Mill

Waste prevention technology

ProductManager

$185–215k San Bruno, California, United States
The Brief

“Product Manager at Mill. Skills: Product strategy, Hardware roadmap, Customer requirements. Define product requirements. Maintain product requirements”

What You'll Achieve.

Deliver successful program; Close the loop fast; Ensure product readiness; Expand our market; Make good decisions quickly; Define performance metrics; Track performance metrics

Industry & Context.

Waste prevention technology
Problems you'll solve

Make hard tradeoffs; Resolve technical challenges; Synthesize learnings; Identify product needs; Surface blockers; Surface tradeoffs; Surface risks

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5-7 years product management, 3+ years hardware/electromechanical products, Experience shipping hardware, Field and customer experience, Clear, direct communicator

Nice to Have

Experience with commercial food service, Experience with institutional kitchens, Experience with food waste/recycling equipment, Experience with field-serviceable hardware, Experience with devices requiring maintenance, Familiarity with IoT-connected hardware, Experience at early-stage hardware startup

What You'll Do.

Define product requirements

Maintain product requirements

Partner with engineering teams

Overcome technical challenges

Maintain development momentum

Champion cost optimization

Champion user experience optimization

Champion serviceability optimization

Champion reliability optimization

Make product decisions

Document product decisions

Align priorities and tradeoffs

Synthesize field learnings

Understand customer needs

Translate needs into requirements

Ensure product readiness

Identify next product needs

Define performance metrics

Track performance metrics

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional coordination; Engineering, Ops, Sales coordination; Work with sales team; Partner with engineering; Partner with Ops; Partner with Sales; Work with Ops; Partner with Sales

Communication Scope

Clear communicator; Direct communicator; Write tight requirements; Facilitate reviews

Process & Methodology

Roadmap, Product roadmap, Program management

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