Product Manager

Upshop

$100K — $130K *
Retail & Consumer Goods
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in business, technology, engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
  • 3-6+ years in product management or product-related roles
  • Experience in SaaS or enterprise software environments
  • Experience with agile product development and collaboration with engineering teams
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
  • Ability to convert customer and business needs into product requirements
  • Familiarity with AI-enabled tools and SaaS architecture

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute product strategy and roadmap initiatives
  • Identify product opportunities from customer feedback and market trends
  • Define product priorities in line with company objectives
  • Create product requirements, use cases, and user stories
  • Collaborate with engineering and UX to design new product features
  • Participate in agile processes, including sprint planning and backlog grooming
  • Engage with customers to gather insights on operational workflows

Benefits

  • Flexible working arrangements
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Support for continued education
  • Health and wellness programs
  • Collaborative work environment and culture
Full Job Description
Product Manager

Role Overview

The Product Manager will work directly with customers and internal stakeholders to understand operational challenges and translate them into clear product requirements and priorities. This role requires someone comfortable working in a SaaS product environment with an understanding of APIs, integrations, and platform-based software systems.

The ideal candidate can effectively collaborate with both technical teams and retail operators, ensuring that product solutions are technically sound while addressing real-world operational needs.

Key Responsibilities

Product Strategy & Planning
  • Contribute to the development and execution of product strategy and roadmap initiatives
  • Identify product opportunities based on customer feedback, operational challenges, and market trends
  • Define product priorities aligned with company objectives
  • Develop product requirements, use cases, and user stories

Product Development & Delivery
  • Partner with engineering and UX teams to design and deliver new product capabilities
  • Participate in agile development processes including sprint planning, backlog grooming, and release planning
  • Ensure product features meet functional, usability, and scalability requirements
  • Support testing, validation, and product launch activities

Customer & Market Engagement
  • Engage directly with customers to understand operational workflows and product needs
  • Conduct customer interviews, feedback sessions, and discovery activities
  • Gather insights from sales and customer success teams to inform product decisions
  • Represent customer needs within the product development process

Technical Collaboration
  • Work closely with engineering teams on features involving APIs, integrations, and SaaS platform capabilities
  • Translate business and operational requirements into technical product specifications
  • Support integration requirements with retailer systems and third-party solutions

Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Partner with engineering, UX, data science, revenue, and customer success teams
  • Support go-to-market readiness for new product releases
  • Communicate product updates and priorities across internal stakeholders


Qualifications

Required
  • Bachelor's degree in business, technology, engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
  • 3-6+ years of experience in product management or product-related roles
  • Experience working in SaaS or enterprise software environments
  • Experience collaborating with engineering teams in an agile product development environment
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
  • Ability to translate customer and business needs into clear product requirements

Technical Knowledge
  • Working knowledge of APIs, integrations, and modern SaaS platform architecture
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with engineering teams on technical product features
  • Familiarity with product management tools and agile workflows
  • Familiarity with AI-enabled tooling and emerging AI capabilities, including the ability to evaluate opportunities for AI-driven features within SaaS products.

Preferred Experience
  • Experience in grocery retail, food service, supply chain, or store operations technology
  • Exposure to data-driven product development
  • Familiarity with AI-enabled tools, automation technologies, or predictive analytics


Key Competencies
  • Customer focus and empathy for operational users
  • Analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Strategic thinking and prioritization
  • Communication and stakeholder management


Working Relationships

This role collaborates closely with:
  • Engineering
  • UX / Product Design
  • Data Science
  • Revenue / Sales
  • Customer Success


The estimated pay ranges for this role are as follows:
  • $100,000 - 130,000 CAD

The successful candidate's starting salary will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location.

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