Director, Product Management

Zebra Technologies • Holtsville, IL

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Director, Product Management leads the Advanced Location Technologies (ALT) team responsible for product definition and planning to optimize the business unit’s portfolio. The role uses knowledge of Zebra’s products and solutions, competitive conditions, market data, and customer requirements to identify growth areas, emerging technologies, and product opportunities. The director oversees market and customer analysis, product strategies, business cases, and market requirements, and collaborates with research and development to define products and validate early product concepts.

This strategic and technical leadership role is accountable for the growth and success of existing and new products and solutions, and for developing product growth strategies for a business segment or portfolio. The director sets product revenue and gross margin goals and leads a team in identifying opportunities to expand market share. The successful candidate will work hybrid in North America, preferably from the Lincolnshire, Illinois or Holtsville, New York office, and will travel periodically to support a global product and solutions organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 15 or more years of related experience, including 5 or more years in a product management group or function in full life-cycle product management.
• Ability to drive the capture of customer and partner requirements so product specifications meet their needs.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to interact with customers.
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation communication skills, including the ability to present information and respond to questions from senior management, managers, clients, and customers.
• Ability to assess a complex market landscape and create a focused, integrated product and solutions plan.
• Attention to detail and strong understanding of complex products, solutions, and systems.
• Executive understanding of financial concepts, including P&L, balance sheets, and ROI models, and product delivery through defined objectives.
• Ability to multitask and manage complex programs.
• Strong skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Advanced market knowledge in an assigned vertical, category, or product line.
• Creative and strategic thinking, with the ability to develop strategic and business plans.
• Self-starter who is adaptable, persuasive, tenacious, and perceptive, and able to execute a well-developed plan.
• Periodic travel required.
• Ability to work hybrid in North America; preferred office locations are Lincolnshire, IL or Holtsville, NY.

Nice To Haves

• MBA or master’s degree.
• Proficiency in enterprise product management, or relevant consulting or business analysis experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the product management team in product definition and planning to optimize the ALT business unit portfolio.
• Develop product growth strategies and set revenue and gross margin goals for products.
• Drive the growth and success of existing and new products and solutions.
• Partner with Product Marketing on ideation and concept generation for new products and solutions; oversee development of business cases and market requirements documents.
• Ensure product specifications and requirements are gathered from customers, channel partners, and system integrators.
• Oversee conceptual studies and market research, and generate design concepts for new products or significant enhancements to existing products.
• Seek product suggestions and ideas from internal and external organizations, and assess the feasibility of new ideas.
• Work with engineering and emerging technology teams to assess feasibility, costs, and development estimates for ROI analysis.
• Oversee collaboration with product marketing, operations, accounting, marketing management, and other internal personnel to develop pricing and cost recommendations.
• Oversee product forecasting for sales forecasts, product planning, manufacturing, and operations.
• Partner with support and marketing organizations to develop and implement product demonstrations, training programs, collateral, digital content, and other tools.
• Analyze market statistics and customer requirements to define product strategies and identify opportunities to expand market share.
• Collaborate with research and development to create products and validate early product definitions.
• Travel periodically to support a global product and solutions organization.

Benefits

• Healthcare and wellness offerings.
• Inclusion networks.
• Continued learning and development offerings.
• Community service days.
• Traditional insurance offerings.
• Parental leave.
• Employee assistance program.
• Paid time off, depending on country of employment.
• Hybrid work flexibility.
• Adaptable hours.
• Summer Flex Fridays.
• Focus Fridays.
• Annual companywide well-being day.
• Performance-based annual cash incentive, with a target equal to 25% of base pay.
• Some roles may be eligible for long-term incentive equity awards.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director