Product Manager, ASTRO P25 RF Sites

Motorola Solutions•Schaumburg, IL

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The ASTRO Systems Product Management team has end-to-end ownership of the ASTRO systems product portfolio, including Core, Consoles, RF Site and System Management. The team is responsible for business cases, product definition & requirements, planning, value propositions, key selling points, success metrics, launch and sunset of assigned products. The product managers work closely with cross-functional teams including engineering, supply chain, marketing, sales and finance for the definition, on time delivery and profitability of products. The RF Site Product Manager will lead the process responsible for the vision, strategy, roadmap, and feature definition for assigned RF Site products including closely interfacing with customers and internal stakeholders. The product manager is the person responsible for defining the ‘why’, ‘what,’ ‘where’, and ‘when’ of the products that the development team will build. They are the owner of their product -- which means they lead cross-functional teams from a product's conception through to its launch. The product manager should possess deep industry expertise necessary to analyze market and competitive conditions and lay out a product vision that is differentiated and delivers unique value based on customer demands. The role of the product manager spans many activities from strategic to tactical and provides cross-functional leadership — bridging gaps within the company between different functions, especially between development, sales, marketing, support and finance.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree degree OR 5+ years of experience.
3 + years progressive, relevant technology experience in: Product Management, Product Marketing, Field Service, Field Engineering or Development Engineering
Thorough knowledge of Motorola’s ASTRO or competitive Project 25 (P25) systems including Conventional and Trunked systems, deployments and components
Experience validating market problems based on industry experience and contact with customers and stakeholders
Experience gathering customer feedback and research
Technical acumen to communicate effectively with development engineering and technical end users
Strong ability to lead through influencing others within and outside of the organization
Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
Polished presentation skills for external and internal audiences including customers and leaders

Nice To Haves

Product level financial modeling via Excel, Google Sheets or Tableau (preferred)
Experience with North American Public Safety & Federal markets
Familiarity with P25 RF Site subsystem components including base stations and comparators
Firm understanding of software design & user interaction
Proactive, enthusiastic attitude toward challenging problems
Capable of quickly evaluating and prioritizing new projects alongside customer feedback
Strong ability to take complex user requirements and distill them into a format that can be understood by developers as well as non-technical staff
Ability to research and analyze product requirements from various stakeholders
Ability to understand market trends, financial data, and customer needs and assess competitive intelligence data
Ability to work well independently and as part of a diverse team spread across multiple continents in a fast-moving environment

Responsibilities

Create and manage the product portfolio, roadmap, vision and backlog
Identify customer needs and market requirements
Ensure solutions are compliant with relevant standards and regulations
Evaluate competitive intelligence
Define financial goals
Create business plans and proposals for new initiatives
Strategic partner and third party supplier management
Establish vision and goals for releases
Define market offer and structure
Work with enablement organizations to make products orderable and deliverable
Define and support implementation of training, support and deployment requirements
Manage risks and resolve issues that affect release scope, schedule and quality
Coordinate overall release project and schedule
Collecting, curating, and promoting the most relevant ideas into features.
Defining which ideas should be promoted to features to achieve key objectives for the product line and business.
Soliciting feedback and requests from customers and field teams and ensuring this is seamlessly integrated into the product planning and development processes.
Consistently gather customer and sales feedback
Perform ‘Voice of Customer’ research to ensure their needs are understood
Evaluate success of launched initiatives and adjust strategy as necessary
Create epics, initiatives, user stories and scenarios
Direct, negotiate and approve hardware and software development plans
Define acceptance criteria, KPIs and SLAs
Facilitate sales and channel training
Assist pre-sales with custom project requests
Define and ensure implementation of GTM assets including demo environments, training materials, and presentations
Demonstrate new pre-release features