PLEASE NOTE: This position is based in our Swiss HQ in Mendrisio, Switzerland, just 7km over the border from Como, Italy. Mendrisio is easily commutable from Como, Varese, Milan or Lugano, and Cloud Academy offers a relocation bonus and provides the train ticket for you!
Since we know it’s not easy to move during the pandemic, you will be able to work fully remote for the first few months until the pandemic situation improves. We’ll also support you with a relocation bonus and assistance!
Cloud Academy is changing how large enterprises assess, develop and retain top tech talent in their organizations. As the world goes digital, tech skills and people make the difference between companies that will be here in 5 years or not. We develop a unique SaaS platform that helps enterprise companies to build tech skills at scale, leveraging practice skills and a vast content library we curate in house, but also a very solid software solution to manage training, insights and goals at scale. Our customers are Fortune 500 companies that are changing the way they think about digital and the way they take care of their tech people.
We are looking for a Product Manager who is excited about building B2B SaaS products used by thousands of people worldwide. Cloud Academy is unique because of our user-first, integrated educational model. Our ideal candidate has a strong passion for education, skills development and technology.
As a Product Manager at Cloud Academy, you will be responsible for shipping products that improve the way our customers keep track of their organization’s skills, provide guidance to their teams and measure their results.
What you will do as a Product Manager:
-You’re going to work with Engineering, Marketing, Sales and Partners in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment. You will regularly talk with customers and prospects to gather feedback, synthesize their needs and turn them into product priorities for our roadmap.
-You will sit at the intersection of engineering, design, and business strategy. You will shape high-level product goals but also get your hands dirty to craft a great customer experience.
-On an average day, you might pitch a concept to senior leadership, create a launch plan with marketing, work with designers to conduct user research, prototype a new feature, iterate on a spec, analyze usage data, and pair with an engineer on implementation.
-You have a strong sense of urgency and are excited to collaborate with several different stakeholders to make the right decision for our Product.
Requirements:
-BS/MS in a Technology/Engineering field – Computer Engineering is a strong plus
-2+ years of experience in building SaaS Enterprise/Consumer solutions
-4+ years of product management or equivalent experience with demonstrated ability to discover opportunities, and then define and deliver products
-Exceptional communication, presentation, organizational and analytical skills.
-Demonstrated ability to lead a team, drive consensus and ship the right product to the right users in a matrix organization with multiple stakeholders
-Experience balancing execution, agility, and culture at a fast-growing business.
-Strong technical abilities. You are intimately familiar with modern software development practices used to build and deploy applications.
-Strong customer and stakeholder empathy. You must be not only the voice of the customer, but at various times the voice of marketing, finance, engineering, support, and ops. You must be able to channel many points of view.
-Excellent spoken and written English is a must for this position