Job details
Job type full-time
Full job description
Streetlight pioneered the use of big data analytics to help transportation professionals and data analysts understand mobility behaviorApplying proprietary machine-learning algorithms to over four trillion spatial data points over time, streetlight measures diverse travel patterns and makes them available on-demand via the world’s first saas platform for mobility, streetlight insight®From measuring traffic volumes to identifying trip origins and destinations, to planning for electric vehicles charging, streetlight powers more than 6,000 global projects every month.
Streetlight data, the pioneer in big data for mobility, is revolutionizing transportation and urban planning to help the world better deploy and optimize infrastructure and adapt to new forms of mobility.
Streetlight data is seeking a product manager to work with our data science, and web applications teams in two areas: data as a service and application programming interfaces (api)Reporting to the vp of product, you will collaborate with our other product managers, engineering, marketing and sales to research, define, plan, build, release and drive successful sales and adoption of both new and existing data products and the apis for streetlight insight®.
This position requires strong product management experience in data products and apis, along with expertise in analytics and statistical methodsA background in saas and/or transportation planning or related fields is a strong plusCandidates can be remote, and we also have offices in san francisco, richmond, and vancouver.
Key responsibilities:
Understand the streetlight organization, business objectives and growth plans, with a holistic view of transportation planning and operations industry.
Develop the customer requirements and market opportunities for streetlight in general and then specifically for data as a service and api offerings.
Be hands-on in documenting requirements including programming language support, apis, visualizations, marketplaces in order to build the business cases for product roadmap and new product development.
Collaborate effectively within the product team and across web application engineering and data teams to support product release planning, schedules, and near and long-term roadmaps.
Communicate and collaborate closely with product marketing, learning services, marketing, solution engineers, sales and our executive team to deliver product to market.
Provide pre and post sales support to api customers / partners as needed during initial ramp phase of api sales and usage.
Skills & qualifications
Bs or equivalent in computer science or related engineering field required.
2 or more years of professional experience as a software developer working with apis is required; experience building apis for internal or external use is a plus.
3 or more years of product management experience in a saas company focused on apis and big data is required some working knowledge of of programming languages like r, python is useful.
Experience working with data analytics and visualization tools such as tableau, qlik or equivalent is strongly preferred.
Proven ability to develop product specifications for apis including descriptions of developer requirements driven by understanding of customer and partner applications.
Demonstrated experience collaboratively working in a product development environment with product managers, data scientists, data / software engineers, qa and support to define and deliver products, manage release schedules and support marketing and sales in go-to-market education, training and launch processes; experience in agile development methodologies a strong plus.
Extremely well-organized, logical thinker with a positive outlook that can take large projects and break them down into manageable tasks with achievable goals and schedules for yourself and others.
Self-starter that thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys problem-solving.
Open, honest, direct and respectful communicator, a collaborative team player that knows how to work with others to get things done in a positive manner.
Passionate about making the world a better place for people to live, move, and work.
Streetlight data is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employerStreetlight data provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
