Senior Product Manager, SmartThings
Strategic Partnerships / Initiatives
$150.8-226.2k
Office located in Mountain View, CA,
Smart Home monitoring app
Job no longer available
Smart Home monitoring app
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$150.8-226.2k
Office located in Mountain View, CA,
201-500 employees
Company mission
To reduce global emissions, improve service industries, and create a safer, smarter planet.
Role
Who you are
- You should have a product management track record, the technical acumen to work closely with engineering, and the business mindset to cooperate with internal and external stakeholders
- You are data driven and get into the details, performing market analyses, usability studies, and examining usage patterns to evolve existing services and propose new features
- Additional benefits also include knowledge of the Smart Home space, including familiarity with IoT device manufacturers and smart home ecosystems, which informs what features you will build
- 5+ years in product management, preferably platform product focused (PaaS/SaaS)
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience driving strategic product direction, with an emphasis on day-to-day execution
- Natural leadership. You know how to connect with people to get things done across any job function. People love working with you
- Technically proficient. You are capable of wading into the details but can also drive a 100k foot view to work closely with both technical and non-technical team members
- Comfortable supporting discussions with engineering around technology decisions and strategy related to a product
- Experience working with stakeholders and cross-functional teams including engineering and design
- Experience collaborating on product strategy, maintaining roadmaps, articulating requirements and managing product tradeoffs
- Experience operating independently while proactively identifying roadblocks and engaging leaders for assistance
- Strong intuition for product interaction, design, and user experience
- Strong critical thinking, analytical/quantitative skills, ownership, and bias for action
- Strong verbal and written communication skills. Able to concisely communicate with and influence stakeholders, engineers, partner teams, and executives
- A strong desire and ability to add to our culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
- Strong interests in the Internet of Things, Home Automation and Smart Home products
What the job involves
- SmartThings is seeking a Senior Product Manager to join the Ecosystem team, which is responsible for bringing a diverse collection of third party device and service partnerships to market with Samsung
- This is an important role within the organization that requires product thinking, stakeholder management, and technical expertise to bring new experiences to millions of consumers around the world
- As a Senior Product Manager for Strategic Partnerships, you will work closely with a cross-functional team that includes global stakeholders across business, engineering, and fellow product leaders
- You will collaborate with these teams to discover and interact directly with partners to identify opportunities and the technical specifications needed to launch them in the market
- Work with Business Development to do market-sizing, identify strategic/channel partners and create a go-to-market strategy
- Engage directly with global stakeholders and 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
- Define product priorities and collaborate with engineers to overcome roadblocks and evaluate trade-offs when appropriate
- Develop go-to-market strategies and collaborate with WWST operations, business development, and marketing teams to support product launches with impactful messaging and positioning
- 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
Our take
SmartThings, the smart home tech company, was only two years old when it was acquired by Samsung, ushering in a long partnership that has seen both companies benefit from a continuous conveyor belt of new products. Originally founded by a group of former employees of online advertising and marketing company ReachLocal, SmartThings is an app-enabled collection of tools for the home, including front door monitors, fitness apps, and smart TVs.
SmartThings has become integral to the Samsung brand, and the latter has benefitted greatly due to SmartThings tech being delivered directly into Samsung products. SmartThings has also been rocket boosted by a large number of partner companies and brands that Samsung has at its disposal, whilst helping its parent company keep up with competitors Google and Apple.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
12% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Nov 2013
$12.5m
SERIES A
Dec 2012
$3m
SEED
Total funding: $15.5m
Company 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
Leadership
Mark Benson
(Head of SmartThings)Currently works for Samsung Electronics, as the Head of SmartThings. Previously Head of Engineering at Smart Things, CTO at Exosite, Director of Software Strategy at Logic PD.
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