Senior Product Manager, Software (Open to Remote)

Simpson Strong-Tie is a leader in engineered structural connectors, software, and solutions for the building industry. We maintain a reputation as a trusted manufacturer, partner, and corporate citizen committed to our customers and employees.

Our founder, Barc Simpson established 9 Principles of Business we live out as company values and have made Simpson Strong-Tie an inspiring place to work since 1956. Our team of talented people are dedicated to our shared mission: to provide solutions that help people design and build safer, stronger structures.

Learn about our company culture directly from our team.

YOU

The Senior Product Manager will work with customers and stakeholders to identify the key problems to solve, partner with Product Development and User Experience to prototype potential solutions, and ultimately design, build, and deliver solutions to our customers that add real value.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING (% of Time)

Product Discovery & Empowered Product Team Collaboration (70%)

As a Senior Product Manager, one of your main responsibilities is to ensure you’re building solutions that are valuable to the customer and viable for the business. This means you need to build solutions that solve the right customer problems. Knowing what the right problems to solve are is what Product discovery is all about. Through close partnership with your “empowered product team” colleagues in UX and Software Development, and with both qualitative and quantitative data about your product, your customers, and your market, you’ll conduct rapid prototyping to test hypotheses and hone in on the right problems to solve that generate maximum value for your customers.

Leadership & Communication (30%)

As the Senior Product Manager for your product, you’ll become the product expert on your solution. The “go-to” person responsible for the product strategy, the product roadmap, and working with Product Marketing on external messaging. You will communicate with all stakeholders including Sales, Marketing, Customer Success, Implementation, and others to ensure everyone is reminded what the core value proposition is, what the latest capabilities are, and what new and exciting features and capabilities are just around the corner. You are your product’s primary evangelist and champion.

DESIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

If you can do everything listed above, you’ve got what it takes. Perhaps some of the following would be helpful too:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or technology, information systems or software engineering course of study or relevant experience required
• 6 years of experience in product management or a field related to software product development
• 2 years leading cross-functional teams
• Experience with computer aided design software (CAD) or Computer aided design alternative software or BIM software required
• Familiarity with software used in by contractors, lumber yards, or the residential building industry preferred
• Vision: Must possess a unique blend of business and technical savvy; a big picture vision, and the drive to make that vision a reality
• Communication: Ability to write in a clear, concise, organized, and convincing manner for the intended audience. Ability to effectively present information to groups of managers, team members and customers.
• Teamwork: Ability to build and sustain cooperative working relationships.
• Influencing others: Ability to influence others in a positive and effective way that leads to strong collaboration and alignment.
• Organization: The ability to arrange resources to get things done; can orchestrate multiple activities at once to accomplish a goal; uses resources effectively and efficiently; arranges information and files in a useful manner.
• Problem Solving: Ability to identify the information needed to solve problems effectively.
• Composure: Ability to stay calm and in control in tense or frustrating situations.
• Customer Focus: Ability to cultivate relationships that secure commitment and trust with external and internal customer needs.
• Process Management: Ability to manage a repeatable process to improve the outcome of the product.
• Action Oriented: Ability to willingly take practical action to deal with a problem or situation in a timely manner.
• Perseverance: Ability to do something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success.
• Delegation: Ability to effectively entrust responsibilities to others.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT
The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, talk, and hear, and sometimes walk and stand. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may occasionally push or lift up to 25 lbs.

WORK ENVIRONMENT
This job operates in a professional office environment where standard office equipment such as computers, phones, printers/scanners, etc. are frequently used.

TRAVEL REQUIRED

This job may require domestic travel up to 15% of the time.

WORK STATUS & LOCATION

This full-time, exempt position is eligible for remote work.

RELOCATION

Relocation is not available for this position.

Pay

$89000 -$181400 / year

* Posted pay range is based upon national average and may vary depending on geographical work location.

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REWARDS AT SIMPSON STRONG-TIE

We recognize and reward employees with a carefully designed and comprehensive rewards package, including competitive compensation, quarterly bonuses or commission and first-rate benefits. May exclude some positions, such as seasonal jobs.

• Quarterly Bonuses/Commission: You will be eligible for either a bonus or commission, paid on a quarterly basis. We believe all employees affect customers, sales and revenue — directly or indirectly – and should be rewarded by sharing the company profits.
• Benefits: We provide a wide range of benefits for eligible full-time employees including: medical, dental, vision, retirement contributions, employee stock purchase and bonus plans, pay for holidays, vacation, sick days, funerals and jury duty, years of service awards, employee discounts, employee referral bonuses, charitable contribution matching, education reimbursement and more. View benefit plan details here: https://benefits.strongtie.com/.

In keeping with our values and commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in our communities, we are an equal opportunity employer. This means that our employment decisions are based on your qualifications and merit, and our business needs.

Please note all job offers are contingent upon a successful background investigation and drug test. Simpson Strong-Tie's drug policy is based upon Federal Law, and therefore will screen applicants for amphetamines, including methamphetamines, cocaine, phencyclidine and opiates.

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