Product Manager - Situational Awareness

As a Product Manager - Situational Awareness at Pano, your primary responsibilities include defining and managing the product lifecycle from conception through launch, collaborating closely with engineering and design teams, influencing the product line strategy, and acting as the voice of the customer. You will ensure that our product delivers maximum value to emergency managers and wildland firefighters, driving product improvements based on user insights and market trends.

To qualify for the Product Manager - Situational Awareness position at Pano, candidates must have 5-7 years of product management experience and a BS/BA in a technology-related field or equivalent experience. Successful candidates will demonstrate a track record of shipping successful products and possess the technical skills to collaborate effectively with engineering teams. An understanding of AI, complex UX workflows, or enterprise software is a plus.

The Product Manager - Situational Awareness at Pano plays a crucial role in advancing wildfire detection efforts by leading the development of innovative solutions that enhance the capabilities of emergency managers and wildland firefighters. By bringing together insights from diverse industries, you’ll help cut down response times and improve containment strategies, ultimately contributing to safer communities.

At Pano, the work environment fosters collaboration and innovation, and the team operates in a hybrid model. As a Product Manager - Situational Awareness, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including engineering, design, marketing, and customer support, in a culture that prioritizes user-centered design and humility, allowing you to thrive in a supportive and engaging atmosphere.

Working as a Product Manager - Situational Awareness at Pano comes with competitive compensation, including stock options, comprehensive health benefits, and a 401k match. Additionally, Pano is committed to diversity and inclusion, providing an environment where every team member feels valued, respected, and supported.

In answering this question, focus on specific examples from your past roles that demonstrate your hand in defining product strategy, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and seeing products through development to launch. Highlight any frameworks or methodologies you used to ensure product success.

Discuss your approach to collecting user feedback through interviews, surveys, and usability tests. Emphasize the importance of translating user insights into actionable product improvements while ensuring the voice of the customer is embedded in the product development process.

Here, focus on your decision-making framework. Explain how you assess user impact, technical feasibility, and alignment with strategic goals when making trade-offs, illustrating your ability to navigate complex situations while keeping stakeholders informed.

Provide a detailed example of a product launch you managed, including the challenges you faced, how you coordinated with various teams, and the metrics used to measure success post-launch. Highlight any lessons learned and how you applied them to future projects.

Mention specific tools such as JIRA, Trello, or Asana for project management and tools like Mixpanel or Google Analytics for performance tracking. Discuss methodologies like Agile or Scrum, explaining how they help you maintain a productive workflow and adapt to changing user needs.

Talk about your commitment to user-centered design and how you advocate for the user throughout the product development process. Describe how you ensure user testing and feedback loops are integrated at every stage to create a seamless user experience.

In answering, showcase your knowledge of current issues surrounding wildfire management, such as rapid climate changes or resource allocation. This will demonstrate your awareness of the field and how Pano’s mission aligns with addressing those challenges.

Give a specific example of your experience with challenging stakeholders. Highlight your communication skills and any strategies you used to find common ground and ultimately align them with the product objectives.

Explain how you leverage data analysis to drive product decisions. Include examples of how you've used data to identify user pain points or measure product performance and clarify the actionable insights derived from that data.

Here, share your personal motivations for working in the climate tech sector, and describe how your passion aligns with Pano’s mission. Your enthusiasm will resonate well with interviewers looking for a cultural fit within the company.