{"id":2091659,"url":"https://alion.io/job/pleora-technologies-manager-product-management","title":"Manager, Product Management","company":{"id":176954,"name":"Pleora Technologies","domain":"pleora.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/pleora-technologies","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"BambooHR","truth_index":null},"role":"Product","role_family":"Product","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Kanata, Canada"],"countries":["CA"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":130000,"max":160000,"currency":"CAD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":112346},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":8,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-08T14:48:02Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-08","last_verified_at":"2026-10-13T12:19:55Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":5,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":5},"description":"Come work with us!\nPleora is the leader in real-time connectivity for industrial automation, security & defense, and medical imaging applications with 25 years of expertise in vision applications with our growing global teams. Our hardware and software solutions are built for performance, enabling low-latency, real-time video and data transport in 1000's of unique systems.\nSummary\nPleora is seeking a strategic, market-focused product leader to lead its Product Management organization and product portfolio.\nReporting to the Vice President of Product Marketing, this role is accountable for the overall effectiveness of Product Management, including customer discovery, market validation, portfolio strategy, roadmap development, technology partnership evaluation, commercialization, and product investment prioritization.\nThe Manager, Product Management leads Pleora's Product Management team and ensures product investments are aligned with customer needs, market opportunities, competitive differentiation, and business objectives. This role serves as the primary bridge between external customers and markets and internal Engineering, Marketing, Sales, and Executive Leadership, translating market insight into product strategy, portfolio decisions, and growth initiatives.\nWhat You Do\nProduct Management Leadership\n\nLead and develop the Product Management organization, establishing priorities, processes, best practices, and operating rhythms.\nDirectly manage Product Managers and provide coaching in customer discovery, product validation, business case development, roadmap planning, and commercialization.\nEstablish accountability for product performance, portfolio outcomes, customer adoption, and commercial success.\nBuild a customer-focused Product Management culture that balances market opportunity, customer value, technical feasibility, and business outcomes.\n\nProduct Strategy & Portfolio Management\n\nOwn portfolio strategy, product roadmap planning, and lifecycle management, including investment recommendations, roadmap prioritization, product introductions, and end-of-life decisions.\nLead portfolio planning and rationalization activities, including recommendations on where Pleora should invest, expand, partner, maintain, or exit.\nConnect portfolio strategy, roadmap priorities, and commercialization activities to measurable business outcomes.\nEnsure product investments are grounded in customer discovery, validated market needs, competitive differentiation, and commercial viability.\nDefine portfolio strategies that balance innovation, customer demand, technical feasibility, resource constraints, and return on investment.\nMonitor portfolio performance through customer adoption, design wins, pipeline contribution, revenue growth, and strategic market impact.\nCustomer Discovery & Market Validation\nEstablish and lead repeatable customer discovery and product validation processes across the organization.\nBuild and maintain relationships with customers, technology partners, industry experts, and key stakeholders.\nDevelop and manage Voice of Customer programs that identify unmet market needs and validate product-market fit.\nEnsure customer and market requirements are effectively represented in portfolio planning and investment decisions.\nTranslate customer insights into strategic product recommendations, business cases, and roadmap priorities.\nTechnology Partnerships & Ecosystem Development\nIdentify, evaluate, and develop technology partnerships that strengthen Pleora's portfolio and competitive position.\nAssess build-versus-buy-versus-partner opportunities to accelerate time-to-market and expand market reach.\nCollaborate with partners to identify joint solution opportunities, ecosystem initiatives, and market expansion strategies.\nDevelop business cases and recommendations for strategic partnerships, adjacent market opportunities, and future investments.\nCommercialization & Go-to-Market\nOwn product value propositions, market requirements, positioning strategy, and commercialization planning, while partnering with Marketing and Sales to execute successful go-to-market initiatives.\nDevelop commercialization plans that align product investments with target markets, customer needs, and growth objectives.\nPartner with Marketing and Sales to execute product launches, sales enablement, and commercialization programs that drive market adoption and business growth.\nData-Driven Decision Making & AI Enablement\n\nChampion the practical use of AI-enabled tools and data-driven processes to improve market research, customer insight generation, competitive analysis, business case development, portfolio planning, and decision-making effectiveness.\nFoster an environment where Product Managers leverage modern tools and methodologies to improve productivity, quality of analysis, and speed of execution.\nEstablish metrics and performance indicators that support evidence-based product and portfolio decisions.\nCross-Functional Leadership\n\nDrive alignment across Product Management, Engineering, Solution Architecture, Application Engineering, Marketing, Sales, and Executive Leadership.\nLead investment and prioritization discussions that balance customer needs, business objectives, technical realities, and resource constraints.\nFacilitate informed decision-making across stakeholders to ensure alignment on portfolio strategy, investment priorities, and roadmap direction.\nBuild strong working relationships across the organization to accelerate execution and business results.\nIndustry Leadership\n\nRepresent Pleora at industry conferences, trade shows, customer meetings, and partner engagements.\nContribute to thought leadership through presentations, articles, webinars, and industry participation.\nStrengthen Pleora's visibility, influence, and strategic relationships within key markets and technology ecosystems.\nMaintain awareness of emerging technologies, market trends, competitive activity, and evolving customer requirements.\nWhat You Need\nExperience\n\n8+ years of experience in Product Management, Product Strategy, Product Marketing, or a related technology leadership role.\n3+ years of people leadership experience, including coaching, developing, and managing Product Managers or comparable professionals.\nDemonstrated success defining product strategy, portfolio roadmaps, and investment priorities for B2B technology products.\nProven experience conducting customer discovery, market validation, and Voice of Customer initiatives.\nExperience developing business cases, evaluating market opportunities, and guiding product investment decisions.\nDemonstrated experience owning product positioning, value propositions, messaging, commercialization strategies, and launch planning.\nProven ability to bring technology products to market through commercialization, go-to-market execution, product launches, and sales enablement.\nExperience working closely with Engineering, Sales, Marketing, and Executive Leadership in a cross-functional environment.\nExperience in machine vision, industrial automation, embedded systems, defence, medical imaging, networking, semiconductor, or related technology markets is a strong asset.\nSkills & Competencies\n\nStrong strategic thinking and portfolio management capabilities.\nDeep understanding of Product Management disciplines, including customer discovery, market validation, roadmap planning, portfolio management, and lifecycle management.\nAbility to translate customer needs, market insights, and technical capabilities into compelling product strategies and business outcomes.\nStrong commercial acumen, including pricing, positioning, value proposition development, commercialization planning, and go-to-market execution.\nExcellent analytical and decision-making skills, with the ability to balance customer value, market opportunity, technical feasibility, and business return.\nStrong communication, presentation, stakeholder management, and influencing skills.\nAbility to align and lead cross-functional teams without direct authority.\nStrong business case development, financial analysis, and investment prioritization capabilities.\nExperience leveraging AI-enabled tools and data-driven processes to improve decision-making, analysis, and productivity.\nEducation\n\nDegree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Marketing, or a related discipline.\nMBA or equivalent business and leadership experience is considered an asset.\nWhat Does Success Look Like in 12 Months?\nA successful candidate will:\nBuild a high-performing Product Management organization with clear accountability, ownership, and execution discipline.\nEstablish a repeatable customer discovery and product validation framework that is consistently applied across the portfolio.\nDeliver a prioritized, customer-validated roadmap aligned with Pleora's strategic growth objectives.\nImprove portfolio focus through clear investment, expansion, partnership, maintenance, and end-of-life recommendations.\nStrengthen relationships with customers, technology partners, and industry stakeholders, resulting in improved market insight and product relevance.\nImprove the quality and speed of business case development, portfolio decisions, and roadmap prioritization through data-driven processes and effective use of AI-enabled tools.\nDeliver measurable improvements in customer adoption, design wins, pipeline contribution, commercialization effectiveness, and business growth.\nEstablish Product Management as a trusted strategic partner to Engineering, Sales, Marketing, and Executive Leadership.\nLeadership Characteristics\nStrategic & Market Focused\nConnect customer needs, market opportunities, and business objectives to product investment decisions.\nAnticipate market shifts, technology trends, and emerging growth opportunities.\nBalance short-term execution priorities with long-term portfolio strategy.\nBusiness-Oriented Decision Maker\n\nEvaluate opportunities using customer value, market attractiveness, technical feasibility, competitive differentiation, and commercial return.\nMake recommendations based on customer insight, data, evidence, and business impact.\nBalance innovation, profitability, and execution capacity when making investment decisions.\nCustomer-Centric Product Leader\nDemonstrate a deep commitment to understanding customer problems before proposing solutions.\nPromote discovery, validation, and continuous market learning as core Product Management disciplines.\nEnsure products are built around real customer needs and measurable business value.\nCollaborative Influencer\n\nBuild alignment across Product Management, Engineering, Sales, Marketing, and Executive Leadership.\nInfluence decisions and unite stakeholders around strategic priorities.\nFoster collaboration, transparency, accountability, and trust across teams.\nCoach & Team Builder\n\nDevelop Product Managers into stronger strategic, 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