Senior Data Visualization Product Manager

Pax8 is the leading cloud-based technology marketplace, simplifying the cloud journey for our partners by integrating technology, business intelligence and proactive service to deliver an unparalleled experience.

Serving thousands of partners through the indirect sales channel, our mission is to be the world’s favorite place to buy cloud products.

We are a fast-growing, dynamic and high-energy startup organization, allowing you to make a meaningful impact on the business.

Culture is important to us, and at Pax8, it’s business, and it IS personal. We are passionate, creative and humorously offbeat.

We work hard, keep it fun, and expect the best.

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No matter who you are, Pax8 is a place you can call home. We know there’s no such thing as a perfect" candidate, so we don’t look for the right "fit" instead, we look for the add.

We encourage you to apply for a role at Pax8 even if you don’t meet 100% of the bullet points. We believe in cultivating an environment with a diversity of perspectives, in hopes that we can all thrive in an inclusive environment.

We are only as great as our people. And we have great people all over the world. No matter where you live and work, you’re a part of the Pax8 team.

This means embracing hybrid- and remote-work whenever possible.

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Product at Pax8 :

Pax8’s product team leads the industry in defining what the global cloud product marketplace will be. We achieve this through collaboration, focus on business value, and pragmatic execution.

To ensure that what we’re building is easy-to-use, engaging, and sustainably monetizable, we’re passionate about collaboration across Pax8 and with our managed service provider (MSP) partners.

We clear barriers by compulsively assessing cost-benefit to ensure that highest priority products can be brought to market quickly, ensuring that we’re leading the field in cloud-based SaaS distribution, and solving both user and business problems pragmatically through short incubation and frequent iteration.

We build innovative products that demonstrably drive partner and customer acquisition, conversion, and retention, and bring our users clear, top-tier benefits.

Position Summary :

The Senior Data Visualization Product Manager (aka : Senior Product Manager Data) develops the vision and strategy for data products that enable buyers and sellers to maximize their business with Pax8.

The Sr. Product Manager works closely with other Product Managers, Engineers, UX designers, and business stakeholders to develop and own a roadmap that delivers value for both customers and the business.

They use techniques such as design thinking, user testing, and experimentation to generate insights to deeply understand our business and customers to prioritize enhancements that will have the greatest impact.

The Sr. Product Manager creates complex product artifacts and iterates on product processes.

Essential Responsibilities :

• Own product strategy and execution for one or more data products that enable buyers and sellers on the Pax8 marketplace to use data to drive decision making.
• Apply design and product thinking to create innovative and intuitive experiences powered by data.
• Collaborate deeply with business and engineering stakeholders across the org to plan the right product improvements at the right time to meet a demonstrated market or business need.
• Communicate product strategy; collaborate with Design, Product, and Engineering to help them deeply understand the strategy so they can effectively execute to maximize our growth, speed-to-market, and value.
• Distill vision and strategy into an actionable, focused roadmap that bolts into business OKRs; Socialize and advocate for the roadmap.
• Prioritize work streams and guide execution to maximize our growth, speed-to-market, and value; Ideate, user test, write clear stories, refine, solve problems, perform UAT, understand your product through data, and iterate.
• Lead agile ceremonies in collaboration with Engineering teams to ensure shared understanding of problems and solutions.
• Guide trade-off decisions to maximize value.
• Track progress against OKRs and understand product performance at a feature level.
• Make data-driven product decisions using a / b testing, metric optimization, and funnel analysis.
• Work closely with UX to generate insights from qual and quant data about users and features.
• Seek opportunities to provide support and advice to less experienced members of the team.

Ideal Skills, Experience, and Competencies :

• At least five (5) years of experience in product management or an equivalent role
• Deep understanding of data analysis, visualization techniques, and storytelling best practices
• Experience with D3.js and Processing.js is highly desired
• Basic SQL querying
• Track record of delivering data products that have data visualization features
• Experience creating and / or implementing recommendation models
• Scrupulous about value for the business; ability to understand and focus on what’s most likely to bring ROI
• Experience with Agile / Scrum Software Development along with project management tools (Trello, Jira, Rally or equivalent) in a technical software development environment
• Experience prioritizing product backlogs and working closely with software engineers to write and refine stories for sprint execution
• Be a subject matter expert in the cloud IT space with understanding of internal and external customers’ needs
• Exceptional project management and interpersonal skills with experience managing multiple work streams across a variety of stakeholders
• Exceptional analytical and conceptual thinking skills with meticulous attention to detail. Excellent documentation / communication skills
• Experience managing competing resources and priorities
• Is a self-starter and able work independently with a bias toward action, does not let perfect be the enemy of good
• Proven ability to collaborate and problem-solve with diverse people in different parts of the organization
• Comfortable with ambiguity and can adapt to rapidly changing situations. Capable of taking a high-level vision and taking down to actionable components
• Data-driven by nature with the ability to make decisions where there is none
• Track record of defining and delivering groups of enhancements that drive outcomes
• Keen design sense and strong empathy with our customers and vendors.

Required Education & Certifications :

B.A. / B.S. in related field or equivalent work experience

Work Environment :

Professional office environment. Routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, copy machines, printers, and filing cabinets.

Remote and / or hybrid work at Pax8 requires all employees to have adequate, secure, and private internet service.

Physical Demands :

Sedentary role; primarily involves sitting / standing.

Travel Requirements :

Occasional travel to Pax8’s main office, external partners, and conventions.

Compensation :

Qualified candidates can expect a salary beginning at $87,000 or more depending on experience.

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At Pax8 we believe that your Total Rewards should include a benefits package that shows how much we value our greatest assets.

All FTE Pax8 people enjoy the following benefits :

• Non-Commissioned Bonus Plans or Variable Commission
• 401(k) plan with employer match
• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employer Paid Short & Long Term Disability, Life and AD&D Insurance
• Flexible, Open Vacation
• Paid Sick Time Off
• Extended Leave for Life events
• RTD Eco Pass (For local Colorado Employees)
• Career Development Programs
• Stock Option Eligibility
• Employee-led Resource Groups

Pax8 is an EEOC Employer.

Equal Opportunities :

Pax8 is an equal opportunities employer and welcome individuals who are in possession of the appropriate requirements to work within the country the role is based in.

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