Product Manager

n 2018, iZettle became part of the PayPal family. iZettle is on a mission to help small businesses succeed in a world of giants. Tens of millions of small businesses worldwide are still being underserved by the traditional players. By giving small businesses the tools to get paid, sell smarter and grow, we’re empowering them to reach their full potential. Together with PayPal, we can reach 24 million merchants across the world with more of the affordable tools they need to thrive.


We now offer a seat at our table, a chance to impact the lives of many and democratize business tools for the ones who dare to challenge the now and embrace the future. iZettle is looking for a Product Manager to join our Hardware team. This team is responsible for bringing to the market the POS hardware used by iZettle merchants to run their business. It goes from card readers, to printers, scanners, and other point of sale accessories.


Responsibilities


Execute on strategy & tactics: Deeply understand iZettle’s mission and strategies and translate this into roadmaps, plans and successful executions.
Operative team leader: Lead cross-functional product teams hands-on and drive product development with a team of engineers, designers and other stakeholders, both internally and externally; making sure we build great products and give the best experience for our users. You will be responsible to take a product from ideation to commercial launch, and then follow up the project throughout its lifecycle.
Hardware and manufacturing: Drive electrical, industrial, and mechanical design. Take production decisions as part of the product development lifecycle.
Hardware integrations: Drive HW integration project, to add support for certain devices in our apps.
Know your users: Understand our merchants and the internal iZettle and PayPal users; build use cases around those desires; and translate those use cases into product definitions and prioritised roadmaps.
Communication: Clearly communicate the product plans, objectives, performance measures and progress against plans to all stakeholders.
Product lifecycle: Manage product life cycle - ideation and discovery, MVP, growth, monetization, maintenance or retirement, as well as improvements during mass production.


The skills that set you apart


Extensive product management experience in developing hardware products in the customer-facing consumer electronics space.
Proven track record of shipping one or more HW products with high satisfaction ratings.
Experience with cross-functional teams including Electrical Engineering,Mechanical Engineering, Industrial/Product Design, Sales, Marketing,Finance, Supply Chain, Customer Support, Partnerships, and Legal.
Experience with consumer hardware development life cycles and ODM/CM working models. Experience with mobile and embedded device operating systems.
Higher education degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Industrial Design or related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
Plus for specific experience in owning complex and innovative hardware products, especially those that require software integration and elements of security.
Experience in agile development.
Exceptional communication (spoken/written English) and presentation skills. People listen when you speak because you communicate clearly and in a meaningful way.



Small minds never helped small businesses
It takes originality and an open mind to start a small business. That’s why small minds have no place in ours. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and together we uphold PayPal’s One Team Behavior, striving to be a place where everyone can benefit from equal access to professional development and bring their whole self to work.