Product Manager

WHO YOU ARE

As a Product Manager, you will work across all technical and business disciplines to help set the direction and drive the development of Sila's next-generation battery materials. You’ll be working with the Research, Process, Battery Engineering, and Business Development groups, as well as engaging with customers, so mental flexibility and excellent collaborative problem solving abilities are valued.

You are someone with product management experience who knows what it takes to understand the customer point of view and use that perspective to inform a company’s product direction.  You are an active listener, strong synthesizer of data and an excellent communicator.  Finally, you are passionate about Sila’s technology and the impact it can have.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Investigate and synthesize the needs of customers in target markets through customer and internal discussions, industry reports, announcements, etc. 
• Understand the competitive landscape and where Sila fits in it
• Consolidate a list of all potential technical advances which are being worked on within Sila and create a structure to evaluate which technology should be commercialized and when.
• Create and maintain key elements of Sila's product roadmap, which defines what Sila is aiming for and what products it is developing.
• Identify gaps between what Sila needs to do to be successful in target markets and what Sila is on track to achieve
• Define clear, detailed requirements for products Sila is considering developing
• Prepare other analysis necessary for cross functional decision making on product development, such as business cases.
• Own and drive new product development and introduction, including launch plan, marketing/sales documentation and internal product documentation

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL REQUIREMENTS

• 2-5 years in a product management role, preferably hardware or materials product management
• Has created and owned product roadmaps and/or key elements of product roadmaps while successfully bringing at least one product from conception through launch
• Product management experience with a technical product which is used in a factory (i.e. parts/materials which enter a manufacturing process and end up in a final product, equipment, etc.)
• Success in building relationships and organizing collaboration in a technical interdisciplinary setting, including with members outside one’s organization
• Structured thinker with strong organizational skills and is comfortable understanding and synthesizing technical data
• Excellent communication skills, great story teller (to motivate folks), including verbal, written, and with visual aids. 
• Demonstrated ability of quickly mastering new fields and excited to learn the skills needed to be a great product manager at Sila
• Degree in engineering or physical sciences and/or experience in battery industry would be nice