We are looking for a product manager to play a leading role in defining our solutions, developing our product roadmap, and collaborating with our engineering and customer-facing teams to expand our product portfolio. This multidisciplinary product leader will have a passion for executing our vision of creating a safer world for people to work, learn and play.

This leader will partner with Evolv’s research team, engineering, sales, marketing, customer success, and our customers to accomplish the following:

• Understand and have a contemporary view of the market needs, technology partners, approaches, and product requirements.
• Work with the Innovation Office and Engineering leadership to identify foundational technologies for new products.
• Own the product roadmap for assigned solution areas.
• Develop and communicate product requirements and use cases, and work with the technical team to ensure products reflect the market needs and are attacking specific client pain points.
• Serve as product champion, providing insight and direction during project development phases.
• Ensure we develop solutions that work for a breadth of customer personas.
• Initiate and own key partner relationships including OEM partners.
• Ensure that the right feature set is defined and developed, and our end-product is priced and packaged correctly.
• Develop a go-to-market plan, work with all Evolv functions to execute, and take responsibility for analyzing and managing potential partner relationships. Work with our management team to make sure Evolv delivers a high-quality, leading edge product that solves our customers’ most challenging problems.

Requirements

• 5 years of experience working as a product manager or field application engineer, working with engineering teams and driving whole-product strategy
• Experience and exposure in the Physical Security industry, and/or with biometrics, , video analytics, and 3rd party integrated offerings.
• Strong customer relationship skills which enable you to understand customers’ needs and objectives and translate them into product features and requirements for solving complex business problems
• Technical background with the ability to discuss technical issues and identify solutions and satisfy product requirements
• A four-year degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or other related field, or equivalent combination of qualification and experience
• Strong track record of successfully bringing technical products to market and taking complete ownership from ideation thru introduction and market success.
• Sufficient understanding of the technology to be able to anticipate customer requirements, technical challenges, environmental constraints, and operational needs.
• Proficiency in translating technical concepts to business-oriented audiences and vice versa.
• Unwavering customer and end user empathy.
• Demonstrated ability to apply experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
• An infectious enthusiasm for the product and influence on the energy and pace around it.
• Active learning mentality and technology curiosity: understanding implications of new information for both current and future problems and decisions, embracing change, and understanding new concepts.

Benefits

If you want to solve one of the most difficult issues of our time and save lives doing it, you want to work at Evolv. We are passionate, knowing that what we do and how we do it can affect life or death situations for our customers. At Evolv, you will have unparalleled exposure to all aspects of our business, working with a talented team of researchers, engineers, and security professionals who share our vision for a safer world. If you are inspired by invention and gain satisfaction from seeing how your work impacts the bigger picture, Evolv will be a great fit.

• Equity is an important component of every compensation package
• Flexible work environment
• Unique culture
• Medical and dental insurance
• 401(k) plan
• Unlimited vacation policy
• $300 per quarter to spend on the perks that are most meaningful to you