Placement Services USA, Inc.
Group Product Manager (1171173)
Placement Services USA, Inc., Palo Alto, California, United States, 94309
Group Product Manager
Headquartered in Palo Alto, CA - Telecommute Position
Engage with the Engineering, Product Design, UX, Operations, Procurement, Marketing, and Planning teams to shape product and roadmap definition as an advocate for cost & supply chain, while enabling beautiful, feature-rich, best-in-class hardware products. Focus on product research, suppliers, pricing, purchasing, distribution, logistics, and anything specific to services hardware, at scale. Define hardware and distribution strategy by focusing on user-centered design, product research, suppliers, pricing, purchasing, distribution, logistics, and warehousing specific to product hardware. Define the strategy and executes on the business and financial results for a product portfolio through the leadership of team(s) managing new and existing products by creating a differentiated customer experience utilizing traditional and emerging capabilities in technology, operations, and data analytics. Drive the execution of all product lifecycle processes for products, including product strategy and roadmap, product research, market research, competitive analysis, planning, positioning, roadmap development, requirements development, and product launch. Collaborate closely with development/engineering, production, marketing, and sales teams on the development, QA, and release of products and balance of resources to ensure success for the entire organization. Collaborate and Leverage the product expertise and capabilities of corporate. Identify potential products; conduct market research; determine customers needs and desires by specifying the research needed, generate product and application requirements; determine specifications, industrial standards, and certificates; production timetables, pricing, and time-integrated plans for product introduction; developing marketing strategies. Manage and perform testing and qualifying procedures in existing and new products with an in-depth understanding of the product. Identify issues and propose improvements in both hardware and software. Recommend the nature and scope of present and future product lines by reviewing industrial applications, product specifications, and requirements, appraising new product ideas, and/or product or packaging changes. Introduce and market new products by developing time-integrated plans with sales, advertising, and production. Track, monitor, report, and improve product performance Create product requirements for the engineering and support teams to refine, improve, or enhance existing features and quality. Identify the key benefits and value of products for marketing decisions and collect product life cycle data. Assess market competition by comparing the companys product to competitors products Analyzes market and competition data to create products to match and surpass current industry standards. Assess current competitor offerings, seeking opportunities for differentiation. With Marketing and Finance, determine product pricing by utilizing market research data; reviewing production and sales costs; anticipating volume; costing special and customized orders. Collect feedback from sales and customers to improve the product. Understand key consumer electronic technologies to be able to identify cost trade-offs that challenge design, feature, and supply chain constraints. Hold regular executive forums to review/discuss trending cost vs targets and drive opportunities for cost & design optimization. Manage product cost to achieve pricing and margin targets; set individual cost targets for each component/module. Support product integration & feasibility scenarios, ROI analyses, supply chain optimization investigations, environmental implication assessments, etc.
Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related degree concentration, followed by five (5) years of progressive experience in the specialty field. Please copy and paste your resume in the email body (do not send attachments, we cannot open them) and email it to candidates at (link removed) with reference #1171173 in the subject line.
Thank you.
Engage with the Engineering, Product Design, UX, Operations, Procurement, Marketing, and Planning teams to shape product and roadmap definition as an advocate for cost & supply chain, while enabling beautiful, feature-rich, best-in-class hardware products. Focus on product research, suppliers, pricing, purchasing, distribution, logistics, and anything specific to services hardware, at scale. Define hardware and distribution strategy by focusing on user-centered design, product research, suppliers, pricing, purchasing, distribution, logistics, and warehousing specific to product hardware. Define the strategy and executes on the business and financial results for a product portfolio through the leadership of team(s) managing new and existing products by creating a differentiated customer experience utilizing traditional and emerging capabilities in technology, operations, and data analytics. Drive the execution of all product lifecycle processes for products, including product strategy and roadmap, product research, market research, competitive analysis, planning, positioning, roadmap development, requirements development, and product launch. Collaborate closely with development/engineering, production, marketing, and sales teams on the development, QA, and release of products and balance of resources to ensure success for the entire organization. Collaborate and Leverage the product expertise and capabilities of corporate. Identify potential products; conduct market research; determine customers needs and desires by specifying the research needed, generate product and application requirements; determine specifications, industrial standards, and certificates; production timetables, pricing, and time-integrated plans for product introduction; developing marketing strategies. Manage and perform testing and qualifying procedures in existing and new products with an in-depth understanding of the product. Identify issues and propose improvements in both hardware and software. Recommend the nature and scope of present and future product lines by reviewing industrial applications, product specifications, and requirements, appraising new product ideas, and/or product or packaging changes. Introduce and market new products by developing time-integrated plans with sales, advertising, and production. Track, monitor, report, and improve product performance Create product requirements for the engineering and support teams to refine, improve, or enhance existing features and quality. Identify the key benefits and value of products for marketing decisions and collect product life cycle data. Assess market competition by comparing the companys product to competitors products Analyzes market and competition data to create products to match and surpass current industry standards. Assess current competitor offerings, seeking opportunities for differentiation. With Marketing and Finance, determine product pricing by utilizing market research data; reviewing production and sales costs; anticipating volume; costing special and customized orders. Collect feedback from sales and customers to improve the product. Understand key consumer electronic technologies to be able to identify cost trade-offs that challenge design, feature, and supply chain constraints. Hold regular executive forums to review/discuss trending cost vs targets and drive opportunities for cost & design optimization. Manage product cost to achieve pricing and margin targets; set individual cost targets for each component/module. Support product integration & feasibility scenarios, ROI analyses, supply chain optimization investigations, environmental implication assessments, etc.
Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related degree concentration, followed by five (5) years of progressive experience in the specialty field. Please copy and paste your resume in the email body (do not send attachments, we cannot open them) and email it to candidates at (link removed) with reference #1171173 in the subject line.
Thank you.