Product Manager, Electric Strikes

 

Position Summary:

 

We are seeking a technical, results-oriented Product Manager to join our dynamic Electromechanical Solutions (EMS) group team in Phoenix, AZ. As the Product Manager for Electric Strikes, you will play a crucial role in helping drive the growth of the business while working collaboratively with sales, marketing, training, and engineering to delight our customers. In this role your responsibilities will be focused on managing & evolving the overall product lifecycle of both new and existing LifeSafety Power & Securitron power management product lines and categories while leveraging data and market insights to measure the health and effectiveness of our go to market strategies. The ideal candidate is tenacious and detailed oriented with a strong technical acumen and analytical background, including exceptional communication skills, and a proven track record for driving growth.

 

Responsibilities: Gathering, documenting, analyzing and prioritizing product and customer requirements, defining the long-term product vision (3-year) & generation plan, while working closely with engineering, operations, sales, marketing, training & customer support teams to continuously perform while driving longer term revenue growth that meets or exceeds customer satisfaction goals.

 

Profile:

• Bachelor’s degree (BS/BA) from a four-year college or university preferred; MBA is a plus.
• Three to five (3-5) years of product management experience in a related technical field.
• Tenacious, passionate, collaborative, innovation leader; Stimulates and encourages peer and customer involvement in ideation resulting in new products and business processes.
• Intelligent, creative problem solver, both logically and creatively.
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; Able to document and communicate well thought out ideas and concepts.
• Proven ability to create content, with excellent presentation and product training skills; virtually & hands on in person.
• Strong understanding of business; Costing, profit, gross margin, contribution margin, product life cycles.

 

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily.

 

• Work in collaboration with sales, channel management, marketing and training to support and managed the needs of our many channels & customers; recommend and prioritize new business opportunities and product feature requests.

 

• Regularly analyze product program performance monthly/quarterly/annually as required to provide insights to stakeholders for continuous improvement.  Required deliverables will include a monthly recap of the results YTD, 90-day forward looking outlook, training & marketing activities, software integration status, future product requirements or enhancements and competitor activities. Additional deliverables may include gap analysis, product discontinuation analysis, SWOT analysis, and PEST analysis.

 

• Develop product category strategy, product roadmaps and product generation plans in collaboration with sales, channel management, marketing, and training teams; including, but not limited to facilitating and managing regular reoccurring quarterly product category reviews which includes sales results analysis & trends, demand planning, omni channel marketing and training needs in addition to reviewing product roadmap and generation plans. Identify opportunities for process improvements, automation, and innovation to enhance program effectiveness and efficiency.

 

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