Product Manager Aviation & Construction
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Job Summary
Our ideal Product Manager is motivated to impact peoples lives has a growth mindset loves rolling up their sleeves and is relentlessly learnerobsessed. This role leads the development and delivery of exceptional lifechanging learning experiences within the Aviation and Construction Portfolios collaborating with teams across SAIT as well as industry funders and training partners.
As the Product Manager you bring deep domain expertise and champion the learner experience understanding the critical importance of these sectors to Albertas economic ecosystem. You will oversee a suite of learning products and services ensuring they meet customer needs generate revenue and achieve business objectives.
You will lead product discovery vision and strategy analytics and crossfunctional coordination to build launch and iterate on innovative training products. Youll work closely with teams across the Corporate Development Applied Research and International Division responsible for delivery instructor contracts and learning management platforms. You will also coordinate internal and industry partners in cocreation activities such as roundtables guest speaking and program engagement. You are the advocate and champion for your products ensuring stakeholders have the tools and information they need to support and promote the programs.
You are driven by delivering highquality learning experiences and continuously improving them. You bring a strong understanding of your industry verticals including talent trends opportunities challenges and the skills that create pathways into emerging careers. Your work directly influences the talent pipeline that fuels Albertas economy.
You thrive working independently while embracing true collaboration. You are a selfstarter with a collegial supportive attitude comfortable with agile ways of working and a projectmanagement powerhouse who knows how to prioritize and get things done.
How youll contribute
Product Strategy and Vision
- Identify customer needs define target markets determine product roadmaps and develop pitch presentations
- Understand pathways for future learning and career progression
- Develop and maintain domain expertise in the defined product stack
Market Research and Analytics
- Gather and analyze data on customer needs preferences and behaviours
- Conduct competitive analysis
- Interpret and apply market trend insights
Product Development and Iteration
- Build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders to manage program development workflows processes and reporting
- Oversee product development and refinement to ensure timelines and budgets are met
Product Launch Strategy
- Develop gotomarket strategies for new and revised products
- Establish pricing strategies
Product Performance
- Identify and track performance metrics (sales customer satisfaction profitability etc.)
- Make datainformed decisions on improvements updates and new features
Stakeholder Management
- Identify and negotiate agreements with funders suppliers industry and community partners
- Build strong relationships with industry to understand talent needs and cocreate programming
- Collaborate with Academic Schools Applied Research Youth Programming and other areas involved in product development
- Serve as the internal product champion maintaining a central source of truth for strategy vision and product documentation
Risk Management
- Identify and mitigate risks related to technical issues staffing regulatory requirements and customer satisfaction
What you bring
- Bachelors degree or diploma in a relevant field or equivalent experience
- Minimum 3 years of experience in product management or a closely related field
Skills
- Understanding of emerging markets talent landscapes and the future of work
- Strong organizational and communication skills (written and verbal)
- Experience working within agile teams and applying agile practices
- Ability to foster collaboration build trust and inspire high performance
- Ability to analyze and diagnose process issues and implement improvements
- Strong data synthesis and analysis capabilities
- Curiosity and a continuouslearning mindset
- Skilled in facilitation team meetings brainstorming and strategy sessions
- Negotiation and riskmanagement capabilities
- Ability to build relationships at senior or influential levels
- Ability to synthesize complex or emerging concepts into cohesive strategy and vision
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About Company
The Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) offers hands-on degree, diploma, certificate, continuing education and corporate training programs to develop the skills and knowledge employers demand.
