VP Product — Software Platform

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Company Description

Headquartered in Montreal, Detroit and Munich, Vention helps manufacturers automate their operations in record time with the only hardware and software AI-powered platform built for the factory floor. Our technology powers over 25,000 machines across 4,000 factories across 5 continents and we have the privilege to work with a significant proportion of Fortune 500 manufacturers, from space rockets, to electrical cars, to robotics.

At Vention, you’ll work alongside driven and talented people who care deeply about their craft and the impact they create. We’re a team of high achievers who grow through meaningful work, solving complex challenges, learning fast, and seeing the results of our efforts every day.

We move quickly and aim high, but we do it together with care, collaboration, and respect. Our culture celebrates diverse perspectives and supports your growth through intentional development, strong leadership, and opportunities to make a real difference.

What You’ll Do

This is not a traditional SaaS product leadership role.

Vention's software platform sits at the intersection of industrial automation, robotics, developer tools, cloud software, embedded systems and Physical AI. Our products are tightly interconnected, with decisions in one part of the stack often creating significant implications elsewhere.

The VP Product will lead a team of Product Managers and UI/UX Designers across a broad portfolio including:

• MachineBuilder — 3D machine design and configuration
• MachineLogic — Robot programming and automation development
• Simulation — machine and robot simulation
• Robot Control — real-time control and orchestration
• Physical AI — AI-powered automation capabilities
• Web & eCommerce — digital purchasing and configuration experience
• RemoteSupport & RemoteView — remote machine support and operation
• MachineAnalytics — machine data, monitoring and intelligence

The mandate is simple: make Vention's software dramatically better while dramatically increasing the velocity at which we ship it.

You will bring product rigor and leadership to an organization where the CEO and CTO remain deeply involved in product direction. Your role is therefore not to simply "own the roadmap." It is to become the operating engine that translates strategic direction into an exceptional product vision, clear priorities and fast execution.

1. Set the Product Vision & Experience

• Define the long-term product vision across Vention's entire software platform.
• Establish a coherent product strategy spanning design, programming, simulation, robotics, AI, eCommerce and machine operations.
• Raise the bar for simplicity, usability and design quality across the platform, with an Apple-like obsession for product excellence.
• Establish product principles and UX standards that make a highly sophisticated technology stack feel simple and intuitive.
• Translate company-level strategic direction into a clear, differentiated product vision and roadmap.

2. Drive Product Velocity & Execution

• Dramatically accelerate the pace at which Vention turns ideas into shipped products.
• Establish a high-performance product operating cadence focused on fast decisions, clear accountability and measurable outcomes.
• Ruthlessly prioritize initiatives based on customer impact, strategic value and business outcomes.
• Remove organizational and process bottlenecks that slow product development.
• Build a culture where Product, Engineering and Design are accountable for shipping—not simply planning.

3. Orchestrate the Platform Roadmap

• Own prioritization across a highly integrated portfolio of software, firmware, robotics and Physical AI products.
• Manage dependencies and sequencing across MachineBuilder, MachineLogic, simulation, robot control, firmware, analytics, RemoteView, RemoteSupport and eCommerce.
• Balance customer-facing features, foundational technology investments, technical debt and emerging opportunities.
• Resolve competing priorities across product teams and make difficult trade-offs quickly.
• Ensure individual product roadmaps collectively move the Vention platform forward as one integrated system.

4. Lead Product, Design & Technical Product Management

• Lead, develop and scale a high-performing organization of Product Managers and UI/UX Designers.
• Raise the technical depth, product judgment and execution standards of the product organization.
• Partner closely with Engineering to make sound architectural and product trade-offs.
• Stay sufficiently technical to dive into arch