Sofar is on a mission to connect the world’s oceans. We design, build, and deploy the largest privately owned network of marine weather sensors to power the world’s best marine weather forecasts. Our data helps our customers to increase efficiency and reduce emissions, delivering tools to governments and other stakeholders to understand impacts of climate change on extreme weather and ocean health. We live on Planet Ocean, and our goal is to create the ocean intelligence needed to ensure a sustainable future.
We are looking for a Senior Product Manager to lead the development of Wayfinder, Sofar’s Voyage Optimization web product. Built on top of the world’s best marine weather forecasts, Wayfinder is used aboard the largest shipping vessels in the world, providing critical decision-making context for captains as they navigate the world's oceans. Global shipping accounts for approximately 3% of worldwide carbon emissions, and by optimizing routes for Captains and Operators, we can make a huge impact on profits and sustainability.
You will collaborate with our Head of Product to define a strategy and roadmap to serve the multi trillion dollar shipping industry. You will develop a deep understanding of our customers and their workflows. You will collaborate with engineers, scientists and designers to prioritize and translate their needs into software. You will own the full lifecycle of research, ideation, prototyping, development, testing, measurement and analysis.
Impact You’ll Own:
- Own the vision, strategy and roadmap for Wayfinder, aligning it with company objectives.
- Deliver against company-wide business targets and product success metrics
- Partner with engineering, design, and GTM teams throughout the product lifecycle
- Lead product discovery to identify and prioritize high impact problems that we are uniquely able to solve for our customers.
About You
- 5+ years of Product Management Experience (ideally in enterprise facing products or recommendation/optimization systems)
- Has a high level of taste, judgment, and customer empathy, and considers themselves the steward of creating great product experiences
- Demonstrates an ownership mindset, taking initiative to address obstacles that stand between customers and solutions.
- Proven executor who thrives in fast-paced, early-stage environments.
- Strong written and verbal communicator with a talent for clear articulation of customer problems
- Experience conducting qualitative and quantitative research to build buy-in from internal stakeholders and leadership
Bonus Points
- You are passionate about Sofar Ocean, and the problems we are solving for.
- $165,000 - $220,000
- The range listed is what we reasonably expect to pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and may be modified in the future. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, experience, and equity package.
We at Sofar Ocean acknowledge that careers in the marine sciences “... have traditionally been, and remain, non-diverse work environments”, thereby limiting the entry and prosperity of underrepresented groups in the space. (Johri et al., 2021) Many of these same groups are disproportionately affected by climate change, and are often excluded from decision making that directly address their interests and needs.
We are committed to addressing these climate injustices and highly encourage people who identify as women, LGBTQ+, Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) to apply
It is the responsibility of every employee to contribute to a positive work environment through cooperative and professional interactions with co-workers, customers, and vendors.
Equal Employment OpportunityAll qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other factors prohibited by law.
What We Do
Sofar connects the world's oceans to power a more sustainable future. Sofar unlocks ocean data at scale. We deployed hundreds of Spotters globally to create the world’s largest privately-owned network of ocean sensors that collects 1.5 million real-time observations daily. Our team of ocean scientists assimilates this real-time data into our marine weather forecasts, which are up to 50% more accurate than traditional models.
In maritime shipping, we use these high-accuracy forecasts and vessel performance models to provide optimized guidance and save ships time, fuel, and emissions. We also equip researchers, operators, and innovators with our devices and data to power marine research and sustainable commercial solutions. Customers access data from our global sensor network and deploy our extensible Spotter platform to collect real-time surface and subsurface observations.
Sofar’s team of engineers, ocean scientists, and business professionals is based in San Francisco, California.
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