Sr Product Manager
hace 22 días
Minneapolis
Job Description POSITION TITLE: Senior Product Manager POSITION OBJECTIVE: Manages the success of multiple products or product lines, ensuring products meet market needs and align with the overall business strategy to drive and define success. Leads the product vision, strategy, and roadmap, as well as collaborating with various teams to deliver impactful solutions. Analyzes market trends, customer feedback, and product performance data to make informed decisions, optimize the product lifecycle, and deliver profitable growth. POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES: Manages multiple product line(s) from planning and execution throughout product lifecycle • Utilize a structured product development process to drive new product development, defining product vision and working cross-functionally with Engineering, Sales, Marketing and Operations to ensure revenue and customer satisfaction goals are met., • Develop access product requirements and roadmap to align with key market drivers, • Field, analyze, champion, and respond to key tactical customer requirements, • Engage customers and manage customer expectations, • Analyze problems and recommend solutions involving multiple elements of program planning, • Transfer customer, sales, and marketing input into action items and follow through accordingly., • Maintain knowledge of industry and market developments and be alert to competitive information, • Recommend potential product enhancements, • Voice of customer – Ensures products are developed to specs that market demands, • Integrator – leads collaboration as center point across R&D, Sales, and Operations., • Supports technical analysis and cross-referencing for Request for Proposal (RFP) and/Request for Quote (RFQ)., • Gather and prioritize product and customer requirements, • Analyze market data and provide forecast data for product line, • Developed and executed product road map and launch plans, • Work with marketing to create sales enablement material including product value propositions and technical promotional materials, • Develop technical product requirements document, product literature, drawings., • Develop pricing strategy price using market-based pricing methodology, • Maintain correct and accurate content for company website Communicate project schedules and status at all levels of the organization * Drive issue resolution and track action items * Identify and mitigate risks including key tradeoff decisions for the program. Contribute to ideating new products and enhancing existing products This description of duties is not intended to be all-inclusive or to limit the discretionary authority to assign other tasks of a similar nature and/or level of responsibility. COMPETENCIES: Global Business Perspective-Business Acumen-Understands how the organization makes money and what drives profitability. • Acts quickly and decisively to make critical business decisions that capitalize on changing market needs., • Aligns strategic planning and decision making in the function with global business strategy., • Develops the capability of others to identify trends and take action to meet changing business needs., • Build capabilities around market/consumer insights and builds deep customer partnerships., • Making complex decisions for which there is no set procedure., • Consider a multiplicity of interrelated factors for which there is incomplete and contradictory information., • Competing balances priorities in reaching decisions., • Taking crucial details into consideration, while maintaining a strategic perspective., • Adjusts broad/macro-organizational strategies, directions, priorities, structures and processes to changing needs in the environment., • Adapts behavior to perform effectively amidst continuous change, ambiguity and, at times, apparent chaos., • Shifts readily between dealing with macro-strategic issues and critical details., • Uses understanding of competing interests to maneuver successfully to a win/win outcome., • Use chains of indirect influence (e.g., get A to do B, which in turn will influence C)., • Develop strategies for dealing with multi-dimensional issues (e.g., multi-lateral, national and global)., • Conducts ongoing risk analysis, recognizing strategic opportunities for success as well as potential risks., • Adjust strategies to address opportunities as well as potential risks., • Maintains a broad, strategic perspective while identifying and focusing on crucial details. · Bachelor’s Degree – Engineering, Business or Marketing preferred. MBA or advanced degree preferred • Five to Seven years of P & L experience demonstrating success defining and launching products, • Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies, • Experience with emerging technologies such as AI, machine learning, or loT's., • Analytical and problem-solving skills, and ability to articulate complex concepts to a broad range of internal and external audiences, • Proven ability to effectively communicate with several types and levels of staff and external contacts, both in writing and verbally, • Ability to work simultaneously on several, frequently changing priorities., • Manage multiple projects and prioritize tasks in a fast-paced environment, • Deep understanding of customer-centric design principles and user experience best practices., • Experience with formal Product Lifecycle methodologies in ISO environment, • Strong proficiency in MS Office Suite – Excel, Word, and Power Point, • Experience working in Modern Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software- Epicor preferred, • Strong understanding of telecommunication fiber networks, including both at a system and component level, • Knowledge of competitive position and industry market dynamics is desirable, • Continuous Improvement Mindset, • Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits., • 100% company paid Short-term and Long-term disability insurance coverage., • 100% company paid Basic Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) insurance coverage., • 100% company paid Business Travel Accident (BTA) insurance., • 100% company paid Employee Assistance Program (EAP)., • Additional voluntary benefits are offered., • 401K plan: Maximum match is 4.5% of the first 6% of contribution., • Employee Stock Purchase Plan: An Offer of employment will be extended at a level consistent with the experience and qualifications of the candidate. This information reflects the anticipated salary range for this position at the time of posting. The salary range may be modified in the future and actual compensation may vary from the posting based on various factors such as geographic location, work experience, education and/or skill level.