Group Product Manager – Unified Communications

Vancouver - Canada

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 9 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Who we are:

For over 20 years Global Relay has set the standard in enterprise information archiving with industry-leading cloud archiving surveillance eDiscovery and analytics solutions. We securely capture and preserve the communications data of the worlds most highly regulated firms giving them greater visibility and control over their information and ensuring compliance with stringent regulations.

Though we offer competitive compensation and benefits and all the other perks one would expect from an established company we are not your typical technology company. Global Relay is a career-building company. A place for big ideas. New challenges. Groundbreaking innovation. Its a place where you can genuinely make an impact and be recognized for it.

We believe great businesses thrive on diversity inclusion and the contributions of all employees. To that end we recruit candidates from different backgrounds and foster a work environment that encourages employees to collaborate and learn from each other completely free of barriers.

Your role:

Global Relay requires a leader in product management to drive significant new capabilities in Global Relays unified communications platform (Global Relay Message). The Group Product Manager (GPM) assumes business ownership of specific business or technical areas of the Global Relay Message product line. The GPM develops a strong technical understanding for their area as well as engage closely with Product Directors to understand the market and how to add value to their area to align with the Global Relay Message strategy.

The Group Product Manager will work closely with their peers to define stand-alone and cross-cutting features and capabilities for their product area and product. GPMs may also directly manage Technical Program Managers working on major components of their product area.

Your job:

Understand the product area and how it fits into the product line providing business value to our core markets
Work directly with the business team(s) and customers/prospects to understand how Global Relay services provide the capabilities required to be successful in their jobs
Become knowledgeable about Global Relays market competitive solutions and business opportunities and provide high value solutions
Serve as primary product expert (functional not technical) for the product area for which you are responsible
Collaborate with the Strategic Product Manager Business Development and other key stakeholders to define and align the roadmap covering your service area within the product line strategic roadmap
Define and prioritize business area needs to be addressed and be responsible for the associated high level business requirements
Communicate scope requirements within Global Relay using the most suitable format including themes initiatives epics user stories workflows use cases narratives and other appropriate methods
Collaborate effectively with Technical Program/Product Managers Architects and Development to break work down into small increments that can be released to market
Communicate the business value of features/solutions in your service area to the business and customers
Understand the design business logic and technical architecture of their business area and how those components interact with the rest of the platform
Coordinate cross-product dependencies within the Product Management team
Managing the product lifecycle including managing successful product launches and product end-of-life
Support marketing sales and support through leading the development and maintenance of various technical marketing collateral
Manage and mentoring direct reports in their service area as they define and prioritize requirements plan and monitor projects conduct one-on-ones reviews coaching/training and ensuring appropriate workload

About you:

3 years of senior product management experience in a large program for a SaaS or enterprise software company
10 years of product management experience working with micro services or SOA internal and external API integrations and third-party integration
Experience in communication services such as telco service integration WebRTC or real-time messaging is desired
Ability to effectively interface with customers and all stakeholders within the organization
Experience working with cross-functional teams that include engineering sales and marketing staff
Strong requirement elicitation analysis workflow design domain modelling use case modeling and documentation skills
Experience delivering services across desktop and mobile platforms
Strong collaboration and problem-solving skills along with excellent verbal and written communication skills
Experience working in a Lean/Agile development environment is an asset
Strong technical background is desired

Compensation:

Global Relay advertises the pay range for this role in compliance with British Columbias pay transparency laws. Individual pay rates are determined by evaluating factors such as expertise skills education and professional background.

The range below reflects the expected annual base salary which is only one element of our comprehensive total rewards package designed to reflect our company pay philosophy culture and values. We aim to foster an inspiring work environment and support employees work-life rhythms. We provide a comprehensive extended health benefits program including virtual healthcare and a wellness allowance. Employees also receive annual allotted vacation days which increase based on tenure. Other benefits include: Paid sick days maternity/parental enhancement program bonus and an RRSP contribution matching program.

For Vancouver-based employees we provide a subsidized meal program courtesy of our talented in-house culinary team!

British Columbia - Base salary range

$145000$170000 CAD

What you can expect:

At Global Relay theres no ceiling to what you can achieve. Its the land of opportunity for the energetic the intelligent the driven. Youll receive the mentoring coaching and support you need to reach your career goals. Youll be part of a culture that breeds creativity and rewards perseverance and hard work. And youll be working alongside smart talented individuals from diverse backgrounds with complementary knowledge and skills.

Global Relay is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity equity and inclusion.

We seek to ensure reasonable adjustments accommodations and personal time are tailored to meet the unique needs of every individual.

To learn more about our business culture and community involvement visit .

Required Experience:

Who we are:For over 20 years Global Relay has set the standard in enterprise information archiving with industry-leading cloud archiving surveillance eDiscovery and analytics solutions. We securely capture and preserve the communications data of the worlds most highly regulated firms giving them gre...