Senior Product Manager for MapsPeople

MapsPeople – guiding you anywhere – anytime:

MapsPeople is a world-leading provider of indoor navigation through their flagship product ‘MapsIndoors’.

To ensure the ongoing success of MapsIndoors they are now looking to hire a highly skilled, customer focused Senior Product Manager, with a strong commercial/technical background.

Your job:

In close collaboration with the CEO you will be responsible for the commercial success of the product. You will have a high level of impact on what MapsIndoors will be in the future. You will be responsible for understanding the needs and desires of the customer segment we’re serving, figuring out the right product to build to optimally address those needs, and working with a cross-functional team to continually build and refine that product, to ensure it is maximally successful in the market.

In short:

Ensure the right product to the right market in the right way at the right time….

Specifically, your job is to…

• Conduct market, customer, and competitive research.
• Translate business strategy into product strategy.
• Manage all aspects of in-life products, including customer feedback and requirements.
• Write the business case for investments and gain internal approval.
• Work with internal stakeholders and third parties to assess and establish partnerships.
• Be the recognized expert in the business on the product, the market, and the competition.
• Represent the voice of the customer in senior level management meetings.
• Be recognized as a leader in the business and build relations with business stakeholders.

Your profile:

To be successful in this position your personality is of far greater importance than your education. That much we know! We expect that you in previous jobs, have gained experience highly technical demanding with most of the above-mentioned tasks. We also imagine that you come from a role within the IT area. But then again, we may be surprised by your background. Below are some of the skills we do hope that you have.

• Product strategy
• Data analysis
• Customer insight skills
• Lean development with Minimum Viable Products (MVPs)
• UX knowledge

Your expectations:

You can expect a job with a lot of exciting professional and personal challenges. Your effort will make a difference for clients around the world, where MapsPeoples platform plays a central role in regards to indoor mapping, indoor positioning, and in the integration with various software and hardware technologies.

You can expect to be part of a company that work together and pull together as a team.

You will experience modern office facilities with room for contemplation and an informal and dynamic company culture.

MapsPeople offer a compensation package that matches your qualifications as well as flexitime, lunch, retirement and healthcare plans.

MapsPeople – guiding you anywhere – anytime:

From their offices in Aalborg (HQ), Copenhagen, and Austin (USA), MapsPeople strive to bring value to their customers and end-users. They are proud to serve some of the world’s most recognized companies and institutions, e.g. JPMorgan Chase & Co., Kohl's, KPMG, Google, LinkedIn, UEFA, Lego, City University of London, Copenhagen Airport, and many more.

MapsPeople have a strong collaboration with Google Maps, and for several years, they have been a Google Maps Premier Partner.

MapsPeople value professionalism, creativity, and speed in an informal environment.
All in all, they are 65+ dedicated employees who represent 16 different nationalities. To support their continued growth in 2020, they are recruiting a lot of new talent.

You can read more about MapsPeople here: