Product Manager

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Reporting to the Director of Product management, the Product Manager is responsible for the market and business success within the camera group. This position typically involves driving all efforts within the organization necessary to achieve the business goals for select products. This role works closely with other product managers in the organization to ensure that products are complementary and combine to deliver a compelling and cohesive Avigilon end-to-end solution.

The position is ideal for someone with strong initiative and willingness to dive deeper into product offerings. If you possess both technical and strong business acumen, are passionate about solving business problems with cutting-edge products, believe deeply in an interactive environment, and enjoy contributing to best of breed technologies, you may have found a great home with us.

Responsibilities:

• Market: Identification, qualification, and quantification of current and future market needs with insight gathered from outside of the organization.
• Being the voice of the market and customer within the organization.
• Ensuring internal stakeholders clearly understand product requirements via clear and comprehensive Market Requirements Documents.
• Deeply understanding the competitive environment and our product competitive position.
• Perform regular in-depth competitive analysis covering technical and non-technical aspects of competitive positions in battle cards.
• Establishing clear product vision – the who, what, why, where, and when (but not the how) and champion that within the organization and ensure all project decisions are consistent with that vision.
• Contribution and maintenance of the product roadmap.
• Development and maintenance of the business case for each project including revenue projections and project ROI.
• Accountable for product success in the market (revenue, margin, and market share) and achievement of business goals set out at product approval phase.
• Managing a product through the entire product life cycle from initial concept to product end-of-life.
• Continually monitor product performance and take action accordingly.
• Overseeing product launch and ensuring the launch is impactful and effective.
• Establishing product pricing strategy and product pricing.
• Maintain product pricelist.
• Identify and maintain strategic partnerships.
• Represent product management activity to sales forecasting effort.
• In collaboration with Product Marketing ensure sales tools and technical collateral are sufficient to enable the channel to successfully position the product.

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree required. Engineering related fields preferred.
• 2+ Years of work experience in Product Management.
• Exceptional critical thinker, decisive, ability to anticipate market trends, evaluate tradeoffs and risk in a manner that results in a well thought out strategy.
• Technically competent in the relevant product domain.
• Strong analytical skills are required.
• Strong oral communication skills. Able to effectively present ideas, roadmap elements, status updates and/or proposals to upper levels of management, including non-technical staff.
• Exceptional written communication skills in support of vision, market, business and functional requirements.
• Exceptional relationship skills that support strong sustained interaction with customers, prospects, industry leaders, and the development organization.
• Physical Security Market experience preferred.

Additional Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree required. Engineering related fields preferred.
• 2+ Years of work experience in Product Management.

In return for your expertise, we’ll support you in this new challenge with coaching & development every step of the way. Also, to reward your hard work you’ll get:

• Competitive salary and bonus schemes.
• Two weeks additional pay per year (holiday bonus).
• 25 days holiday entitlement + bank holidays.
• Attractive defined contribution pension scheme.
• Private medical insurance.
• Employee stock purchase plan.
• Flexible working options.
• Life assurance.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay.
• Career development support and wide-ranging learning opportunities.
• Employee health and wellbeing support EAP, wellbeing guidance etc.
• Carbon neutral initiatives/goals.
• Corporate social responsibility initiatives including support for volunteering days.
• Well known companies discount scheme.

Travel Requirements 10-25% Relocation Provided None Position Type Experienced Referral Payment Plan Yes

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic. We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.