Be part of the next wave of disruption- 5G & Industry 4.0

5G is the biggest disruption since the smartphone, powering the new Industry 4.0 digital economy. Shabodi is the first to market with a patent-pending platform that enables developers to build & deploy next generation applications on a 5G network.

Team Shabodi is enabling the ecosystem of next-gen applications and looking for an experienced Technical Product Manager, reporting to the Chief Product Office, to join our rapidly growing team!

We are a well-funded, institutionally backed startup led by a team of former industry heavyweights from Cisco, Juniper Networks, Nortel, EY and Macquarie Group with two start-up exits and 4 patents under our belts.

You are ideally…

• Very strong TEAM PLAYER with good technical skills and even better (shall we say legendary?) interpersonal skills
• Very strong ability to influence/lead others to adopt your ideas, with ability to compromise, build consensus and avoid conflict
• Exceptional communication skills – verbal, written and presentation – with ability to create and present narratives in Powerpoint and Word
• Excellent understanding of Agile and Jira, with ability to translate narratives into Jira artefacts including Initiatives, Epics and Stories – understanding that enabling the team – development/engineering, test and operations – to be more effective is a critical outcome
• A high-performance thinker with a strong work ethic and sound judgement
• (strong) knowledge of cellular networking technologies including 5G and 4G, along with other advanced networking (Wi-Fi, SD-WAN, Ethernet, DOCSIS)
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, preferably in Computer/Network/Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or Business
  • MBA would be a bonus
• 7-10 years of experience, including direct experience in leading and developing products in wireless, telecom or networking industries

What you’ll do …  

• Create narratives for Shabodi’s Portal and API products, translating into roadmaps which are further reflected in release and sprint plans
• Socialize roadmaps with sales, marketing, engineering teams and customers, partners and other external stakeholders
• Work with sales, marketing, partners and customers to translate product feedback into action via roadmap and sprint plans
• Prepare Powerpoint presentations to clearly communicate product plans and details to constituent groups
• Represent Shabodi in relevant external standards groups (CAMARA, O-RAN, TMFORUM) to not only aid in Shabodi’s contributions but to ensure Shabodi’s products align, remain compliant and meet needs to stakeholders
• Drive the roadmap and plans for Shabodi’s
  • Administrative and developer portals
  • Developer programs
  • Sandbox
  • APIs

How you’ll do it (skills, knowledge & experience) …

• Must have skills, knowledge and/or experience:
  • Team fit – understand the team’s culture and adapt behaviours to make the team better
  • Relationship builder – create lasting linkages with people
  • Adaptability – able to move between tasks quickly and easily, ensuring top priorities are addressed at all times
  • Excel, Powerpoint, Word, Confluence, Jira – ability to communicate at high and low levels, and with diverse audiences, using a variety of tools
  • YAML, Swagger, GIT – from initial creation/specification of APIs to presentation of APIs to potential developers and/or customers
  • Product Management – you are a product manager, have done the job before, now the processes and procedures
• Skills, knowledge and/or experience that would be a benefit:
  • Worked within a telco, a service provider or a network equipment provider, preferably directly in the 4G/5G space
  • Worked with standards groups
  • Led development of a startup/scaleup product and team, preferably within a startup company, but could also be within a large company
  • Understanding of realtime vs non-realtime
  • Understanding of application development, and how developers get their jobs done

What’s in it for you …

• Chance to work on the ground level at a fast-growing CAD scale-up that is a global market leader in its space
• Enjoy working like an entrepreneur? Our flat hierarchies will provide you with this opportunity to continuously grow as the Company scales
• We offer competitive compensation and benefit packages with equity considerations