VP of Product (Remote)

Axiom Cloud is transforming how the world’s cooling systems are powered, operated, and maintained, in order to generate significant climate and financial impact. We need to deliver fantastic products at a massive scale to realize this mission.

We are therefore seeking a VP of Product who will lead Axiom’s product development strategy. You will guide the entire product team to innovate, design, and execute our suite of refrigeration apps - with a focus on scale. You will directly contribute to delivering innovative, industry-changing solutions at this intersection of mission-critical physical equipment, cloud-native apps, predictive maintenance, and energy management.

Apply if you want to define the product strategy of a rapidly-growing, venture-backed startup (our customers already include 6 major North American grocery chains and refrigerated warehouse companies). Take the plunge if you want to put your passion for product-led design to work. Play a pivotal role in transforming thousands of commercial/industrial cooling systems into intelligent energy-saving and self-healing assets. Join our <20-person team in our journey to make a truly meaningful and highly practical positive impact on climate change. 

What You’ll Do

Working directly with the CEO and executive team, you will:

• Define and maintain a product strategy and vision for the entire product portfolio, with a focus on scale.
• Generate a deep understanding of customer needs, objectives, and pain points.
• Be the glue that connects the efforts of sales, marketing, product, and engineering, effectively instilling customer needs throughout the entire organization.
• Create, install, and enforce an industry-proven product development process to rapidly innovate new features.
• Define and analyze metrics that inform the success of products.
• Maintain product / user documentation, planning and writing new documentation as products evolve.
• Plan and oversee product rollouts, working closely with marketing and providing assets and talking points for sales & marketing collateral, creating training materials, and developing any other materials needed to enable customers, sales and customer support.
• Support sales and customer support teams as a key technical advisor.
• Be the subject matter expert at Axiom on all things Product.
• This position is fully remote, with working hours generally aligned to Pacific time.

Who You Are

(These are guidelines - we will bend these rules for an incredible candidate!)

• 5+ years of SaaS product experience, working cross-functionally with engineering, QA, and design teams in a fast-paced environment, with a strong track record of creating a world-class customer experience with technology products.
• 2+ years of focused product management experience. 
• A “full-spectrum” thinker, able to zoom into the critical details while also keeping high-level customer needs and business objectives front and center.

• Experience with Agile and Lean methodologies.
• Experience overseeing roadmap strategy and definition 
• Experience managing end to end product delivery
• Experience using analytics, user research, and other approaches to make decisions and iterate on the product.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and proven ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical individuals.
• Collaborative team player with great listening skills and willingness to go above and beyond to get the job done.
• An enthusiastic self-starter who can work with minimal supervision and generates innovative solutions to tough problems.
• Continuous desire to hone your craft and learn/incorporate best practices.
• Passionate about technology innovation, developing and shipping real products, making customers happy, and making a real positive impact on climate change.
• Bachelors in a technical field or equivalent.

What You Get

• Compensation in competitive base salary and generous equity.
• Access to a variety of group health insurance plans.
• Access to a competitive and efficient 401k.
• Access to more benefits as they become available.
• “Honor system” PTO policy (no specified limits), regular company-wide PTO, flexible work schedule, flexible maternity/paternity leave.
• Numerous social activities including team happy hours, barbecues, holiday parties, and an annual Halloween costume competition. (Note: we are currently generating a path forward for in-person activities in a post-Covid world.)

The Fine Print

• We’re a startup. The work is demanding, challenging, and fulfilling. The startup “roller coaster” will be emotionally draining at times and energizing at other times.
• We’ll make every effort to find an arrangement that works for the right candidate.

Axiom Cloud values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, Black, Indigenous, and Non-Black people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.

Axiom Cloud celebrates diversity and, as an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all teammates and applicants. Our teammates and applicants will not be discriminated against for employment. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type, race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. The more inclusive we are, the more impact we can have.

Contact

Berkner Group has been retained by Axiom Cloud to execute this search. If you were contacted by Berkner Group, please reply to the person who contacted you. If you are applying to a job posting, please email your resume and a brief introduction to careers@berknergroup.com. Please include your name and the title for this position (“[Your name] — Axiom Cloud - VP of Product”)  in the subject line of your email.

We look forward to hearing from you!