Local or near local candidates only, Please!
No CTC!
- Job Description:
- Manage from beginning to end of the product lifecycle, from strategic planning to product end of life.
- Develop Market Requirement Definition and Product Requirement Definition documents
- Engage with customers and experts inside and outside the company to formulate compelling product roadmaps, value propositions, and product business cases
- Support the development of product documentation, tech notes, white papers and marketing collateral
- Help manage and troubleshoot engineering, manufacturing, and customer deployment issues as they arise
- Work with the engineering team to deliver quality products on time and within budget
- Contribute to building strong company-wide product management processes
- Help to establish SmartGrid network solution strategy and roadmap
- Develop competitive analyses
- Become the company’s product expert for his/her designated solutions
- Work with the marketing, sales, and business development teams to respond to RFPs and sales support
- Define the product strategy and roadmap
- Deliver MRDs and PRDs with prioritized features and corresponding justification
- Work with external third parties to assess partnerships and licensing opportunities
- Be an expert with respect to the competition
- Develop the core positioning and messaging for the product
- Provide technical sales support
- Perform product demos to customers
- Set pricing to meet revenue and profitability goals
- Develop sales tools and collateral
- Propose an overall budget to ensure success
- Brief and train the sales force at quarterly sales meetings
- Act as a leader within the company
- Position Requirements:
- Minimum of 8 years’ experience as a Product Manager
- 3+ years of experience in a smart grid/utility industry role preferred, but not required
- Technical background and experience with streetlighting, electric meters, commercial IoT and the various protocols utilized in these devices/solutions.
- Demonstrated success defining and launching excellent products
- Deep understanding of wireless communication networks, wireless and IP protocols and standards
- Experience in the utility market strongly preferred
- Demonstrated ability to work well with customers, as well as with peers in the sales, manufacturing and engineering organization
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent teamwork skills
- Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority
- Must be able to travel 25% of the time
- Examples and at least one sample of an effective document delivered in the past
- Education/Certification
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
