Product Manager - Web & Ecommerce

Vention helps some of the most innovative manufacturing companies automate their production floor in just a few days. Vention's online-first manufacturing automation platform (MAP) enables its clients to design, automate, order, and deploy manufacturing equipment directly from their web browser.

Vention is headquartered in Montreal, Canada, with offices in Berlin and Boston, and is used in over 3,000 factories on 5 continents. As one of Canada’s Most Admired Cultures and Great Place to Work, we are a performance driven culture that cares deeply about happiness. We like ambitious goals, facts & data, and constructive debates. But at the same time, we know that we can’t repeatedly push ourselves if we are not surrounded by an uplifting and caring work environment. Those two sides of our culture, feed each other and are safeguarded with the same level of attention. Our values & principles include: 

• We make our clients successful - we do what’s right for our customers, even when it makes our roles more challenging.
• We execute and deliver - we set ambitious goals for ourselves and are energized about meeting them.
• We debate, then commit - we challenge our own perspectives and ideas in pursuit of the best solutions.
• We innovate to inspire - we value innovation in products, user experiences, and business practices.
• We collaborate to achieve more - we work as one team to achieve more than we would on our own.
• We empower our people to reach their full potential - we hold ourselves to high standards but know when to celebrate progress & achievements

Role & Responsibilities

As the Product Manager for the Web platform, you will own the product roadmap for Vention’s transactional website, the user community infrastructure, and private client portals. In this role, you will interface with clients to capture emerging needs, drive respective software development teams.  Leveraging your product management expertise, you will be uniquely positioned to guide architectural choices and drive effective prioritization of our effort and resources. More specifically, your role will include the following responsibilities:

Product management

• Conduct client interview to understand feature opportunities/gap

• Conduct benchmarking of competitor's product

• 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

• Lead preparation for Quarterly Product Review

• Develop sales enablement material and train various go-to market teams (Account Executive, Application Engineers, Customer Success, etc.)

• Handshake with marketing and growth when developing new feature

• Align with marketing and the product designers to keep a unify artistic direction for the website

Product ownership

• Organize and prioritize ticket backlog

• Breakdown product brief 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

• Bachelor's degree in business or other relevant field

• 5 years experience in product management for global e-commerce and marketplace platforms, 

• Experience with multi-language and multi-currency transactional capabilities

• Familiar with growth product management, including sign-up and activation conversation optimization, viral loop measurement and amplification 

• Strong analytical tool kit with ability to run complex analysis including regression, T-sample tests, A/B tests

• Excellent internal/external stakeholder management skills

• 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 turnarounds/good time management

How We Take Care of You

• Flexible paid time off and remote work policies
• Complimentary beverages and snacks so that you are fueled and ready for your day
• Global comprehensive health plans so you feel your best
• Career growth opportunities. Your future matters.
• Fun-filled social events curated based on diverse interests for our team to celebrate together. From sponsored sports teams to trivia nights
• Time off to volunteer and give back to your community.

What to Expect in Your Interview

• Initial Call
• Meet the Team
• Challenge
• Decision & Offer

‍Commitment to Equal Employment Opportunity

Our culture is an uplifting environment for high achievers. The fast-paced, high-performance environment will give you the opportunity to build products, processes and strategies that will have a lasting impact.

When you join Vention, you join a team of professionals with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives. Together, we strive to nurture a supportive and inclusive work environment for all. We push each other to achieve extraordinary results and forge long term relationships as a result of the intensity and passion. 

We’re passionate about helping you do your best work. Claim your seat and find out what you can do!

If you're unsure if your experience perfectly matches our job posting, we encourage you to apply anyway! We are happy to chat and get to know you better while you can understand the role as well.