Product Line Manager

Ametek, Inc. • San Diego, CA

52d • $120,000 - $145,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for full Product level responsibility including and not limited to P&L responsibility at a product level for the DC Power Product lines at Programmable Power. Responsible for the concept to end-of life product marketing activities for assigned products and/or product lines. This includes providing competitive analyses, properly positioning and promoting products in the market, defining product features and options, and coordinating, as necessary, product continuous improvement or corrective actions. This role requires leading all marketing efforts working cross functionally with sales, engineering and operations to ensure that assigned products are defined and supported in such a manner that customers perceive the value and desirability of the products in the customers' applications.

Requirements

• BSEE (or other relevant technical degree, Electrical degree preferred).
• Five years of technical application, sales or product management experience (programmable DC and DC power supplies preferred).
• Due to the nature of Programmable Power's programs and products, applicatns must have the legal right to work in the U.S. and additionally must be legally authorlized to access expeort-controlled information and source code.

Nice To Haves

• MBA with marketing emphasis desirable.
• Strong analytical ability and desire to be data orientated balanced with an ability to draw a conclusion and take action.
• Excellent writing skills and experience with Windows Office tools.
• Articulate verbal presentation skills.
• A demonstrated ability to work in a self-directed and independent manner, prioritizing work appropriately.
• Engineering design experience very helpful.
• A demonstrated ability to work effectively in an influential management role.

Responsibilities

• Establish relationships with key customers in order to get VOC input on new product concepts.
• Studying and understanding our products and researching our competition's products. From this analysis, define the advantages and pitfalls from the field of available solutions and define potential new products.
• Architect of the product roadmap for the business. Responsibilities include the definition, creation and execution of his or her defined product area of responsibility. Ability to articulate a strategic plan that is logical, appropriate with the given the business climate and is data driven.
• Own the new product and continually review assumptions and processes to ensure that the new product will be successful both technically (performance and reliability) and financially.
• Review assigned products pricing relative to margins and competitive products making price change recommendations to support product price list update schedule.
• Work closely with sales, engineering, and others to provide definition of new products including technical requirements, competitive analysis, specifics of markets served, expected multi-year sales forecast, return on investment and project justifications.
• Provides participation in the new product development (NPD) and launch process with primary authorship responsibilities for Concept Approval request (CA) and marketing requirements documents (MRDs).
• A core capability to this role is commercial touch and business acumen where the product manager will lead technical and commercial discussions with customers in the appropriate setting as it relates to new product engagement or "voice of the customer" market research.
• Provides marketing application support for assigned products. This may include the research and write up of application notes and marketing bulletins as well as participation with field sales personnel to determine cost effective solutions for customer challenges.
• Responsible for marketing launch activities for new or updated products. This includes, user manual generation support, ads, sales training, press releases, marketing collateral materials and other activities as defined in the launch plan.
• Support departmental market research activities including assignments to become "resident expert" on assigned market segments. This would include market size, primary applications, technical requirements, and trends affecting the use of AMETEK DC Programmable Power products.
• Responsible for reviewing modified standard product requests for technical and financial feasibility including return on investment criteria. The PLM determines if there is a business case based on projected development cost, engineering opportunity costs, sales forecast of such special engineering request.
• Travel 30%.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation, holiday pay, and paid time off.
• Great benefits package that includes health, vision and detal insurance.
• 401(k), plus matching.
• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs), health savings account (HSA) with AMETEK contribution, life insurance, disability insurance, and family medical leave.
• Employee referral program.
• Tuition reimbursement program.
• Employee assistance program.
• Exciting, fast-paced environment where you could make a true impact.
• Opportunities for career advancement within our business unit and across all other AMETEK business entities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees