Senior Product Manager, Production Planning

Overview

About Kinaxis:
Elevate your career journey by embracing a new challenge with Kinaxis. We are experts in tech, but it’s really our people who give us passion to always seek ways to do things better. As such, we’re serious about your career growth and professional development, because People matter axis is a global organization with over 2000 employees around the world and operates with a brand-new HQ in Kanata North, Ottawa.

We power the world’s supply chains to help preserve resources and enrich the human experience. We enable supply chain excellence for all industries with more than 40,000 users in over 100 countries. This role is based in Canada with Hybrid options in Ottawa and Toronto, and Remote for all other Canadian locations.

Vacancy Status:
This is an existing job vacancy.

Senior Product Manager, Production Planning will be responsible for our production planning solutions that help customers maximize the value of their Maestro implementation. You will define product vision, manage the product roadmap, and ensure seamless integration and functionality within Kinaxis’ solutions ecosystem. You will lead with deep product and industry expertise to drive strategic and tactical product and go-to-market decisions. You will collaborate with internal teams, partners, and customers to drive innovation, evangelize our product strategy, and deliver high-quality solutions that provide customer value.

• Product Strategy & Vision:
  Develop and articulate a clear product vision and strategy for production planning applications in the supply chain sector. Align goals with company objectives and market needs.
• Roadmap Management:
  Create and maintain a comprehensive product roadmap, prioritizing features and enhancements to deliver maximum value.
• Market Research & Analysis:
  Conduct market research to understand supply chain challenges, trends, and competitive landscape; use insights to drive differentiation.
• Customer Focus:
  Gather and analyze feedback from customers and end-users to address pain points and feature requests.
• Cross-Functional Leadership:
  Work with engineering, design, sales, and marketing to ensure successful development, launch, and adoption.
• Performance Metrics:
  Define and track KPIs to measure the success of partner-developed applications and drive continuous improvement.
• Product Documentation:
  Create and maintain user guides, release notes, and training materials; ensure accuracy and currency.
• Problem Solving:
  Address issues across the product lifecycle and implement solutions to ensure timely delivery and customer satisfaction.

• Degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, or related field; MBA or relevant advanced degree is a plus.
• 7 to 10 years of experience in SaaS product management with a focus on supply chain solutions or equivalent experience in supply chain planning within manufacturing and production planning (S&OP). Proven experience as a digital innovation leader or business consultant with technical and customer-facing experience is a plus.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing strategies and their relevance to production planning.
• Strong understanding of supply chain management and related business processes.
• Strong sense of how technology enables business; outstanding communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Experience with agile development methodologies and product management tools; excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to leverage data for decisions.
• Innovative mindset with a passion for technology and continuous improvement; collaborative and team-oriented; customer-centric with a strong understanding of user needs and market dynamics.
• Creative thinker with a vision and strong attention to detail.
• Ability to travel up to 20% of the time.

Our platform directly helps companies power the world’s supply chains and is trusted by Fortune 500 brands across industries.

Perks and benefits include flexible vacation and Kinaxis Days, flexible work options, well-being programs, virtual fitness classes, mentorship and career development, recognition programs, and hackathons.

Kinaxis welcomes candidates to apply to our inclusive community. We provide accommodations upon request to ensure fairness and accessibility during recruitment. If you require an accommodation, please contact re This address is for accessibility requests only and cannot be used to inquire about application statuses.

Kinaxis is committed to a fair and transparent recruitment process and uses AI in the initial resume screening step to identify candidates whose education, experience, and skills most closely match the role; final hiring decisions are made by our human recruitment team.