Senior Product Manager

3 weeks ago

Minneapolis, United States SmartThings Full time
Senior Product Manager - Strategic Partnerships / Initiatives (Minneapolis, MN)

Department: Product & Growth

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Minneapolis, MN

Reporting To: Aaron Swift

Description

We're SmartThings, one of the leading IoT ecosystems in the world, creating the most effortless way for anyone to create a smart home. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung, our corporate offices are based in Minneapolis and the Bay Area.

More than 270 million people worldwide use SmartThings to control and manage their connected life. SmartThings delivers simple, powerful experiences across Samsung's leading portfolio of phones, TVs, and appliances, and we offer the most versatile smart home experience as an open platform with a rich partner ecosystem. As a founding member of Matter, we are a leader in the industry to help make smart homes more secure, reliable and seamless to use.

Like the smartphone revolution, smart home technology is transforming the way we interact with the world around us. With SmartThings products, we're reducing global emissions, improving service industries, and creating a safer, smarter planet. Come be a part of the transformation with us Do the SmartThings

SmartThings Culture & Ways of Working

SmartThings' dynamic culture continuously moves forward with agility and determination, providing an opportunity for impactful contributions across all roles. Our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging is deeply ingrained in our core values, fostering a culture that values,celebrates, and honors the unique perspectives and experiences of every individual. Embracing inclusive practices, we strive to cultivate a work environment where everyone thrives.

At SmartThings, we're creating immersive, interconnected experiences for both our customers and our team members. Our workplace mirrors this ethos, offering a versatile hybrid environment that nurtures personal connections and fosters collaborative efforts. It's a place where we can harness the power of teamwork and also delve into focused solo work from the comfort of home a couple of days a week. Joining our team means being based in the vibrant Minneapolis/St. Paul area and working with us at our Minneapolis office three days a week, adding your unique touch to our collective journey.

About The Team

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.

About The Role

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.

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.

Key Responsibilities
  • 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.
Skills Knowledge and Expertise

Inclusive Hiring Practices

If your skills and experience are close to what we're looking for, we encourage you to apply. We know that abilities can be developed in many different ways, and some of the most educational paths have twists and turns. Diversity of thought creates the most creative teams, and we're passionate about adding new perspectives to the conversation at SmartThings. Even if you aren't certain you meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply

What You Bring On Day One (Required Qualifications)
  • 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
SmartThings Benefits
  • We offer an attractive compensation package with comprehensive health benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and mental health; an HSA with employer contribution; life & disability insurance; FSAs for health and dependent care expenses; a competitive 401k with a 5% employer match, and more.
  • All of our employees enjoy unlimited PTO, 12 paid holidays, and a generous parental leave policy (8 weeks fully paid parental leave and 8 more fully paid weeks for childbirth recovery leave).
  • Eligible employees benefit from our education reimbursement program, and all employees enjoy access to learning resources through O'Reilly.
  • Our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging is embedded into our culture and our work, and everyone has frequent opportunities to join forums and groups and participate in ongoing projects.


Compensation for this role for a candidate based in Minneapolis is expected to be between $119,744 and $179,616

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