Job Description
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).
- Identify and recommend action plans to manage End of Life (EOL) issues.
2. Ensures marketing requirements and objectives for the program are being addressed across all functional areas
Gather and prioritize product and customer requirementsAnalyze market data and provide forecast data for product lineDeveloped and executed product road map and launch plansWork with marketing to create sales enablement material including product value propositions and technical promotional materialsDevelop technical product requirements document, product literature, drawings.Develop pricing strategy price using market-based pricing methodologyMaintain correct and accurate content for company websiteMentor and support junior product managers in their line-management duties3. Facilitate product rollout commitments to the Sales organization
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.Creates partnership opportunities with customers, suppliers, competitors and other organizations to further the organization’s business plan and profitability.Decision Making-Using critical thinking, good business sense and organizational values to make decisions involving varying levels of risk and ambiguity.
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.Analyzes explicit and implicit dynamics and agendas of key stakeholders.Adaptability- Adapting in order to work effectively in ambiguous or changing situations, and with diverse individuals and groups.
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.Capitalizes on emerging opportunities and risks.Impact and influence- Influencing and gaining others' support.
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).Gains support by capitalizing on understanding of political forces affecting the organization.Thinking Strategically- Seeing and synthesizing different sides of an issue, examining the full range of options and outcomes, and building intellectual frameworks to guide analysis and action.
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.Articulates the dynamic relationships, viewpoints and agendas, both acknowledged and implicit, of key players and stakeholders in their own areas of expertise.POSITION QUALIFICATIONS :
Bachelor’s Degree – Engineering, Business or Marketing preferred. MBA or advanced degree preferredFive to Seven years of P & L experience demonstrating success defining and launching productsFamiliarity with Agile / Scrum methodologiesExperience 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 audiencesProven ability to effectively communicate with several types and levels of staff and external contacts, both in writing and verballyAbility to work simultaneously on several, frequently changing priorities.Manage multiple projects and prioritize tasks in a fast-paced environmentDeep understanding of customer-centric design principles and user experience best practices.Experience with formal Product Lifecycle methodologies in ISO environmentStrong proficiency in MS Office Suite – Excel, Word, and Power PointExperience working in Modern Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software- Epicor preferredStrong understanding of telecommunication fiber networks, including both at a system and component levelKnowledge of competitive position and industry market dynamics is desirableContinuous Improvement MindsetTravel both domestically and international-20%BENEFITS for full time :
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 :Clearfield's Time Off Policy includes Personal Time Off (PTO) beginning at three weeks annually. PTO is accrued on the first of the month starting on day of hire. In addition, nine paid holidays per year.HOURLY SALARY RANGE : $84,294 - $105,368 - $126,441, Bonus Eligible
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.
