Product Manager - Controls

About Controlled Environments Limited (CEL)

The CEL Group of Companies (CEL) comprises Conviron Canada, Conviron USA, Conviron Europe and Conviron Australia - together forming the world’s leading designer and supplier of controlled environments for plant growth. CEL Group also includes Argus Controls, one of the leading suppliers of plant-centric environmental controls and automation systems used in greenhouse and indoor growing facilities. Together, Conviron and Argus provide technologies to our clients in the plant science research and commercial horticulture industry in over 90 countries.

CEL is proud to be part of Madison Air, a Madison Industries company. Madison Industries is one of the largest and most successful privately held companies in the world. Madison builds entrepreneurially driven, branded market leaders that are committed to making the world safer, healthier and more productive by creating innovative solutions that deliver outstanding customer value. The team at Madison is committed to building something truly remarkable that long outlasts them while coaching others to reach their highest potential.

Position Summary

Product Manager - Controls is responsible for the strategy, roadmap, and commercial success of CEL’s controls platform—spanning environmental controls, irrigation / fertigation automation, energy optimization, sensors / IO, and cloud / edge software. This role translates user needs and market trends into clear product requirements, partners with engineering to deliver scalable, secure, and reliable solutions, and collaborates with sales, marketing, and service to drive adoption and profitable growth across greenhouse and indoor cultivation segments.

Reporting to : SVP, Product, Growth, & ODM

Responsibilities

• Own the vision, strategy, and multi-year roadmap for the CEL controls portfolio (hardware, firmware, HMI, and cloud / analytics).
• Quantify market opportunities in core segments (produce, floriculture, research) and adjacent verticals; size TAM / SAM / SOM and prioritize bets based on ROI and risk.
• Define portfolio evolution (e.g., modular IO, next gen controllers, cybersecurity hardening, connectivity, APIs / partners, data & analytics, energy / water optimization).
• Lead customer discovery with growers, researchers, integrators, and consultants to map jobs to be done and pain points (commissioning, recipes, alarms, uptime, remote visibility).
• Maintain competitive landscape (CEA controls, irrigation / fertigation, climate screens, HVAC / DOAS interfaces, PLC / SCADA, IIoT) and pricing / packaging benchmarks.
• Build and maintain VOC / VOS backlog; run pilots / betas and convert learnings into prioritized requirements.

Roadmap Execution & Delivery

Commercialization & Lifecycle Management

Interoperability & Partnerships

Quality, Reliability & Compliance

Preferred Qualifications

Required Skills

Travel : Willingness to travel 25-35% to customer, sites, partners and internal teams.

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment, so we strongly encourage you to apply even if you don't believe you meet every single qualification outlined.

Persons with disabilities who anticipate needing accommodations can contact hr@conviron.com in confidence. Reasonable accommodations can and will be provided at all stages of the application process and once hired.

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