Location: Greater Seattle Area
URL: http://www.vholdr.com
- Type:
- Full-time
- Experience:
- Mid-Senior level
- Functions:
- Quality Assurance, Product Management, Design, Project Management, Production
- Industries:
- Consumer Electronics
- Posted:
- March 8, 2010
Job Description
Role:
We are looking for a product manager to lead the development of an accessory line that will enable customers to shoot and share great POV video everywhere. This includes identifying and understanding the customer’s needs, defining the requirements, and managing external development and manufacturing resources. If you are looking for a successful start-up to join, and can make cool stuff happen, then please let us know who you are.
Responsibilities:
• Customer research to identify needs and opportunities
• Develop product roadmap
• Manage external design team
• Manage sourcing and production of accessories
Requirements:
• At least 5 years of experience in sporting electronics
• BS or MS mechanical engineering, material science, or industrial design
• Familiar with molding and tooling techniques
About You:
• Passionate: Love great products and willing to go the extra mile to ensure “surprise and delight” in every product (action sports, outdoor, video a plus,)
• Consumer Focused: Driven to give the customer what they need and focused on the use case, not the specs on the box (excited about making great consumer experiences)
• Driven and Creative: Able to keep a lot of people moving toward the goals and thinking out of the box when faced with challenges
• Multi-tasker: You are so practiced keeping lots of balls in the air while walking a tight-rope, that Ringling Brothers has been trying to hire you.
• Scrappy: Know what it’s like to work for and grow a startup, and have worked for one before, and ready to do it again.
• Knowledgeable: Know the extreme environmental demands placed on and understand how to survive a demanding environment.
• Fun: Have an opinion on foosball vs. ping pong, come in early enough for coffee, work late enough to have a beer.
• Team: Able to work with a quick, responsive and passionate team who will do anything to make video easy to shoot and share.
Skills
• At least 5 years of experience in sporting electronics
• BS or MS mechanical engineering, material science, or industrial design
• Familiar with molding and tooling techniques
Company Description
VholdR is a Seattle based start-up creating video tools for modern day explorers to tell their stories of action and adventure, through video. Leading the way in making action video easy to shoot and share, VholdR is dedicated to creating simple tools that enable hands-free capture and effortless sharing of video online with others. For more information about VholdR please visit www.vholdr.com/company.
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