Associate Product Manager – Residential Controls

Company Description

As the preferred partner for window and door automation, SOMFY is committed to inspiring new and better ways of living for all.

As a French, family-owned, and independent group, in continuous growth since our creation, we have been world leaders for 50 years and pioneers in home automation. Innovation continuously guides our work and guarantees the excellence of our solutions.

We are present in 58 countries, with eight production sites and 17 R&D centers. We are deeply committed to the well-being of our 7,000 employees, we promote their sustainable employability by promoting internal mobility and developing their skills. We foster diversity and inclusion by building on our strong corporate culture.

SOMFY® is the leading global manufacturer of strong, quiet motors with electronic and app controls for interior window coverings and exterior solar protections. Over 270 million users worldwide enjoy the more than 170 million motors produced by Somfy. During the past 50 years, Somfy engineers have designed products for both the commercial and residential markets to motorize window coverings such as interior shades, wood blinds, draperies, awnings, rolling shutters, exterior solar screens and projection screens. Somfy motorization systems are easily integrated with security, HVAC and lighting systems providing total home or building automation. Somfy Systems seeks a highly-organized professional to plan, organize, direct and manage the overall operations for the Retail Channel Inside Sales Team across North American facilities. This position will act as a liaison between customers, and cross-functional internal teams to ensure the timely and successful delivery of our solutions to meet our customers’ needs. Join us and you will be part of a company that values and supports your career! We offer competitive pay and benefits, and opportunities for ongoing training and career progression

Job Description

We’re looking for an Associate Product Manager to join our Controls Product team to own the residential suite of products. Working with the team, you will be at the intersection of hardware, software, and our customer experience team ensuring that our products deliver meaningful outcomes. You will work to identify new opportunities and enhancements in our current product offering, as well as help shape our next generation of products. You will work closely with global product teams, engineering, sales, and marketing to ensure business goals and customer satisfaction goals are achieved.

Qualifications

Manage the Controls Portfolio (remotes, keypads, sensors, integration devices) that work in connected and non-connected solutions. - Partner with sales, product, and user research to constantly learn about the customers and their needs. - Drive requirement definition, customer experience design, product roadmap and prioritization. - Work with other Somfy Product Managers to align roadmaps where applicable. - Work with program team to ensure global developments are executed on schedule. - Conduct and maintain a thorough benchmark of smart home systems and smart shading competitive products. - Run beta and pilot programs with early-stage products and samples. - Collaborate with Marketing to develop effective launch plans to effectively communicate the value and benefits to different customer segments. - Work independently and with internal teams to develop and deliver effective trainings, presentations and product demonstrations. - Execute on go-to-market plans with product, marketing, and sales to drive awareness, adoption, upsell, and retention. - Perform product demos to customers and act as the subject matter expert in product line reviews with customers.

• Bachelor's degree in business, design, engineering or equivalent practical experience.
•  4+ years of proven professional experience in program / project management, product management, tech support, marketing, or sales.
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority. - Experience doing qualitative and quantitative customer and market research, defining and acting on segmentation -
• Interpersonal skills with strong verbal and written skills, to effectively understand and express complex issues and solutions. -
• Passion and interest in technology / smart home and how it can improve people’s lives. -
• Familiarity with wireless technologies (WiFi, ZigBee, Bluetooth) and/or UI/UX design considered an asset.

Act as an influencer within the company’s entities for all the above responsibilities: You will work with peers locally and internationally in roles of product management, project management, engineering, marketing, purchasing, sales.

Self-motivated with a high level of creativity and a sense of urgency Excellent PC skills that include MS Windows and MS Office-Excel, Word, PowerPoint Excelle