As Product Manager for Desktop RFID readers, you are in charge for all RFID products inside a plastic housing. You report to the Director Product Management. You will define strategic vision, develop the comprehensive roadmap, and establish KPIs for the Desktop products. Drawing on your expertise, customer insights, and input from business lines and Reader BU management, you'll articulate the business value and strategic rationale to ensure the product team clearly understands the purpose behind each product initiative and release. You will own all aspects of the product lifecycle—from initial concept through commercialization to end-of life—and lead the team in defining the product portfolio and driving its commercial success. Your responsibility covers proven markets and established products and their life cycle management, but part of your duties is to develop new products for new markets within the RFID authentication market, too. This requires direct collaboration with cross-functional teams including Engineering, Sales, Pre-Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Operations to execute strategies that meet both business objectives and market demands. In this role, you will identify emerging technology trends and drive platform reuse strategies across HID's IDentification Technologies (IDT) and Physical Access Control Systems (PACS) portfolios. You'll partner with IDT business leaders, global engineering teams, and regional organizations to allocate budgets and develop comprehensive product management strategies that advance our market position.You'll leverage the technical depth within the IDT organization to strengthen our competitive advantage while driving customer demand and nurturing key relationships. You must be passionate about technology, deeply customer-centric, and continuously attuned to industry trends in cloud platforms, physical and logical access control, and identity management. The ideal candidate combines a global mindset with cultural awareness, thrives in fast-paced team environments, and demonstrates strong results orientation. You bring data-driven decision-making capabilities, sharp business and commercial acumen. You have a technical understanding in EE and embedded software, but you are comfortable in navigating business driven decisions. **Who are we?**HID powers the trusted identities of the world’s people, places, and things, allowing people to transact safely, work productively and travel freely.We are a high-tech software company headquartered in Austin, TX, with over 4,500 worldwide employees. Check us out here: www.hidglobal.com and 23km5H4K9Eo **Identification Technologies (IDT):**IDT is creating trusted identities for IoT applications through Smart Components and Enabling Services.HID’s Identification Technologies powers the trusted identities of the world’s people, places and things through smart components and cloud services. We make it possible for people and organizations to transact safely, work productively, and travel freely. Our contactless identification and sensing (RFID, NFC, and BLE) components and solution enabling technologies address the dynamic requirements across multiple industries to wirelessly connect, identify, collect and manage data quickly and accurately across virtually any IoT application.**As our Product Manager Desktop Authentication RFID Readers , you’ll support HID’s success by:*** Manage the entire product line life cycle ensuring optimum Desktop RFID reader positioning.* Be accountable for product/solution line profitability (Gross Contribution).* Drives re-use and economies of scale for products, technologies and platforms.* Apply data driven methods for prioritization and planning of requirements.* Constantly observe the market, competition, and relevant trends to align strategies by participating in market research, visiting customers and partners, and attending trade shows.* Participate in or initiate negotiations with key partners.* Prioritize EPICS hardware products and/or solutions to factory.* Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering with a background in software, firmware and/or hardware. Alternatively related field, or equivalent combination of education and hands-on experience.* Ability to lead a team of professionals through the product development and introduction cycle .* Able to understand a complex technical situation. Ability to see the missing information, gather them independently and then divide the problem into sub-tasks for R
Product Manager Desktop Authentication RFID Readers in Cardiff employer: ASSA ABLOY Entrance Systems AB
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