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Product Owner/ Development Manager/ Marketing Manager

Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland

Description

Gamaya, a prominent and rapidly growing Swiss startup, active in the field of smart farming, is seeking an experienced, creative and result-oriented people to support product marketing/ management/ development needs of the fast-growing company.

Gamaya is at the forefront of innovation in multiple fields: hyperspectral sensors, embedded cameras, artificial intelligence, and agronomy know-how. As a part of the product organization, you will be responsible for different aspects of a product-driven process, starting with an understanding of customer needs, definition of a product, managing feasibility and product development process, and eventually supporting product marketing and go-to-market activities.

Responsibilities

• Defining and driving the product strategy


• Capturing the customer requirements and understanding the needs of customers


• Explaining the benefits and value of products, its features and translating them into customer-facing messaging and communication


• Strategic positioning of a product to customers, partners, and market influencers


• Lead and develop product roadmaps in conjunction with the cross-functional teams


• Own the product and take full responsibility for the product development process


• Identify opportunities that lead to the growth and incorporate new product features on an ongoing basis


• Maintain dialogue with software development, agronomy, and data science teams and provide leadership in developing a product


• Maintain product and market knowledge. Analyses and keep abreast of market trends.


• Best practice research and benchmarking. Conducting competitor analysis, market research

Requirements

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience as a product owner/ product manager/ product marketing manager


• Agronomist and/or experience in AgTech is highly beneficial


• Proven ability to lead product management/ development and work cross-functionally in a highly collaborative environment


• Owned the entire product life cycle (product marketing, roadmap, feature design, engineering)


• Strong technical and architectural understanding of data-driven software products - the job requires interfacing with various teams that specialize in software development, data science, and agronomy


• Work experience in the US, Brazil, Ukraine and fast-growing tech startups is a plus


• Knowledge of sugarcane and tobacco markets is beneficial


• Advanced english, spanish/ portuguese is a plus

Personal skills

• Ability to thrive in an entrepreneurial environment - flexible, self-directed, creative, and team player


• Interdisciplinary mindset, ability to learn quickly


• Creative problem solving with a positive attitude (yes we can)


• Strong people management skills


• Strong understanding of how to get things done and absolutely proven ability to do so


• Strong organization and time management skills


• Excellent communication skills


• Ability to coordinate, collaborate with and persuade colleagues


• 100% result-oriented mindset


• Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines

Benefits

• Contribute to and influence the revolution of a global industry that is fundamental to life


• Challenge yourself to deliver and market innovative products


• Collaborate with a talented, cross-functional and fast-growing team