Cerence Inc.

Principal Product Manager

Cerence Inc.

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Document product requirements, user stories, and artifacts to provide clear guidance for the product development process.
  • Define a customer and market driven strategy that sets the direction and guides our investments.
  • Communicate the proposed strategy and value to key stakeholders and define some high-level objectives.
  • Translate product requirements into semantic specifications and collaborate closely with engineering teams to ensure effective implementation and alignment with customer needs.
  • Develop and communicate compelling product roadmaps, refining product positioning and messaging to differentiate our offerings and establish market leadership.
  • Serve as the internal and external product expert, providing comprehensive knowledge and support.
  • Conduct thorough market research to gain valuable insights into user and OEM customer needs.
  • Engage with sales and customers to gather market requirements, and prioritize them based on strategic alignment and business objectives.
  • Provide support to the sales team through training programs, tools, and resources, enabling them to effectively communicate the value of our products, initiate customer conversations, and accelerate the sales cycle.
  • Collaborate with sales representatives to devise sales strategies and support them in customer meetings.
  • Proactively track competitors, continually updating information on their strengths and weaknesses.
  • Conduct in-depth analysis to identify opportunities and threats and propose offensive and defensive strategies to maintain our competitive edge.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of product experience managing complex technology products, ideally in the AI space.
  • Experience building AI agents for diverse use cases is highly preferable.
  • Strong technical depth in the AI space and ability to influence externally and internally.
  • Skilled in driving and moderating cross-functional teams.
  • Creative and passionate problem solver committed to customer innovation.
  • Team player with hands-on mentality, resilience, and goal-oriented mindset.
  • Strong English communication skills (both spoken & written).
  • Chinese or Japanese language skills preferred (both spoken & written).
Benefits
  • EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
  • Following workplace security protocols and training programs to familiarize with the ways to maintain a safe workplace.
  • Following security procedures to report any suspicious activity.
  • Having respect for corporate security procedures to allow those procedures to be effective.
  • Adhering to company's compliance and regulations.
  • Encouraging to follow a zero tolerance for workplace violence.
  • Basic knowledge of information security and data privacy requirements (e.g., how to protect data & how to be handling this data).
  • Demonstrative knowledge of information security through internal training programs.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
product managementmarket researchAI technologysemantic specificationsproduct roadmapssales strategiescompetitive analysiscustomer requirementsuser storiesproduct positioning
Soft Skills
communicationproblem solvingteam collaborationinfluenceresiliencegoal-orientedcreativitycustomer innovationcross-functional leadershiphands-on mentality