Apprentice.io is hiring a
Product Manager

Summary

Join a dynamic team as a proactive and driven Product Manager to help achieve the mission of the Apprentice Tempo product by identifying and solving key problems faced by our manufacturing users.

Requirements

• Roll-up-your-sleeves
• Forges paths with a can-do, art-of-the-possible attitude
• View no task as too small and willing to get hands dirty
• Skilled at finding patterns and insight in large data sets
• Passion for learning and helping in pharma (and batch-based) manufacturing
• Ability to create a logical path in ambiguity and shifting priorities
• Proven track record of making tough decisions with polarized loud stakeholders
• 2-5 years experience in batch-based manufacturing or manufacturing software
• Bonus: 2-5 years experience as a Product Manager for a software product (B2B cloud experience a plus)
• Experience with agile development processes and frequent product release cycles in a validated regulated environment
• Product management, human-centered design, or user research certifications a plus
• Strong empathy for the developers and quality engineers
• Excellent communication skills -the ability to build alignment and clarity across both technical and non-technical audiences, including internal teams and customers/partners
• Technical or engineering-based Bachelor’s degree (MBA or master’s a plus)
• Legal authorization to work for any employer in the U.S

Responsibilities

• Help achieve the Apprentice Tempo product mission and vision
• Fall in love with discovering, dissecting, and understanding our manufacturing users’ problems
• Identify compelling problems to solve in the form of epics/features based on customer needs, market opportunity, and manufacturing risk
• Analyze and prioritize feature requests based on business value, user impact, and other factors
• Maintain and prioritize the backlog of epics coordinating with the other product members to ensure seamless and cohesive releases
• Define business requirements and work with feature product owners and engineers throughout the product development lifecycle
• Engage with, interview, and collaborate with users to understand the details of their problems
• Follow, maintain, and optimize the product processes as the team scales
• Influence product strategy and the release roadmap through thorough backlog analysis, refinement, and collaboration with internal stakeholders
• Cross-collaborate with the other product, engineering, and quality team members to ensure we maintain a holistic product experience
• Work with support, product specialists and delivery leads leveraging our embedded product analytics tools to identify usage trends and create targeted in-app guidance
• Help grow our product-led motion ensuring healthy trial product experience and engagement
• Measure your impact by driving your key results for company-wide OKRs
• Be adaptable to accelerating market and business waves resulting in swift prioritization changes
• Communicate and collaborate regularly with sales, marketing, and customer success teams to understand their product needs
• Be curious about and stay on top of the manufacturing market and competitive trends and incorporate them into your analysis and recommendations
• Be a passionate evangelist of the Apprentice platform helping present, author, and drive content
• Become a master of the Tempo Product Experience - Map the end to end customer journey from the product lens (including, trial, onboarding, training, configuration, go-live, support)

Benefits

• Generous benefits package (health, dental, vision)
• Unlimited PTO
• Every employee is a shareholder!
• Paid parental leave
• Remote-friendly & flexible with a $250 at-home work setup stipend
• 14 company holidays, including one week off for the 4th of July and the week off between Christmas and New Year
• Generous 401k match and contribution