Technical Product Manager

REPORTS TO: Director of Technology Commercialization

THE VALUE YOU DELIVER:

• Collaborate with the Director of Technology Commercialization and key Oceanit leaders to drive key technology commercialization priorities at Oceanit in an agile team environment; lead small project-based software teams.
• Build rapid prototypes to demonstrate to prospective customers and generate excitement and get user feedback.
• Work with the team to identify and evaluate promising technologies being developed at Oceanit; take responsibility for assigned technical software deliverables.
• Collaborate with scientists and engineers at Oceanit to understand the new technology being developed, the potential commercial opportunities, and encourage technical progress towards relevant opportunities.
• Develop new business plans, marketing collateral, and go-to-market strategies for identified technologies.
• Identify and source early customers to test technology with.
• User test with customers and communicate feedback to the technical team.
• Identify and source new commercial co-development partners who might be interested in licensing specific Oceanit technologies.
• Design, modify, develop, debug, and test software using C++, Python, or other programming languages under Linux, Windows, or other operating systems.
• Use standard tools for configuration management, issue tracking, etc.
• Troubleshoot, test, and analyze problems and determine solutions.

The Expertise We’re Looking For:

• Ability to work in a fast paced “startup environment” with limited resources.
• Technical background or experience and skills to be able to build prototypes. 
• Entrepreneurial self-starter with the ability to work with little guidance. Each project is like doing a mini startup so the candidate needs to be able to take an idea and run with it.
• Strong communication and presentation skills to a wide range of audiences (users, customers, business leaders, government, etc.).
• Comfortable with ambiguity, able to take initiative when path is not clear and work on multiple work streams simultaneously.
• Excellent analytical capabilities, bringing rigor to problem solving.
• Ability to work cross functionally in a positive and team-oriented way whether as a project lead or as a contributor.

Qualifications:

• 2-5 years of work experience
• Technical ability and skills to build prototypes
• B.S., M.S., or PhD in engineering, science or equivalent technical field
• Startup, consulting, and/or strategy/business development experience
• Willingness to travel up to 25% of time (domestically and internationally).