Principal Product Manager

Description About Auror At Auror, we’re empowering the retail industry to tackle theft and Organised Retail Crime, a $150 Billion problem globally. It’s high volume crime that’s increasingly organised in nature and is putting people, retailers, and communities at risk every day. Founded in New Zealand 11 years ago, we’re working with some of the best and largest retailers in the world across the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK. Auror is connecting people and intelligence to reduce crime. We’re using technology for good. In partnership with our leading retail partners, we need people with the passion, determination, and innovation required to overcome one of the world's largest problems. If you’re looking to make a difference with and for the people dedicated to stopping crime, for good, then we want you on our team. The Role We are going through an exciting period of growth at Auror Over the next year, we’re expecting our product squad (product management, product design, engineering, quality, data & AI, security, and technical customer enablement) to grow to over 200 people. In this role, you will be responsible for driving the product's growth, strategy, and execution of solutions that transform data into meaningful insights while exploring opportunities to safely and responsibly leverage AI, to ensure we continue to deliver customer outcomes through the Auror product that our customers love. We’re looking for someone who aligns with our philosophy on how to build great products. That is, teams should have a strong understanding of who uses their product, how they use it, and how they feel about it. We believe PMs should be embedded with design and engineering teams, collaborating with cross-functional team members to make sure their product solves the problems they set out to. **Practically, this role will involve**: **Customer Focus**: Engage with customers and key partners to deeply understand the problem space, pain points, and opportunities for actionable insights. Champion the customer voice throughout the product lifecycle. **Product Strategy**: Collaborate with key stakeholders to align product strategy with our customer needs, company goals, and objectives. Own the vision and roadmap for your stream. **Product delivery**: Play a key role in ensuring we ship high-quality products, at a high cadence, that consistently deliver on customer outcomes, partnering with engineering, design, data, and commercial teams to ensure smooth execution, balancing technical feasibility with delivering customer and business value. **Innovation**: Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies, and drive innovation to ensure our products remain cutting-edge and competitive. **Mentorship and coaching**: Finding moments and opportunities to level up the team through coaching, and mentoring. **Commercial and Strategic Leadership**: Lead strategic decisions to ensure product-market fit, scalability, and value delivery. Understand the commercial impact of insights-driven solutions on customers and the business. **Leverage Data and AI Thoughtfully**: Identify opportunities to integrate AI and advanced analytics into the platform in a sensible, safe, and impactful way. Collaborate cross-functionally to drive ethical AI practices. **Measure and Communicate Success**: Define and track key product metrics. Communicate progress, outcomes, and learnings to stakeholders and the wider business. This role reports to Chardi Taylor, Director of Product I’m originally from South Africa, and five years ago, my family and I made the big move to New Zealand - a place we now call home. My career has been focused on product leadership, working across product strategy, development, and coaching teams to deliver real value to customers. I thrive when collaborating with smart, motivated people, tackling complex problems, and building solutions that make a tangible impact in the community. When I’m not deep in product discussions or at a Product Aotearoa community event, you’ll find me outdoors with my family, exploring New Zealand’s incredible scenery, or running around after my daughter (who keeps me on my toes). I also enjoy playing games - whether it’s board games, video games, or anything that brings a bit of friendly competition. **Requirements**: A proven track record delivering world-class B2B SaaS products to market. A strong "customer-centric" mindset in designing roadmaps and building products that meet our customers' current and future needs. Not only able to shape a high-level strategic initiative but can also roll up your sleeves to get the job done. Experienced using data to drive areas of improvement and product strategy. Strong strategic thinker with a proven track record of contributing to and driving product strategy. Strong executor with a proven track record of shipping products fast to a high quality. Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written. Thoughtful, high empathy and social i