Head of Product - Cooling Systems/HVAC Engineering

  • Full-time

Company Description

RedSea is a sustainable agriculture science and technology company helping to feed >10 billion people by developing the world’s most advanced Sustainable Hot Climate AgTech Platform. Our technologies deliver exceptional resource efficiency, allowing local communities and commercial growers to increase yield and product better quality, locally grown and highly nutritious food. Our technologies are proven in our own facilities in Saudi Arabia where we are now one of the largest and fastest-growing sustainable food producers under the Red Sea Farms produce brand.

We’re looking for talented and experienced individuals who have a desire to change the way people think about food and make a positive impact in the world.

Job Description

The Head of Product is a strategic leader, visionary and manager with 5-10 years experience in the HVAC product development field. They will become the key person responsible for the products being developed and launched from the cooling branch of RedSea  Technologies. The primary goal of the Head of Product is to lead and facilitate the delivery of new innovative products that deliver value to both customers and the business.

The Head of Product needs advanced experience in the HVAC equipment industry and a deep understanding of technology development through to productization. Excellent leadership skills to supervise and oversee the entire product organization are essential.

Capable Heads of Product facilitate communication across the company (between engineers, designers, marketers and customer-facing teams) and prevent organizational miscommunication. They should also have extensive experience in managing and mobilizing cross-functional teams.

The Head of Product is responsible for the “why” of the product and what to build next. They must then align the company around their overarching vision. When it comes to individual features and products, the Head of Product will ensure that they are in line with business objectives and make adjustments when necessary.

One of the crucial responsibilities of the Head of Product is an ability to understand the problems, needs, and desires of customers and as the leader of the product, they must make objective, data-driven decisions. The Head of Product will define the metrics related to product performance and track them on an ongoing basis.

What Success Looks Like

For the Head of Product, you will be considered successful if you take the core RedSea  cooling IP that has been proven successful at lab and pilot scale and turn it into a product or set of products that generate $100M+ in annual revenue within 3 years.

Qualifications

●      5-10 years of Experience in senior positions.

●      Extensive knowledge of HVAC and Cooling.

●      Overseen and successfully delivered products into the market.

●      Worked on design and development departments and/or projects.

●      Experience in the management of teams.

Preferred Additional Qualifications:

●      Analytical modeling and hardware build experience with product development programs.

●      Having experience with international markets

●      Engineering background.

●      Excellent oral, written and presentation skills for interfacing with senior management as well as mentoring of young engineers.

Additional Information

As a strategic leader, the Head of Product is in charge of a broad scope of product-related activities:

●      Active cooling product strategy

●      Product vision

●      Product design

●      User research

●      Product development

●      Product growth

●      Product analytics and metrics

●      Structuring the product organization

●      Interviewing, recruiting, and supervising product employees and teams

●      Lead, manage and mentor a team of product managers, developers, and related personnel.

●      Drive innovative ideas, solutions and products through leadership and decisive action.

●      Build incredible teams and processes to deliver products that satisfy the needs of customers.

●      Own the product roadmap and communicate with C-level staff, board members, and other stakeholders.

The Head of Product  is in charge of initiatives across the entire active cooling product lifecycle — from customer discovery and user research to development and delivery.