Skyward Wildfire Technologies is building a first-of-its-kind platform for predicting and preventing lightning-ignited wildfires. Backed by more than C$12 million in seed funding, we are hiring a Technical Product Manager to own the roadmap for Vista, our machine learning-powered lightning and wildfire-risk forecasting platform.This is not a conventional backlog management role. You will work across atmospheric science, machine learning, software, project delivery, and real world wildfire operations. Your job will be to turn complex research into reliable products and keep multidisciplinary teams moving on the unforgiving timelines of fire season.The roleYou will own the strategy, roadmap, and delivery of Skyward's forecasting products. You will work closely with atmospheric scientists, machine learning engineers, software engineers, field operators, business development, and executive leadership. You will also engage directly with public sector and B2B partners to understand their workflows, operational requirements, and barriers to adoption.This role combines product leadership with hands‐on project management. You will be responsible for translating technical work into clear plans, coordinating dependencies, managing timelines and risks, and ensuring that important work gets shipped.What you'll doOwn the product strategy and roadmap for VistaTranslate scientific and machine learning research into product requirements, project plans, milestones, and release schedulesCoordinate work across science, engineering, software, operations, and commercial teamsManage scope, timelines, dependencies, risks, and competing prioritiesPressure test model outputs, validation approaches, product assumptions, and operational trade‐offsLead product discovery with wildfire agencies and prospective customersHelp turn early pilots and customer‐specific deployments into a repeatable, scalable productDefine the integrations, APIs, reporting, reliability,



and onboarding capabilities required by enterprise customersCommunicate progress, risks, roadmap decisions, and trade‐offs to leadership and external partnersMaintain focus and momentum as priorities shiftWhat we're looking forYou are a deeply technical, high‐agency product leader who is also an effective project manager. You do not need to be an atmospheric scientist or machine learning engineer, but you must be technical enough to earn their trust, ask difficult questions, understand the answers, and make sound decisions.Strong candidates will bringProduct management experience in an early‐stage or fast‐moving startup environmentHands‐on project management experience coordinating complex, multidisciplinary technical workA track record of shipping data intensive, machine learning, or technically complex productsExperience owning a roadmap from problem definition through launch, adoption, and iterationThe ability to build transparent plans, manage timelines and risks, and hold teams accountable without creating unnecessary bureaucracyTechnical fluency across machine learning models, data pipelines, APIs, software architecture, and systems integrationsExperience translating ambiguous scientific, technical, or customer requirements into executable workB2B product experience, ideally with enterprise, regulated, infrastructure, or asset intensive customersExperience conducting customer discovery and distinguishing scalable market needs from one‐off feature requestsStrong written and verbal communicationComfort operating with broad ownership in an early‐stage companyExperience in wildfire, weather, geospatial technology, utilities,



forestry, infrastructure, aviation, emergency management, or decision support software would be valuable, but is not required.What this role is notThis is not a role for someone who wants to manage tickets from a distance. It is not purely product management or project management. You will be expected to understand the science, technology, users, and commercial context behind the product — and to help the team make difficult trade‐offs and ship.What success looks likeIn your first several monthsDevelop a detailed understanding of Vista, its models, users, and operational applicationsBuild strong working relationships across science, engineering, operations, and business developmentEstablish a clear roadmap and delivery process tied to measurable technical and customer outcomesIdentify the most important gaps between current research capabilities and dependable operational productsClarify the highest-value use cases across priority marketsOver timeHelp make Vista an indispensable operational tool for Skyward's partnersImprove the reliability, usability, and scalability of Skyward's forecasting productsShorten the path from scientific research to productionHelp turn successful pilots into repeatable products and durable customer relationshipsBuild the product foundation required to serve new regions and industriesLocation and working modelThis is a full‐time role. We strongly prefer someone who can work in a hybrid capacity in Vancouver, British Columbia. Exceptional candidates elsewhere in Canada will also be considered, particularly those able to collaborate across Pacific time zone working hours. Some travel may be required.Skyward Wildfire Technologies is committed to building a team with diverse experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds. We encourage qualified candidates to apply even when their experience does not match every item listed above. #J-18808-Ljbffr

📌 Technical Product Manager (Vancouver)
🏢 Sarah Smith Fund
📍 Vancouver