Head of Product Management, Platform - Alameda, CA, United States - ECO Magazine

Description

Saildrone Director of Product, Platform

We provide real-time access to critical data from any ocean on earth, 24/7/365, and use proprietary software applications to transform that data into actionable insights and intelligence.

Our fleet of uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs), powered by renewable wind and solar power, have a minimal carbon footprint and operate without the need for a crewed support vessel.

Saildrone works with governments, civil agencies, foundations, universities, and private companies around the globe to drive better information about our oceans and seas—from sailing into the eye of a category 4 hurricane to obtain new data about how storms intensify, collecting new CO2 data in hard-to-reach areas, and counting fish biomass to inform sustainable fishery management, to mapping the ocean floor and reducing illegal fishing and drug trafficking.

As a result of our work, Saildrone has been included on Fast Company's annual list of the World's Most Innovative Companies, earned an Ocean Awards' Innovation Award, won Best Tech For Good from the Timmy Awards, and was recognized by Andreessen Horowitz's American Dynamism 50 list of the Top 50 Companies Kickstarting American Renewal.

Our first-annual Atlantic hurricane mission with NOAA was included as one of The New York Times' 21 Things That Happened for the First Time in 2021 and Popular Science's 100 Greatest Innovations of 2021.

Petersburg, FL, and operate our missions worldwide.

Saildrone is backed by top-tier investors in the frontier tech and sustainability sectors, including Social Capital, Capricorn, Lux Capital, BOND Capital, and Emerson Collective.

This is an exciting opportunity with a fast-growing team at the cutting-edge intersection of big data services and autonomous hardware.

You will be an integral part of a high-performing multi-disciplinary delivering high impact for humanity and future generations.
We are seeking an experienced individual to lead product planning and strategy for our Maritime Domain Awareness platform.

You'll work with other teams across our matrixed organization to plan and facilitate both longer- term strategic initiatives and short-term tactical work.

writing product requirements documents), communicating updates to leadership, and gathering requirements from other key stakeholders.

We will rely on you to drive quarterly and annual planning, and to set a culture of accountability as we build cutting edge products.

You will help define playbooks for product management at Saildrone and grow a team of PMs to support the overall organization.

Organize and facilitate quarterly planning and roadmap exercises
Coordinate with other teams like Hardware Engineers, Software Engineers, Operations team members, Technical Program Managers, etc. to ensure that product requirements and success criteria are clearly defined, documented and understood
Performing business analyses and cases for future investments in our roadmap
Experience with agile software development methodologies
~ Experience working with complex cross-functional/matrixed team structures
~ Proficiency in performing market research and business analyses to guide prioritization and product decisions
~ Ability to travel up to 25% of the time

Navy, Coast Guard or Intelligence experience
GIS or mapping experience
Work is performed on a computer and requires ability to operate a keyboard and other peripheral devices. Ability to travel up to 25% annually (domestic and international).

Our waterfront office offers beautiful views of San Francisco Bay in always sunny Alameda.

Even our walls have good karma, our offices mix software development with a hardware production line in the former airplane hangar used to film 'The Matrix'.

Medical, dental and vision plans for you and your dependents
Short and relaxing ferry ride from the Ferry Building for SF residents
Competitive benefits including excellent medical, life insurance, 401k plan

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