Product Manager
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Role
The Product Manager will work cross-funcationally with the Technology and Supply Chain teams to lead the customer discovery as we develop a pay-as-you-go electric pressure cooker, PowerUP’s first product. This role is responsible for understanding the customers’ challenges and making those learnings actionable.
You will embody the iterative process of Build-Measure-Learn as we passionately uncover the optimal household solutions for our emissions reduction goals. A typical day will involve designing / executing pilots, creating requirements, leading customer insights projects, running data analysis, and leading special projects.
PowerUP's technology will help our primarily women customers cook faster, cheaper, and with less carbon emissions - giving them more control of their time, finances, and health.
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Main Responsibilities
Be the voice of the customer (buyer and user). Understanding and advocating for their interests in all aspects of our operations.
Be a strong multi-faceted product manager - consistently shifting the balance of customers insights, technical understanding, business acumen skillsets.
Lead the promotion and execution of the company product development process.
Coordinate between the Technology and Supply Chain leads and their teams during the development process.
Support in the creation of the product roadmap and product strategy.
Systematize the collection and processing of customer insights and market intelligence.
Be part of the founding team; influence on the future shape and culture of the Product team and company.
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Skills / Experience
Minimum 4 years of relevant product management and/or project management experience in a fast-pace setting.
Effective communications skills for collaboration with customers, engineers, contract manufacturers, and senior leadership team.
Extensive experience in both field research and experimentation (A/B testing, surveying, focus groups, testing willingness to pay, etc…) as well as macro-level research (market sizing, energy costs, ability to pay, etc…).
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and project management skills.
Start-up experience in low to middle-income countries preferred.
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What we are looking for
You're excited about making a positive change to the life end users and the environment.
You love building teams, processes, and mentoring great talent.
You want to work in an open, collaborative, iterative, fast paced environment.
You are honest, compassionate, supportive, and pleasant to work with.
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Compensation and Benefits
Competitive salary
Meaningful equity stake in a company with a key set of advantages and a clear path to profitability
Health Insurance
Flexible working options
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Our core values
Service: to our customers and to the planet
Excellence: In all aspects of our business
Empathy: To understand deeply understand our customers
Hustle: To quickly build a company serving customer needs globally
Innovation: To continuously develop products and business models based on our learnings