Senior Product Manager

Senior Product Manager for School Bus at Safe Fleet

At Safe Fleet our name says it all. We make fleet vehicles – and everyone in and around them – safer. Our fleet safety platform brings together best-in-class products, ground-breaking technology, and a 100-year history of fleet know-how and innovation to solve the world's biggest fleet safety problems.

Our core value is safety. Without safety first, efficiency and productivity are not possible. This is true for our products, our culture, and our relationship with our community. Our vision is to reduce preventable deaths and injuries in and around fleet vehicles with a goal of ZERO accidents.

We are re-defining what safety means for fleets of every type – from school buses to waste collection trucks, firefighting to utility vehicles, police cruisers to delivery vans.

Whether you work in our Charlotte plant to build life-saving stop arms for school buses, or design advanced camera vision products in our Vancouver office, forge valves and high-quality nozzles to fight fires, or dream up new ways to protect fleet operators in our Corporate HQ in Kansas City, you'll contribute to our goal to keep everyone safe.

We are a fast-growing manufacturing, service, and technology company with over 1700 employees in over 15 locations across Canada and the US. We're looking for motivated self-starters with innovative thinking to join our team and help us achieve our growth and performance goals. Sound like you?

Compensation is base salary. We also offer paid vacation time, sick/personal days and fully paid benefits after 3 months' probation (Life, Accidental Death & Disability, Short and Long-Term Disability, Extended Health, Dental, Employee Assistance Program and RRSP Program with company matching your contributions, up to 3% of your salary).

As a Senior Product Manager for School Bus at Safe Fleet, you will play a pivotal role in driving the success of our School Bus focused product offering covering hardware and software for our end-to-end video solutions. You will be responsible for managing the entire offering for School Bus Market working with the overall Product Management Team and your peers managing different parts of our Solution offering. Your primary focus will be on deeply understanding the customer needs and executing a School Bus focused product strategy that aligns with our overall business objectives and growth targets.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with customers and other customer facing teams to identify customer needs, industry trends, and competitive landscape.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including engineering, design, sales, and marketing, to define product requirements and roadmaps.
• Maintain a clear product vision, strategy, and roadmap for the School Bus market.
• Define and document product requirements, epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria
• Prioritize features and enhancements based on customer feedback, business goals, engineering capacity and market opportunities.
• Work closely with engineering teams to ensure timely and high-quality delivery of software and hardware products.
• Drive product launches, including go-to-market strategies, pricing, positioning, and sales enablement.
• Monitor product performance, analyze key metrics, and gather customer feedback to identify areas for improvement.
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and competitive offerings.

At Safefleet, we are an equal opportunity employer that is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone is valued and respected. We embrace diversity and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or any other legally protected status. We promote fair and equitable hiring practices and foster a culture of inclusivity and respect. Our core values of integrity, innovation, teamwork, customer focus, and safety guide our efforts to provide a workplace where all employees can thrive and reach their full potential.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field. MBA is a plus.
• Hands-on experience (8+years) as a Product Manager or in a similar role, preferably with both HW and SW experience.
• Proven results in working directly with customers and delivering strong business results.
• Experience in mobile products and solutions, preferable in Passenger transportation markets.
• Experience in working with technology vendors and partners to create uniform solutions and integrations
• Deep understanding of product development processes and methodologies.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and strategic thinking skills.
• Ability to translate emerging customer needs into product requirements.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills.
• Strong organizational and project management abilities.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment across multiple teams and locations.