Associate Product Manager

  • Full Time (Permanent)
  • Kitchener, ON
  • $70,000-90,000 CAD / Year

Website Alchemy

Next generation coatings powered by nanotechnology

Job Description:

Associate Product Manager, ExoShield

About Alchemy Alchemy is a nanotechnology company building solutions for the automotive and defence industries. We are transforming legacy industries by vertically integrating our coating innovations into category-leading, ready-to-use solutions.

Our two main solutions are:

  • ExoShield windshield protection films for the automotive industry
  • Crypsis Class infrared camouflage coatings for the defence industry

We are at the growth-stage of our journey and are focused on sustainable top-line growth across both automotive and defence. Alchemy is publicly traded (ALCH.V) and has been backed by leading investors and incubators like Y Combinator, Stanford-StartX, Creative Destruction Lab, among others. Our team is a diverse, tight knit group of engineers, scientists, and business professionals that like to spend time together in and out of the office. We are a team passionate about cars, cool technology, and working together to dominate the market segments we operate in.

You can learn more about Alchemy at: www.alchemynano.com

About the Role

As the Associate Product Manager for our ExoShield brand, your role sits at the intersection of Product Marketing and Management. You will have the opportunity to launch products, build processes, and collaborate across Sales, Marketing, Operations, plus our wide network of clients and partners.

Responsibilities

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Continuous discovery: Plan, implement, and maintain voice-of-customer programs across multiple products and sales channels
  • Market research: Understand emerging trends in the automotive protection market, develop and maintain strong competitive intelligence
  • Product marketing: Sharpen our positioning, develop high-impact sales collateral, and support our go-to-market team
  • Learning & measuring: Measure and report the commercial impact and sentiment around each new product and iteration introduced
  • Hands-on development: Coordinate and participate in sample testing, field evaluations, and score prototypes against our requirements
  • Product launches: Support new products from concept through commercialization, including validation, launch planning, sales enablement, and post-launch measurement
  • Cross-functional execution: Coordinate projects across R&D, Operations, Sales, Marketing, and external partners from initial concept through launch.

Qualifications

This role is perfect for someone who is early in their career, who wants the ability to make a tangible impact from day one while learning and growing professionally. A desire to work in the automotive industry is a huge asset.

Our ideal candidate has the following:

  • 1+ years of experience in Product Marketing, Product Management, or a related role (preferably in automotive, manufacturing, or consumer goods).
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to develop compelling, easy-to-understand messaging.
  • Experience conducting market research and analyzing competitive landscapes.
  • Strong analytical skills; comfort working with spreadsheets and data to answer business and product questions.
  • Success managing cross-functional projects and timelines.
  • Post-secondary education in Business, Marketing, Communications, Engineering, Science, or another relevant discipline is preferred.

Required Skills

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to develop compelling, easy-to-understand messaging.
  • Experience conducting market research and analyzing competitive landscapes.
  • Strong analytical skills; comfort working with spreadsheets and data to answer business and product questions.
  • Success managing cross-functional projects and timelines.

Preferred Skills

What will take your application to the next level:

  • Proficiency with productivity tools (Google Workspace, MS365, Notion, or similar) and creative applications (Adobe Creative Cloud, Affinity Suite, or similar).
  • Experience leveraging AI to increase efficiency; experience with Codex, Claude Code, or implementing agentic systems is an asset.
  • Personal interest in cars or commercial vehicles.

Interested but don’t have everything above? We’d still love to hear from you. A willingness to learn and a great team fit is requirement #1.

Pay range and compensation package

$70,000 + Bonus

Other Requirements

Other Requirements To be considered for this position you must be:

  • Legally able to work in Canada
  • Able to join us 4 days/week in our Kitchener office

We may use AI in our screening process. We will only connect with candidates suited for the role. Please apply with your resume.

To apply for this job please visit www.linkedin.com.

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