Senior Product Manager Software

Optics11AmsterdamHybridFull-time2 weeks ago

Optics11, a high-tech company in Amsterdam, is seeking a Senior Product Manager Software to own the software product strategy, roadmap, and lifecycle for defense and underwater security solutions. The role requires 5+ years of software product management experience in high-compliance environments, strong cross-functional leadership, and proficiency with tools like Jira and Confluence. A security screening (AIVD Certificate of No Objection) is mandatory.

What you'll do

Own the software product strategy by defining and articulating the direction for assigned software products or value streams, identifying customer problems and market opportunities, and balance near-term opportunities with long-term company goals.
Provide product design authority by ensuring software concepts, capabilities and development choices remain aligned with the Underwater Security product vision and strategy throughout the product lifecycle.
Lead customer and market discovery by developing a deep understanding of customer needs, operational use cases and buying contexts, validating direction with customers and partners, and synthesizing feedback from deployed products.
Own software roadmap development and prioritization by defining the capabilities required to address validated needs, balancing improvements, new functionality and technology evolution, and communicating priorities across relevant teams.
Develop business cases and commercial input by defining success measures and commercial objectives, providing evidence for portfolio investment decisions, and supporting Product Marketing with product knowledge for pricing and launch readiness.
Coordinate the product core team by working with System Engineering on requirements and feasibility, Product Ownership on executable increments, and Project Management on customer delivery, while aligning Sales, Business Development, Customer Projects and Engineering around progress, quality and outcomes.

What you need

Must-have

JiraJira Product DiscoveryJira Service ManagementConfluenceBigPictureSoftware Product ManagementProduct StrategyRoadmapping

Nice-to-have

JAMA ConnectSiemens PolarionSAFeMiroFigmaDovetailAmplitudePower BIDutch language

Soft skills

Cross-functional LeadershipStakeholder ManagementCritical ThinkingAdaptabilityProblem SolvingCommunication

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