Associate Product Manager

Picarro is hiring an Associate Product Manager to manage workplace monitoring products spanning hardware and software. The role owns product roadmaps, customer and market research, cross-functional product delivery, commercial enablement, and post-launch performance.

Responsibilities:

• Own your product roadmap. Define, prioritize, and communicate a product roadmap for workplace products that balances near-term customer needs with long-term strategic bets, across both hardware and software dimensions
• Drive market and customer insight. Conduct customer interviews, analyze field and usage data, and synthesize market research to identify high-impact opportunities, validate product concepts, and maintain a deep understanding of the natural gas and energy landscape
• Write clear requirements. Author Marketing Requirements Documents (MRDs), Product Requirements Documents (PRDs), user stories, and acceptance criteria for both hardware features and software releases
• Lead cross-functional execution. Partner with R&D, engineering, manufacturing, QA, software development, and data analytics teams to bring products to market on time and within budget
• Champion Agile delivery. Serve as an active product owner in Agile scrum cycles — participate in sprint planning, backlog grooming, story review, and retrospectives for software and data platform initiatives
• Support hardware NPI. Collaborate with engineering and operations on New Product Introduction (NPI) and Product Lifecycle (PLC) processes, ensuring smooth transitions from development to production
• Enable the commercial team. Develop sales collateral, training materials, and competitive positioning to support the gas business team; respond to technical customer inquiries and assist in pre-sales activities
• Represent Picarro externally. Present products and solutions at industry conferences, trade shows, and customer sites; build lasting relationships with key gas utility accounts and industry stakeholders to collaborate on new product breakthroughs and establish reference standards for the industry
• Measure success. Define KPIs for product initiatives; track adoption and field performance post-launch and drive continuous improvement based on data and customer feedback
• Stay ahead of the market. Monitor the competitive landscape, emerging technologies, and regulatory trends in workplace exposure

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science, Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, or a related technical field
• 2-3 years of experience in product management and overall 3-5 years of experience in applications engineering, or an equivalent role with product ownership responsibilities
• Hands-on experience managing software, hardware, or ideally both products
• Demonstrated familiarity with Agile software development methodologies
• Experience as a product owner or active participant in sprint-based development
• Experience with hardware product development processes, including NPI, design verification, and product lifecycle management
• Ability to comprehend and communicate complex technical concepts clearly to diverse audiences — from engineers and data scientists to executive leadership and non-technical utility customers
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; experience writing MRDs, PRDs, or functional specifications
• Strong aptitude to articulate and execute on business strategy with a results-oriented, 'make it happen' attitude
• M.S. or Ph.D. a plus
• Exposure to regulatory frameworks governing Ethylene Oxide or other acute or chronic hazardous gases, EPA reporting
• Experience with data analytics products, cloud-based SaaS platforms, or enterprise software for the energy sector
• Proficiency with product and project management tools such as Jira, Confluence, Pendo, or Figma
• Prior experience in a startup or high-growth technology company