MacLean Engineering is looking for a Product Manager – Digital Productsto join our growing Product Management team. This is a great opportunity to be part of a growing team, focused on designing and manufacturing heavy duty mobile mining vehicles for our customers world-wide.
About the position
The purpose of this role is to define the digital products that we offer or will be offering to our customers. The candidate will be working with others within product management to define this, and with key customers to determine where the value is, both currently and into the future. The job title will depend on the seniority of the candidate.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
Coordinating the telemetry offering and other digital products between product and engineering teams:
- Regularly meet with the Engineering Lead on the telemetry team, to discuss technical aspects, feasibility, and project timelines.
- Engage in meetings with product managers from other lines to understand their telemetry requirements and identify opportunities for cross-functional collaboration.
- Interface with customers to gather feedback, understand their telemetry needs, and incorporate their insights into product development.
- Interface with customers, our Systems team and commercial to establish and maintain data connections.
Product Descriptions and Road mapping:
- Develop and maintain comprehensive product descriptions for our machine telemetry offerings, including defining key features, benefits, and target markets.
- Work closely with the engineering team to create a long-term roadmap for telemetry and other digital products, prioritizing features and enhancements based on customer needs and market trends.
- Conduct market research and competitive analysis to identify new opportunities and stay ahead of industry advancements.
Strategic Planning and Execution:
- Define and communicate the overall vision and strategy for the machine telemetry products, aligning with the company's mission and goals.
- Develop and manage the product roadmap, ensuring timely delivery of features and updates.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including engineering, marketing, sales, and customer support, to ensure successful product launches and ongoing product success.
Performance Monitoring and Analysis:
- Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the success of our machine telemetry products.
- Analyze product performance data, customer feedback, and market trends to make data-driven decisions for product improvements.
Other duties and responsibilities:
- Provide product demonstrations to potential customers.
- Stay current on industry developments, competitive offerings and issues affecting sales and customers. Attend industry trade shows and conferences as required.
- Develop content for sales proposals & develop sales training material for sales personnel.
- Participate actively in complex, multi-year mining equipment sales.
- Travel from time to time, both domestic and internationally, is a requirement of this position. Visit key customers in conjunction with the sales team to provide in-depth product knowledge.
- Take responsibility for personal development and enhancement of skills
About You: The successful candidate(s) must be willing to learn, open-minded and flexible, organized, team oriented, disciplined, and must have a positive attitude. Ideally you will have had experience working within a similar metal fabrication, heavy equipment assembly environment, and you possess the majority or all of the following qualifications:
- Post-secondary Diploma or Degree, for example in Engineering or Business
- A background in software and/or data for a minimum of 5 years
- Prior experience with D365 or DevOps is an asset
- Required prior exposure to underground mining equipment / environment
- High level of computer literacy and proficiency with MS Office
- High level of professionalism, honesty and integrity
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, need to be able to positively represent MacLean when talking to customers
- Excellent listening skills
- Bilingualism is an asset (French and/or Spanish are desirable)
We offer competitive wages and benefits including:
- Competitive base salary
- Competitive annual vacation package
- Flexible Group benefits Package
- Voluntary DPSP (Deferred Profit-Sharing Plan) and GRRSP (Group Registered Retirement Savings Plan) (Once probationary period is completed)
- Annual Bonus Plan
About Us:
The MacLean Way
Equipping the mining world with innovative mobile equipment solutions is what we do at MacLean, but more importantly is the why. We aspire to be best-in-class leaders in the design, manufacturing, and support of engineered solutions that make mining safer, greener, and more productive.
This brand promise is inextricably linked to our people.
We are a global, family-owned company where we treat each other, our customers, and our host communities as if they were family. This is our competitive differentiator across the board when it comes to employee development, customer relationships, and business results.
Our production facilities and branch footprint on four continents and market reach into six continents is in keeping with the scope of our ambition to develop paradigm-changing, tech-enabled mining vehicles the world over. This transformative vision requires a wide range of talent working together across the company’s manufacturing, engineering, product management, marketing, sales, aftermarket support, finance, and human resource functions.
We are building a diverse, top-performing employee base by hiring entrepreneurial, creative, hardworking, ethical, and safety focused candidates who want to make a lasting difference and build a career doing it.
If this sounds like you, dive in and join the MacLean innovation wave!
MacLean Engineering & Marketing Co. Limited is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing employment accommodation in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (2005).
MacLean Engineering & Marketing Co. Limited will provide accommodations to job applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require an accommodation, please notify us and we will work with you to meet your needs.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Additional pay:
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Dental care
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Profit sharing
- RRSP match
- Vision care
Schedule:
Application question(s):
- Please describe how your previous and current experience aligns with this role and why you would be the ideal candidate. (Please do not leave blank)
- What are your annual salary expectations? (Please do not leave blank)
Experience:
- Product Management: 5 years (preferred)
- vehicle technology and software development: 5 years (preferred)
- underground mining equipment: 5 years (preferred)
Language:
- French (preferred)
- Spanish (preferred)
Work Location: In person
