Director of Product, Hardware

DESCRIPTION

We are looking for a Director of Product, Hardware to help us deliver groundbreaking hardware products that our customers will love. The Director Product Management will be a driving force in delivering an unmatched product experience in close collaboration with a global, cross-functional team. 

What you will do:

• Product Ownership: take ownership of a hardware product to maximize company impact and customer satisfaction by solving customer and business pain points
• Market and Technology Landscape: Monitor and understand new and novel technologies and products in the consumer and wearables market; distill key insights for the team.
• Storytelling: Craft a unique product story rooted in deep customer insights.
• Problem Solving: Proactively identify and resolve product-related issues throughout the product lifecycle.
• User Research: conduct market research, competitive analysis, and qualitative and quantitative user studies
• Requirements Management: Write and manage product requirements (PRD), regularly assess progress, and facilitate timely decision making
• Product Development Lifecycle: Support the entire product lifecycle from concept to end of life, working closely with engineering and design teams to ensure timely and high-quality execution
• Prioritization: prioritize features, options, and product improvements - balancing cost, timeline, and experience tradeoffs
• Communication: Effectively communicate priorities, plans, progress, and challenges to stakeholders across the organization. Maintain clear, organized communication.
• Collaboration: Work closely with a diverse, talented team of designers, engineers, scientists, marketers, and analysts to create incredible products. Partner closely with software product management counterparts. 
• Roadmap support: contribute to the vision, strategy, and roadmap for Oura’s hardware product portfolio, including next-generation products.
• Go-to-market: Support go-to-market readiness by developing compelling positioning and pricing and overseeing overall product readiness.
• Resource planning: Determine what a staffing and resources are needed for your area of ownership
• People Leadership: Grow the team over time based on project needs, manage and mentor team members

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REQUIREMENTS 

We would love to consider you for this role if you have: 

• 10+ years of experience in product management with a proven track record of delivering products with high business impact and outstanding customer satisfaction.
• A deep understanding of hardware development, including design phases, manufacturing, materials, compliance, and quality.
• Experience with connected electronics including connectivity, compute, battery, firmware, and software features.
• Successfully taken new and/or existing hardware products from concept to commercial launch with minimal supervision.
• Ability to combine consumer, technology, and business insights into a simple narrative (with data to back it up) that excites both internal and external audiences.
• Ability to quickly analyze and come up with creative solutions to challenging problems under pressure and with extreme constraints.
• Unmatched ability to get things done, move mountains, roll up your sleeves, and unblock tricky situations with empathy, intelligence, and drive.
• Excellent written and presentation skills that create clear t