Technical Product Manager - Startups
We are looking for a dynamic and impactful technical product leader to join the Axiom Zen team in beautiful Vancouver, Canada - or San Francisco, California.
Most of what we do at Axiom Zen involves building products or businesses from scratch to early levels of product-market fit. You will be tasked with carrying projects from inception to MVP, market validation, and the subsequent growth stage. You will be working closely with an expert team of designers, software engineers, and strategy folks but will be given enough freedom to make your own mistakes - and breakthroughs.
To succeed in this role, you should have a deep technology background as well as a native understanding of important business factors determining the impact of web- or mobile-driven products. You may have built your own startups or businesses in the past, bonus points for both success and failure!
Fundamentally, this role is a barrel - quoting from Keith Rabois: "If you think about people, there are two categories of high-quality people: there is the ammunition, and then there are the barrels. You can add all the ammunition you want, but if you have only five barrels in your company, you can literally do only five things simultaneously [...] someone who can take an idea from conception to live and it’s almost perfect [...] This kind of person can pull people with them. They can charge up the hill. They can motivate their team, and they can edit themselves autonomously."
Sales Skills to Put on Your Resume
Although there are many types of sales jobs, certain sales skills are universal. These five sales job skills for your resume will be attractive to hiring managers, no matter the industry or company.
Tip
Use the job ad to find out which skills to list on your resume. Employers always list the skills and abilities they want in the job description.
Time Management
Effective time management skills are vital for workers in retail, since you’ll often have more flexibility with your work schedule than members of other industries.
Usually, managers view sales outcomes as more important than the sales process. They want to see high volumes, and they often give you the freedom to decide how to approach sales goals.
But with this freedom comes responsibility. Hiring managers want to know their sales team can prioritize tasks, avoid distractions, and pursue leads rather than procrastinate or get drawn into less important work.
Emphasize your time management skills to show that you can handle the job and get things done on schedule.