Earth: Product Manager

We are accepting applications until we find the right person

About Our Ecosystem of Businesses

‍We are creating an ecosystem with one common goal: building or empowering the next generation of high-impact businesses. We are entrepreneurs at heart who love to experiment, build, and create. Our employees may work across the different streams of our businesses with their main focus on Onova.
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About Earth

We are looking for a Full-Stack Developer to join our team and help build a brand-new product called Earth. This is an exciting opportunity to work on a highly nimble and innovative team that is building the next generation of tools for corporate innovation.
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The idea for Earth initially came up at our internal cottage innovation sprint in August 2022. A small team of 3, including our CEO, built a prototype in less than 6 hours and demoed the product to the team. Immediately afterwards, we staffed/hired a small team to take the product to the next level (1 PM, 1 developer, and 1 designer). 6 months later, the team has built an MVP and is ready to launch the product this year with some of the largest Fortune 500 companies in the world. But there is still A LOT of work to do, so we are expanding the team! That’s where you come in.
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The Earth team is a very small and fast-moving team that aims for excellence from a technical, design, and business perspective. You will be working directly with only 2-3 other people (another Developer, a Designer, and a Product Manager).
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The core product is a hackathon logistics platform that manages everything from event registration, employee training, team formation, project judging, and integration with other video conferencing platforms. Earth aims to become the single tool that any Fortune 500 company needs to innovate.

High-Level Role and Responsibilities

Location: Canada (Toronto while working full-time), Remote (EST time zone). We have a brand new office in downtown Toronto and the expectation is that you will spend at least a couple of days of the week working out of the office with your team when full-time.
Job Function: Product Manager
‍Timeline: ASAP - December 2023 (full-time from May-August, part-time otherwise)
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We aim to be the most prominent thought leader and a household name for innovation at large corporations. Our clients today are at the top of their respective industries, and the sponsors of our projects are C-Suite level global leaders. We're looking for a rockstar marketer who can translate the vision of the co-founders and communicate it effectively with the world.

Responsibilities

- Define the product vision and strategy based on customer needs and market research, and maintain a product manifesto that summarizes these details for the entire team
- Develop and maintain the product roadmap in Notion, including weekly prioritization of features and requirements based on business and customer impact
- Work closely with and lead a team of developers and designers to ensure the successful development and launch of the product
- Gather product requirements and feedback from product owners and other stakeholders (including the CEO, clients, and other peers within the Onova ecosystem)
- Collaborate with CEO on the sales strategy, including developing the pricing and leading external demos with clients
- Conduct market research and analysis to identify customer needs and competition
- Collaborate with developers to define and implement comprehensive test plans, and lead testing to ensure a client-ready product
- Develop and maintain comprehensive product documentation, including product requirements, user stories, use cases, test plans, technical specifications, and product launch plans
- Monitor and analyze product performance and customer feedback to identify opportunities for improvementProvide technical support for the product on client projects

Required Skills

- Understanding of software development lifecycle, including requirements gathering, design, coding, testing, deployment and maintenance
- Familiarity with agile development methodologiesKnowledge of technical architecture and design best practices
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BONUS if you have:
- Knowledge of security best practices and ability to identify vulnerabilities
- Formal coding experience in HTML, CSS, JavaScript and/or SQL and understanding of technical architecture
- Formal UI/UX design experience and understanding of design best practices
- Previous experience in tech sales and product management

Success Factors

Have a strong growth mindset and be very receptive to feedback: We have a high-pain, high-gain mentality. Feedback from your peers, manager and co-founders will come often and fast, and this offers you a chance to grow extremely rapidly. This may come in the form of 1:1 chats with your manager, and direct feedback on live demos/presentations. You will need to be emotionally resilient and have a strong growth mindset to thrive in our culture.
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‍Have the "startup hustle": Our working hours are not a standard 9-5. The team may often work late nights and on weekends to meet deadlines and respond to client needs. We try to balance this during our downtime with slower days/hours when we’re less busy.
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‍Thrive in an ambiguous environment and take ownership: As much as half of your workload will be self-driven, meaning you are actively looking for problems to solve around the company, coming up with solutions, and implementing them. You must be very comfortable working independently and thrive in ambiguous environments where there isn’t necessarily someone telling you what to do.
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‍Are emotionally intelligent and self-aware: We expect that you are aware of your own emotions and can effectively process and communicate them with your peers. We encourage our team to be vulnerable and open. It allows us to develop deeper connections and work far more effectively as a team when we have empathy for one another.
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‍Are highly detail-oriented and organized: We have a very strong written culture at Onova. As a largely remote team, we need to ensure work and processes are documented, and effectively communicate across the organization. You will need to be highly detailed in the work you do, and ensure proper organization so that someone with no context can come in and pick up where you left off if needed.
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‍Have strong communication skills: Whether communicating your emotions, presenting in front of an audience, writing documentation, or simply writing an e-mail, you must be a strong communicator. The ability to succinctly and effectively convey your thoughts in any medium is highly valued at Onova.
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‍Are team-oriented and collaborative: Naturally, this is critical for a startup like ours. It's important that everyone feels supported and encouraged to do their best work, but they also are able to support one another proactively.
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Enjoy being creative and think outside the box: We are a team of creative thinkers that enjoy challenging the status quo and being different. If you enjoy learning and growing in diverse subject areas and thinking about the future, you'll be a great fit.
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Employment Requirements
1. A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Business, or a relevant field
2. Up to 2 years’ experience in a relevant industry with a successful track record in product, software development, consulting, research, or strategy