Product Manager III - Camera

Who is Wyze?

Wyze is a high growth, Series B, consumer technology company. Our vision is to make great technology accessible to everyone through our smart home platform. Our aim is to serve everyday people, like me, you, and our friends and families, with too good to be true products and services. We want employees who will be inspired by this and welcome all who will help us build the next amazing chapter at Wyze.

Wyze is home to some of the most innovative products and services in the market. Forbes named us in their America’s Best Startup Employers 2023 list, Time Magazine selected us for their 100 Most Influential Companies of 2022, Fast Company named us as one of the Most Innovative Companies in 2021and PCMag gave our Cam v3 an Editor’s Choice Award. We disrupted the market with our Wyze Cam v1 and then quickly took over as a market leader in the space. We recently disrupted it again with our revolutionary Cam Plus Pro service. GeekWire calls us a start-up to watch and one of the Pacific Northwest’s next unicorns… and we are just getting started.

Our people centric innovative vision is not only present in our products and services, but it is also embedded in the fabric of our company. We were just listed in the Top 100 Best Places to Work by Built in Seattle, listed as one of their Best Midsize Companies to Work For and awarded as one of their Companies with the Best Benefits. Seattle Business Magazine certified us as a Best Places to Work too!

We value the unique life experiences every employee brings to work every day. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment whereby our employees are encouraged to be their authentic whole selves and are rewarded for their impact across the company. Everyone is welcome and empowered to do the best work of their lives.

*This opportunity is working hybrid, based in the Greater Seattle Metropolitan area.

Come join us and make the impossible, possible!

Overview:

We are seeking an experienced Product Manager to own product requirements for our smart home camera products. This role requires a customer-centric approach to champion product features, functionality, and experience. The Product Manager will lead the product development phases by collaborating with cross-functional teams during the research and definition stages. The ideal candidate will have experience in writing clear and concise documents and a background in the consumer electronics industry.

Responsibilities:

• Support the development of the hardware and software roadmap for smart home camera products, ensuring alignment with company objectives and long-term vision.
• Define and clearly communicate product and business requirements, including Use Cases, Features, User Experience, Business, Compatibility, and Transition.
• Identify targeted users, key problems the products are designed to solve, and key competencies of the products.
• Manage prioritization and trade-offs among customer experience, schedule, performance, and cost.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Engineering, Sales, Marketing, etc.) throughout the complete product development cycle.
• Analyze data and user insights to validate assumptions, measure product performance, and inform decision-making.
• Stay informed on industry trends and competitive dynamics in the smart home market to help refine product strategies.

Qualifications:

• BA/BS in Engineering or a related field.
• 3 years of product management experience in the consumer electronics industry.
• 3 years of experience in consumer internet technologies.
• This role requires communication with overseas partners and teams in China, bilingual in English in Chinese Mandarin is required.
• Excellent customer experience intuition.
• Proven track record of successfully delivering consumer-facing hardware and software products from start to finish.
• Experience in metrics-driven user behavior analysis.
• Experience writing clear and concise product requirements documents.
• Results and deadline-driven, with a motivated self-starter attitude and attention to detail.
• Ability to thrive in a startup environment.
• Experience with photo and video camera-related products or connected home products.
• Active and passionate participant in the smart home products industry.
• Strong strategic aptitude; ability to define and measure the success of a product or feature based on user behavior analysis and data.
• Entrepreneurial drive and passion for innovation.

Benefit:

Our Benefits, Wyze has a full benefits package through Premera Blue Cross. This includes Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life Insurance, Voluntary Life Insurance, EAP, Short-term disability, Long-term disability, FSA, and Daycare FSA. Employee premiums will be paid 100%, and about 67% paid premium for dependents.

• 12 Holidays - 8 set holidays and 4 Floating Holidays for you to use however you choose
• 24 days of PTO every year
• Additional Wyze anniversary vacation days
• Principal 401k Plan - there is no company match at this time
• Rosetta Stone reimbursement if you'd like to learn Mandarin
• $50 a month reimbursed as a technology stipend - taxes apply
• Wyze employee product perks: Wyze employees receive an array of our most loved products and services, as well as Wyze software services once they are launched. Employees also get a chance to participate in our beta program for unreleased products to help make Wyze better for all! Come Join Us!

If this sounds too good to be true and you are ready to be part of #teamwyze, then we want to hear from you!

Please send us a cover letter that showcases some of the outstanding things you can do and how you feel they could apply to our vision and projects here at Wyze!

We will ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Please contact us to request accommodation at recruiting@wyze.com.

Lastly, and exceptionally important to us: we are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity as well as inclusion here at Wyze. We are fully committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. That’s how we do things!

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $98,000.00 - $150,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Referral program
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Kirkland, WA 98033

Salary : $98,000 - $150,000