ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc. Hiring for Product Manager, Symphoni Product Line at Cambridge, ON Full Time

ATS is focused on growing our Automation products catalogue and world class product management is critical to our success. As a critical member of the Supertrak team, you will manage the initial product lifecycle for the Symphoni product line. This will include the transition of the technology from development into our product manufacturing organization. In this role you will work directly with the business unit leader to create a product strategy that energizes our existing customer base, drives profitable growth with emerging prospects, and supports sustainable long-term partnerships.

Additional Information

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage product line KPIs – revenue growth, margin performance, and quality.
• Own the delivery and go-to-market for new features and contribute to building awareness and knowledge of new features through communication, training material creation, and facilitation of training sessions.
• Steer a cross-functional team to drive the product launch process of Symphoni technology SKUs into our automation products catalogue
• Understand our market segments with the objective of identifying differentiation opportunities and translating these into specifications
• Identify new market opportunities through customer discussions, feedback and interviews
• Provide market data and business justification for prioritizing development and innovation opportunities
• Draft user stories and acceptance criteria for input to our product development initiatives
• Own the compilation and communication of the market facing Symphoni roadmap
• Build business cases for undertaking new development supported by market research
• Manage technical product changes (e.g. investigate and assess impact of issues and proposed changes, notify customers of changes, assist with component last-time-buy decisions, recommend and manage product discontinuations)
• Continue to develop, evolve, and refine our global go to market strategy
• Assist with marketing content generation for the target market
• Assist in sales enablement (materials, market bullseye, etc)

QUALIFICATIONS:
Education:
Post- secondary college diploma, engineering degree or equivalent, specializing in electronics, electrical, mechanical or controls engineering; Completion of or in the process of achieving the Project Management Professional (PMP) designation is an asset.

Experience:
A strong product manager can come from a variety of backgrounds. Most importantly you are highly driven, very collaborative, and are looking to take on an exciting global challenge.

• 5+ years’ of related industrial manufacturing automation similar experience with a Bachelor’s degree Engineering or technical field
• 5+ years of cross functional team leadership in a mechatronics environment
• Creative problem solving skills
• Excellent time communication and presentation skills
• Additional Business degree, marketing experience, or Leadership certification is a benefit
• A pragmatic approach is a bonus

Competencies:

• Ability to rally a team around product delivery, drive out details, drive preventative process improvements, and exercise great judgment on market needs.
• An understanding of not only how to take products to market but how to the entire product life cycle.
• A keen eye on modularity is important for this role. While we want to ensure we delight our customers, we also need to ensure we understand the needs of different
• Communicator / Collaborator
• Problem solver
• Lean Manufacturing (asset)

Join the Wining Team at ATS Automation, a great place to automate your future! Take your place among the best in the business, and grow your career with the ATS Products Group division at ATS Automation. Join an environment where a passion for innovation is combined with an uncompromised commitment to quality.

We attract some of the most talented and motivated individuals from a range of fields, with our global offering and growth opportunities as we expand on a global scale.

Why Join ATS?

• Be a part of a global organization that is a leader in its industry
• Subsidized breakfast and lunch daily; free gourmet beverages – coffee, tea and hot chocolate. Plus, Treat Day is every other week!
• Monthly “In-Chair Massage” clinic on-site with a Registered Massage Therapist
• Ability to participate in a variety of charitable events
• Social Club that offers BBQs and other social events throughout the year
• Work with other bright, talented people and discover opportunities for professional growth
• And much more!

ATS is in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA), 2005 and will, upon request, assist those who may require specific accommodations due to a personal disability. We would ask that those who require assistance to notify our offices as soon as possible if accommodation is necessary.