Senior Product & Project Manager

Senior Product & Project Manager

Department: FieldKit

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Fieldkit - Los Angeles, CA

Reporting To: Chief Operating Officer

Compensation: $74,880 / year

Description

As FieldKit has deployed more accessible environmental sensing technology out into the world, our product and project needs have grown in parallel. We are looking for a highly organized versatile leader who can drive forward FieldKit’s hardware and software product development alongside our in-field partner projects.

This role encompasses both product and project management; leading a small experienced team advancing conservation technology while supporting successful community-based partner projects worldwide. We’re seeking a strong communicator, collaborative problem-solver, and proactive leader fluent in agile and waterfall methodologies. You’ll balance strategy, project details, and team capacity while managing production logistics, deadlines, and priorities. If you’re a compassionate, adaptable guide, who loves nothing more than building strong relationships, knowing when to pivot, setting teams up for success, and empowering them to excel, we’d love to hear from you. 

This job offers the opportunity to see your work impact positively on the environment and our planet’s natural treasures, while acting as an invaluable member of our small, fun team as FieldKit expands.

Key Responsibilities

Here are some of the core responsibilities for the job – these are what you would spend most of your time doing:

• Multi-platform product management
  • Feature prioritization, product roadmap, and kanban board management across electrical and mechanical hardware, firmware, software (mobile app, online data portal, FieldKit.org), and printed collateral
  • Strategic management through design, prototyping, development and release phases
  • Stakeholder management and meeting stewardship, facilitating input on feature prioritization from executive leadership and the customer support team
• Partner project management
  • Creating scopes of work, schedules, estimates, project tasks, deliverables, assumptions and dependencies
  • Developing strategic project plans, identifying resource requirements, managing risk, tracking progress, and course-correcting
  • Synthesizing the project brief, including goals, success metrics and mandatories 
  • Leading the project team, facilitating smooth processes, and outlining internal project roles and responsibilities, workflow, and approval process
  • Building strong relationships with partners, outlining roles and responsibilities, workflow, and approval process, managing expectations, and flagging issues
  • Ensuring that projects are delivered on time, budget, and to agreed quality
  • Support grant reporting and documentation for the project

Sometimes you might also:

• Manage the production of FieldKit’s hardware products to meet order demand, interfacing with third party manufacturing houses, the engineering team, and the fulfillment team to ensure FieldKit’s customers and partner projects are well supported
• Manage internal projects (like competitor testing co-deployments, product photoshoots, internal wiki), contractors, and consultants
• Manage onsite installations and visit deployments in the field
• Document and develop internal protocols and processes
• Train and oversee additional project support, as needed
• Guide Exec team resourcing strategy discussions, liaise with the contracts team to execute contracts, and support other functions including grant fundraising, communications, sales, and operations

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

If you’re a dependable strategic thinker who can also roll up your sleeves and jump in, we want to speak with you. We value a diversity of backgrounds and expertise so if you’re confident in your ability to do the job, then we encourage you to apply. We will be looking for candidates who possess many, but not necessarily all, of the following qualifications and experience:

Priority Qualifications: 

• 4+ years proven experience managing software product development
• 4+ years proven experience managing projects
• Excellent time management and prioritization (“big picture”) skills with an eye for detail
• Excellent communication skills, both direct and empathetic
• Comfortable with working alongside a remote team across multiple time zones
• Happy to hit the ground running on a product or project with many moving pieces
• Skilled at listening, and quickly synthesizing information into key requirements and actions
• Knows when to ask pertinent subject matter related or technical questions in order to understand and identify the scope/schedule/budget implications
• Digitally savvy and proficient in Google suite, Monday.com, GitLab, Jira, Trello, Smartsheet
• Familiarity with design software e.g. Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite
• Passionate about environmental conservation, open technology, or community empowerment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing (electrical and mechanical) hardware design, development and production
• Experience working on multi-platform products and projects
• Experience working on grant-funded projects
• Experience working with the unpredictabilities of in-field or onsite installation (in the US and abroad)
• Ability to work from the FieldKit lab in Downtown Los Angeles on occasion

Workplace, Compensation & Application

Workplace & Travel: This a remote position. The ability to work from the FieldKit lab in Downtown Los Angeles on occasion is preferred, but not required.

Time & Compensation: This is a W2 employee role with an estimated work commitment of 30 hours per week (75% full-time equivalent). Multiplier and FieldKit provide a comprehensive compensation package, including competitive salary ($74,880/annually), health, vision and dental benefits, retirement savings, and generous vacation and sick leave policy. 

How to Apply: To apply, please visit our Applicant Portal. Applications will be accepted until position is filled. Priority will be given to applications received on or before Sunday, September 13. Please include a cover letter in your application materials describing your relevant experience and qualifications. We respectfully request no follow-up calls or emails.