The Product Manager would support the Product & Commercial Solutions team on developing and taking to market products for Telesat’s Low Earth Orbit (Lightspeed) network.
We are looking for someone who is analytical and self-starting to be the product owner for the customer self-service portal. The role involves aligning the portal requirements with existing and future business initiatives while adapting to technological trends. The Product Manager will also be involved in other fast paced projects that come to the Product & Commercial Solutions team as they work with the engineering, sales and marketing to launch the next generation satellite service.
Main Responsibilities
- Oversee development, launch and on-going improvements of Self-Service Customer Portal
- Perform competitive analysis and conduct ongoing market research on customer portals
- Conduct market research to identify patterns and trends that inform product strategies, research customers to gather data and analyze customer behaviour
- Document business requirements and associated test plans
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (IT, engineering, sales, marketing, support) to execute the product roadmap
- Assist in vendor evaluation and selection, once selected work with vendor through the portal development process
- Work with internal teams and vendor to ensure the customer self-service portal is intuitive, useful and provides a meaningful user experience
- Ensure alignment of Portal development with customer APIs
- Identify opportunities for portal product improvements and make recommendations based on research findings
- Coordinate development of portal documentation for customers including user guides, FAQs, etc.
- Support other products and commercial proposals
- Validate market trends and customer feedback to define product requirements service packages for different customer segments
- Support product go-to-market initiatives through creation of sales materials and marketing communications materials (whitepapers, training material, presentations, etc.)
Qualifications
- Education: Undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline; post-graduate degree or MBA is desirable but not compulsory
- Experience: 3-6 years+ of related work experience
Skills
- Knowledge and experience of customer portal development.
- Understanding of user experience (UX) principles.
- Preferably understanding of telecom IT stack and integration of portals to underlying stack.
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
- User-centric mindset, putting the user at the forefront of decision-making.
- Creative problem-solver with thorough attention to detail
- Highly collaborative team-player who can quickly build trust
- Ability to effectively communicate directly with external partners
- Commercially astute, a self-starter, with a strong intellect and the ability to work independently, and with a high degree of initiative and ‘roll up their sleeves’ to get business accomplished
- Demonstrated success leading cross-functional teams including technology, business development, marketing, sales, operations and support
- Sound business decision making skills
- Ability to rigorously prioritize opportunities, needs, and resources
- An aptitude and interest for complex technology required