Group Product Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

At Newforma, you’ll help shape the future of project information management for architects, engineers, and contractors worldwide. Join a team that’s trusted by over 1,500 firms to simplify how they work. Together, we’re creating tools that connect people to the information they need, faster and smarter. Let’s build something great.

Are you a problem-solver who is thrilled to break down complex problems and design elegant solutions? Are you excited about setting goals, measuring success, and enabling your teammates to do their best work? Is acting as a customer advocate who can weigh competing priorities while maintaining an ongoing feedback loop between internal teams and external customers attractive to you? Are you a teammate who contributes to team growth and continuous improvement? We are looking for an energetic presenter who can tell compelling stories and actively listen to feedback. You should be a coach and mentor who helps other product team members continue to develop their craft. 

The Group Product Manager is someone responsible for Newforma product delivery as well as managing the performance of a team of Product Managers. The Group Product Manager also drives customers' business review meetings to communicate product direction and roadmap as well as collects feedback on customers' challenges. The Group product manager will oversee putting together a product advisory board that influences the Newforma product direction. 

In this role, your responsibilities will include:

Team Management

• Hiring and staffing
• Training new employees
• Coaching and developing existing employees
• Dealing with performance problems and terminations
• Conducting timely performance evaluations
• Translating corporate goals into functional and individual goals
• Monitoring performance and initiating action to strengthen results
• Monitoring and controlling expenses and budgets
• Tracking and reporting results to senior management

Product planning

• Manage expectations of stakeholders through frequent and clear communication of vision, strategy, and roadmap
• Manage Team performance and delivery
• Planning and goal-setting for future periods
• Collaborate with engineers, designers, and researchers to advocate for, plan, and execute user research and solution validation plans
• Use a lean product mindset to drive product decisions and roadmap development
• Document user needs in workflows and customer journeys
• Set and evaluate product success using qualitative and quantitative measures
• Practice facilitative leadership to drive decision making and prioritization towards positive team and product outcomes
• Contribute to the product management culture
• Own user/product research activities
  • Validate features with power users after release
  • Identify personas
  • Competitive analysis
  • Technical watch
  • Coordination of focus groups for user research
• Maximize value delivered to the customers through a thematic-driven initiatives roadmap.
• Manage release communication and documentation

Strategic & Cross-Functional Leadership

• Leading change management initiatives within squads, ensuring smooth adoption of new processes, tools, or product directions
• Identifying potential risks early and developing mitigation strategies to keep projects on track
• Championing innovation by encouraging experimentation and adoption of new technologies or methodologies, especially around AI and process improvements
• Defining and tracking key performance indicators (KPIs) for squads and products, using insights to drive continuous improvement
• Overseeing squad and initiative budgets, ensuring resources are allocated effectively and efficiently
• Demonstrates a strong sense of initiative and ownership, proactively driving projects forward and taking responsibility for outcomes.
• Thrives in a dynamic, fast-changing environment, adapting quickly and guiding teams through ambiguity.
• Has the capacity to anticipate future organizational needs and proactively develops strategies and solutions to support company growth.

Requirements for the position includes:

• 5+ years working as Group Product Manager or Product manager in an agile software environment
• Experience with B2B, vertical market, SaaS product development
• Ability to break down complex problems into user-focused solutions
• Experience defining and tracking product metrics
• Project management experience

Nice to have qualification for this position include:

• Knowledge in Aha! Product Management System
• Knowledge in Microsoft Azure DevOps
• Knowledge in Gainsight analytics platform
• Knowledge in Jira
• AEC industry knowledge
• Bilingual in English and French

Why Work at Newforma?

• Purpose-driven work: Help professionals in the AECO industry solve real-world challenges.
• Global impact: Our tools are used on over 16 million projects worldwide.
• Collaborative culture: Work alongside talented teammates who value your input.
• Room to grow: We support your career development through learning opportunities and mentorship.
• Innovation at its core: Be part of a company that’s always evolving to meet industry needs.