Senior Product Manager

Fictiv Exists to Enable Hardware Innovators to Build Better Products, Faster

Fictiv, coined the “AWS of manufacturing,” is a leading technology company transforming the $350 billion manufacturing industry. Our cutting-edge cloud platform uses AI and machine learning algorithms to help companies build hardware at the speed of software. Come join our growing team!

Embark on a transformative journey with us as a Senior Product Manager and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of Digital On-demand Manufacturing. Join our dynamic team at the forefront of innovation, where you'll lead the charge in building the next-generation Operating System for New Product Development (NPD) that revolutionizes the industry and benefits thousands of our customers. Seize this unparalleled opportunity to drive change, elevate your career, and be a key architect of the technological landscape in the manufacturing and supply chain. Your expertise will shape the future, and together, we'll redefine what's possible.

Impact In This Role

As the Senior Product Manager, you will develop and maintain Fictiv’s Manufacturing Quoting & Fulfillment platform that interfaces with customers, global operations teams, and a growing manufacturing partner network. You will own the strategy, roadmap, and implementation of solutions related to your areas of responsibility without compromising customer satisfaction, growth, reliable delivery, and operational efficiency. The solutions you will contribute to are the primary strategic vehicle for providing differentiated value to our customers and manufacturing partners to deliver best-in-class manufacturing service offerings.

In this role, you will serve as the domain expert in understanding the needs of our customers and manufacturing partners, bridging the potential of technology, operational process needs, and business goals into innovative solutions that will set new standards for speed and quality of quoting and fulfillment.

*This position follows a hybrid work model, with a mix of remote work and in-office presence*

What You’ll Be Doing

Business acumen and domain awareness

• You will research and evaluate the needs of our customers to understand their priorities and new product development challenges, as well as hear and assess their feedback on their Fictiv experience.
• You will assess the needs of internal users, understand the relevant operational workflows, and be able to identify opportunities to meaningfully increase operational efficiency.
• You will assess the needs of our growing network of manufacturing partners, understand their business goals and capabilities, and be able to identify opportunities to deliver differentiated value.
• Develop a strategic vision for how to deliver on critical business goals and support Fictiv’s growth trajectory; build and execute a product roadmap to evolve the solution to realize this vision.

Roadmap work analysis, breakdown, and scoping

• Analyze, comprehend, and take ownership of the product roadmap related to your area of responsibility and translate high-level goals into detailed objectives and projects.
• Develop a robust framework for tracking input and output metrics, providing a quantitative assessment of the success and impact of each project.
• Build the business case for expanding capabilities and secure alignment on investments among the management team and stakeholders.
• Scope and define the requirements for each roadmap item to ensure clarity and alignment with overall product objectives.
• Navigate and manage trade-offs between the speed of delivery and maintaining project scope for overall project success.
• Estimate project scope and timeline in collaboration with the engineering development team.
• Proactively identify potential risks associated with scope decisions and work collaboratively with teams to develop mitigation strategies that align with project timelines and business objectives.
• Establish a point of view on the problems to solve and bring those insights to the team.

Cross-functional collaboration

• Build and maintain strong working relationships with key stakeholders to understand their unique challenges and create a foundation for successful collaboration.
• Engage with teams to ensure a comprehensive understanding of the product roadmap, actively seeking input and insights