The Product Manager will lead product development, conduct market research, and collaborate with various teams to define product roadmaps for Sublime’s innovative cement technology.
Sublime is advancing a breakthrough, clean, efficient, low-waste process for manufacturing cement, the essential ingredient in the most-consumed human-made material on Earth: concrete. Replacing 200-year-old manufacturing methods that are reliant on kilns running hotter than lava, our near-ambient-temperature, electrochemical technology manufactures industry-accepted cement and critical minerals. We’re partnering with leading general contractors, concrete producers, developers, and technology hyperscalers to deploy our clean, durable, beautiful Sublime Cement® in infrastructure that is defining the future of clean construction. Backed by some of the world’s largest cement producers, leading private investors, and the U.S. Department of Energy, we are assembling a talented, collaborative team that is "amped about cement" (pun intended) and committed to operating on the frontiers of material science, manufacturing, industry, construction, and commercial partnerships, to advance cement innovation that will endure for the next millennium.
Position Overview:
Sublime Systems is seeking a Product Manager to guide the expansion of our product portfolio beyond our core cement product. The Product Manager will interface with customers and work closely with Sublime’s business and technical teams to define complementary product roadmaps and will play a key role in determining Sublime’s future products and offerings.
This is a full-time position located in Somerville, MA.
Responsibilities include:
- Conduct market research to explore new potential markets for Sublime’s products and prioritize future products and offerings
- Perform robust customer discovery Develop detailed, prioritized product requirements to guide product development
- Develop detailed, prioritized product requirements to guide product development
- Maintain / prioritize product backlog
- Evaluate and recommend paths to market in partnership with Business Development team (including exploring potential commercial partnerships)
- Develop and maintain customer-facing technical literature and resources
- Interface with all internal functions (e.g. engineering, R&D, business development/sales, executive team) and serve as the single source of truth for product definition, planning, and management of interdependencies
Requirements include:
- 6+ years of product management experience
- Experience in hardtech: chemicals/commodities, semiconductors, industrial technology, foodtech, etc.
- Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, physics, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering or material science or similar technical discipline
- Experience with customer discovery
- Experience interfacing cross functional teams, especially engineering / R&D and business
- Experience in startup product management environment; comfortable with ambiguity and operating within an environment of continuous organizational growth and process development
- Proactive, hands-on individual contributor
- Detail-oriented organizational and process management skills to manage a wide range of incoming requests and responsibilities
- A structured problem solver
- Excellent communicator in written and verbal form
Nice to have's:
- MBA
- Experience in cement/concrete
- Experience in specialty chemical markets
- Experience with commercial technology partnerships
Sublime Systems is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees, regardless of race, ethnic origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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Sublime Systems Somerville, Massachusetts, USA Office
444 Somerville Ave, Somerville, MA, United States, 02143
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