Product Manager
About the Team:Born at X, Google's Moonshot Factory, Taara is on a mission to connect billions of people lacking abundant and affordable internet today by pioneering the way we use light to deliver faster, cheaper, more reliable connectivity. Lead the charge in bringing our groundbreaking wireless optical communication and photonics chip technologies to the world. Drive our growth story as we scale innovative solutions across the world. Join us to light the way for bridging the digital divide and illuminating the future.About the roleTaara is looking for an experienced product manager with demonstrated talent for strategy, creativity, and execution. This is an opportunity to be a foundational member of the product team for an innovative suite of products. This role will be based in Mountain View, California with occasional global travel.How you will make 10x impact:Synthesize diverse and sometimes competing/conflicting customer and market needs into coherent product requirements and prioritized roadmaps that enable engineers to build products and platforms at scale.Develop and articulate a product roadmap that prioritizes the customer experience with customer empathy, market insights, and strategic foresightTranslate market and customer requirements into product features and requirements, and create detailed PRDs in collaboration with business, operations, and engineering teamsDefine the roadmap and features for the product by prioritizing feature requests across customers, market, competitive, innovation vectorsIdentify key metrics to determine product performance and measure success in the industryApply data driven approaches to provide product analytics, business models, guide product innovation, and enable product development with clear priorities and buy-in across the teamCraft effective communications about the product, the value proposition and positioning in the context of the competitive landscapeWork collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary team, operating as a connecting point between engineering disciplines, operations, manufacturing, business and customer support teams to drive the highest level of product execution.Create efficiencies in product delivery and innovative ways to deliver value to customers"Roll up your sleeves" and get stuff done as an independent self driven product manager with stage appropriate product management rigorOversee and own the product plan, delivery, and release schedulesProvide insights for the executive team on structuring and designing a product-centric organization that leads to customer and commercial successAnalyze customers, competitors, and market trends to continually evolve the product strategy and roadmap and drive product innovation What you should have: MBA or PhD/Masters in science or engineeringStrong technical knowledge with experience with wireless telecommunications/RFStrong background in software and hardware development, Application development, product management, and experience driving products from concept to launch is essential for success in this role.Solid understanding of Telco Networks, Network architectures, Traffic Engineering, BW management, QoS and routing protocols.Startup experience, or equivalent experience on early stage teamsAbility to influence without authority, working with technical and cross-functional teams who do not report into this role to get things done.Comfort with new technology and thinking outside the box to develop and implement short and long-term creative solutions.Ability to synthesize complex information and communicate to a wide variety of audiences at multiple levels of the company, managing relationships with both internal and external stakeholders8+ years of product management experience, including any product experience with both software and hardware5+ years of experience building and shipping technical products It would be great if you also have these:Experience with product innovation, developing a product vision and strategy for new technologies or new technology categoriesExperience managing complex product lines with diverse customers in diverse geographical markets, in B2B or B2B2C setting in a mix of hardware and softwareFinancial analytical skills, with ability to track metrics such as revenue growth, customer growth, and customer retentionExecutive presence, with the capability to balance conflicting product perspectives within the organization and between multiple customer segments