Product Manager – Platform Software – Dallas, TX – $100-150K depending upon experience level

Position Description:

Are you a Product Manager looking to "own" your product(s) and make a significant contribution to a growing software product strategy team? In this role, you will drive cross-functional collaboration with stakeholders and the leadership team to both build new products and enhance existing platform products for our customers. You will have unfettered access to our customers and teams with the mandate to foster, ideate, design, and launch disruptive products. Our goals are to help transform and reshape the circular economy for connected devices. We are currently enhancing our core platform software to add app/feature on-ramps and flywheel options to capture both up and downstream partners in our existing customer’s supply chains. As the Product Manager/Owner, you will help set product strategy and help build and drive the roadmap to realize success for our customers. Make a difference. Engage. Apply today!

What you will own (responsibilities):

Our days and duties can vary. In this role, you will primarily be responsible for the following duties: Develop and refine software products and solutions to enhance the reverse logistic process for our connected-device customers (e.g. T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon, Dell, etc.).

• Advance unique solutions and move beyond the current state supply chain leveraging our platform and robotic automation to provide better decision-making abilities to our clients - think beyond “what is” to “what might be”
• Ideate, define and promote product and process vision and strategy for connected device lifecycle from manufacturing and certification to retail to forward and reverse logistics including data (data is big!)
• Drive core product messaging and positioning
• Manage the product roadmap
• Gather, document, negotiate and prioritize product and customer requirements
• Launch, grow, and refine products
• Become an expert with respect to competitive solutions

What you will bring (experience and qualifications):

We come together to deliver for each other and our customers, and we know there are many paths to performing well. That having been said, we rely on you to come up to speed fast and deliver great work without too much guidance, so we think it would be hard to do that without:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Business, or another relevant field and/or a Master's degree is a plus. Relevant experience may substitute for degrees.
• 3+ years of professional experience as a Technical Product Manager/ Business Systems Analyst supporting enterprise Supply Chain/ Warehouse Management Systems
• Supply Chain System Solution Design expertise, (WMS/LMS/WES, Shipping, Global Logistics.)
• Distribution, material flow systems along with human factor Interaction
• Experience working on warehouse management systems or equivalent technologies (e.g., material handling system)
• Experience with mobile/connected devices, similar consumer electronics, and/or SaaS products.
• Demonstrated success bringing new mobile/tech/SaaS customer-facing products or services to market by driving product requirements through development team(s) using an iterative process
• Willingness to think beyond conventional limitations and create disruptive solutions
• Highly self-motivated with an entrepreneurial spirit
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to communicate across multiple organizational levels
• Product experience with mobile/connected devices is highly desirable

If you think differently and know that you can do the job well, apply and show us!

What we expect from everyone:

What does it take to be successful with us? We expect ourselves and each other to:

• Put people first by helping others be at their best-and making sure we are, too
• Communicate clearly by speaking candidly, regularly, and respectfully to everyone
• Own our work and the outcomes by taking personal ownership to deliver on the commitments we make to our colleagues and our customers
• Trust and be trustworthy by acting with integrity and providing excellent work for each other and our clients
• Value everyone’s voice because it’s all about the best ideas

What you can expect from us:

• 4 weeks of paid time off every year. Most of it doesn't roll over because we know we won't use it otherwise - and we know using it makes us better at our work and to each other.
• Flexible working hours and schedules (some positions-like this one-will do some on-call weekend work on occasion, but we expect you to take time off during the week to make up for it)
• Casual dress
• A company-paid Google Pixel phone or a monthly credit to apply for your tech needs (including upgrading your bandwidth)
• 12 paid holidays, including Juneteenth and the day after Thanksgiving
• A monthly wellness stipend that you can use for things like a meditation app, standing desk, gym equipment, etc.
• 401(k) matching up to 4%
• Up to $5,250/year for certification, continuing education, and tuition reimbursement.
• We provide insurance coverage we’re proud of for you, your family, and your spouse or domestic partner. We pay 100% of the cost of coverage for you for vision (through VSP), dental (through Guardian Dental), and some medical plans (through United Health Care, the largest health insurance company in the U.S.).
• We provide HSAs, FSAs (health care, dependent care), and commuter benefits that may help reduce what you have to pay for these parts of your life

The fine print:

This role will be based in Dallas and much of your work can and will be done remotely. However, you will also be asked to periodically visit our facility in Coppell, TX (DFW area), and/or various customer sites in the DFW area. You will therefore travel around Dallas to our site and our customer sites roughly 10-25% of your time. You may also periodically travel to either our Corporate HQ in Baltimore, MD, or to a customer site located in the United Sites for another 0-5% of your time.

The physical requirements include prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer (though you can use the tech benefit to create whatever desk works best for you).

We are an agile organization, and so the duties and description of this role (like every other at our company) may change at any time as we adapt.

This position is exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

About Apkudo:

We develop software and hardware platforms for the management of the connected device supply chain. Through an applied combination of artificial intelligence, advanced analytics, and sophisticated automation, our platforms help manage the world of devices for supply-chain stakeholders by injecting intelligence and transparency throughout the device’s lifecycle including design, development, testing, certification, and forward and reverse logistics. We test and certify, test and triage, and provide stakeholders (OEMs, Carriers, Insurers, and 3PL) with the data to help them balance device quality, velocity, and precision across all supply-chain processes to optimize device experiences and device value.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity and a workplace culture where everyone is respected and connected. We consider all applicants fairly regardless of national origin, race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy and sexual orientation), disability, or genetic information.