build contingency plan and execute them
• Ability to work in a fast pace environment with quick turnaround/good time management
• Knowledge of CAD software a plus

‍What We Offer

• Career pathing: Real opportunities to grow through personalized development plans, bi-annual employee reviews, and mentorship program
• Professional development: Continuous training in performance management, inclusive leadership, leadership operating model, team building, and giving/receiving feedback
• Gender diversity & inclusion: Pay equity reviews, inclusive policies, and a Women’s Employee Resource Group offering networking, mentorship, and quarterly learning sessions.
• Hybrid work: Enjoy flexibility with our hybrid model, allowing you to work from home on select days.
• Community engagement: Two paid volunteering days per year to give back to causes you care about.
• Central location: Regular team gatherings and a collaborative office space in the heart of Montreal, surrounded by cafés and restaurants.
• Team events: All year round employee events including annual kick-off, employee summit, quarterly happy hours, and department events.
• Comprehensive benefits: A…