Product Manager

Overview

Directs a comprehensive product strategy from product conception and definition through end of life, acting as a central resource across design, process, manufacturing, quality, test, marketing, and distribution as the product moves through its lifecycle.

What you'll do

• Conduct analyses to assess marketability of products based on market, customer, technology, and other ecosystem demands.
• Serve as a market and business advisor in forming the business case for new products or product features (time to market, cost, market share).
• Drive launch efforts of products and technologies for your area of responsibility by staying up to date on technological developments and customer needs through direct customer contact.
• Seek out market information and demonstrate understanding of the marketplace to contribute to the product roadmap.
• Direct the development of moderately complex products and services under some supervision and communicate with individuals across functional teams.
• Complete product development and definition activities, including determination of cost and impact, and interact with the sales team to generate forecasts.
• Stay up to date on competitors, technological advances, and the product ecosystem, and support the development and design of new products.
• Maintain effective communication within your team and cross-functional teams on the management of a single product.
• Ensure successful cross-functional collaboration by ensuring agreed KPIs and specifications are met for a single product upon delivery by the engineering team.
• Support the establishment of product goals (performance, cost, timeline) and collaborate with others to execute tasks based on established goals.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a technical related field.
• 2+ years of Product Management or related work experience.
• Completed advanced degrees in a relevant field may be substituted for up to two years of work experience (Master's = one year, Doctorate = two years).

Nice to have

• 5+ years of Product Management or related work experience.
• 1+ year of working in a large matrixed organization.
• 1+ year of working with operating budgets and/or project financials.
• 1+ year of negotiating 3rd party business agreements.

Details

• Location: Bangalore, India.
• Works under some supervision; decisions are low to moderate in impact.
• Financial accountability, influence over key organizational decisions, and role in strategic planning are not part of this role.