Rachio is seeking a talented and motivated Product Manager who is highly experienced in all phases of the product development lifecycle, understands the connectivity between customer insights and product design and can help align and drive teams to a shared outcome.
The Product Manager is responsible for the definition of new product features and improvements based on customer insights and research data. The Product Manager will translate the user needs into stories, facilitate decisions on product strategy and continually prioritize and refine the product backlog. The Product Manager needs to be familiar with a human-centered design approach, advocate for the customer while balancing feasibility and viability, and drive internal visibility into the development progress of the product.
The Product Manager will be responsible for managing the design and development for their respective products.
Responsibilities
Have a deep understanding of the customer and serve as an advocate for the customer
Translate the product vision into clearly articulated end-to-end use cases and user stories
Consume customer research and work alongside the lead experience architect to identify pain points and potential solutions.
Work with customers and Rachio cross-functional teams to identify product features and priorities to successfully met the goals of the business
Be able to measure and quantify feature value in order to help facilitate prioritization
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand desirability, viability and feasibility
Hold teams accountable for delivery against the product roadmap
Facilitate and manage the product development delivery process for the design, development and QA teams
Identify trends and opportunities in IoT and Smart Home that can be directly applied to solving specific pain points
Help refine and evolve the agile product development process from sprint to sprint
Drive organizational visibility into product development progress and completion
Lead agile teams through the development process as part of the Product Manager role including creating and maintaining product backlog, prioritizing features, creating user stories, sprint planning, managing the work in the sprints and defining acceptance criteria.
Required
5+ years of relevant product management or design experience with focus on software products and technology
Excellent problem-solving, organizational and analytical skills, with the ability to evolve product strategy based on research, data and industry trends.
Proven ability to work cross-functionally in a highly collaborative environment
Strong influence skills
Ability to innovate and define creative solutions with compelling user experiences that exceed customer expectations
Product management experience in an agile environment
Bachelor in Science, MBA a plus
Desired
Experience with UI design for a consumer electronic product
Experience with IoT products
Experience with B2C and B2B products
Experience in hardware development a plus
Compensation
Salary based on experience
Stock options
Benefits
Great location in the heart of downtown Denver
Employee Paid Medical & Dental Insurance, 50% spouse paid
401(k) Employee Retirement Savings Account
Paid Holidays & Flexible Time-Off Policy
About Rachio
Rachio is a mission-based startup that is changing the way people water. Our smart sprinkler controller makes running sprinklers easy while saving water and money. In fact, we’ve saved over 20+ billion gallons of water to date. An industry leader in the connected home space, Rachio has one of the highest rated and reviewed product on the market.
