Product Manager

Advanced Energy•Fort Collins, CO

51d•$105,000 - $155,000•Onsite

About The Position

Manages Advanced Energy’s worldwide business for multiple product lines through their lifecycles, including product strategy, customer/market requirements analysis, and pricing. On a peer basis, interacts with engineering, manufacturing, and sales to optimize business performance for assigned product lines. Assists in segmentation, business planning, product marketing strategies, portfolio management, negotiations, and production forecasts. This position may also have management responsibility for other, less experienced members of the product management team. With vice president, directors, and senior product managers, helps to define the roles of product managers, and their interactions with other departments. Also helps create the processes with which they conduct their work and sets the standards for product management at AE. Provides training for the other product managers.

Requirements

Excellent communication skills, both face to face and written.
Broad understanding of end user plasma processing and AE products.
Financial analysis capability.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and tasks.
Superior organizational, planning and coordination skills.
Business savvy and strong negotiation skills.
Ability to structure market research and competitive analysis.
Energy and ability to motivate others.
Minimum 5 years' experience in product management/marketing is essential.
B.S. in Electrical Engineering or related technical field.

Nice To Haves

Semi-conductor, industrial coatings, DC power and/or other related industry experience highly preferred.
Prefer a minimum of 5 years' experience with thin film device manufacturing or thin film equipment manufacturing. Thin film devices include integrated circuits, hard drives, thin film heads, CD’s, DVD’s, etc.
Prefer some sales, field applications or product marketing management experience in high technology.
Advanced degree, including M.S., Ph.D., or MBA, is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

Manages lifecycles of multiple AE product lines from concept through launch, to end of life and obsolescence. These product lines will likely be at various stages of their respective lifecycles.
Reports to Senior Management on the P&L performance of assigned Product Lines.
Monitors global market trends for new opportunities and refines understanding of user needs in AE target markets through research and customer visits.
Assesses viability of product concepts & customization requests to meet worldwide market, financial, and technology goals.
Defines product plans, including critical features, price targets, profit, return on investment (ROI), competitive strength, and value delivery.
Guides development and manages tradeoffs of specifications & schedules for new products and/or services.
Manages engineering priorities for assigned product lines assuring alignment of engineering efforts with business goals and customer requirements.
Interfaces with Global Sales, Research and Development, Engineering, Worldwide Customer Support, Operations, Corporate Marketing, Quality, and other partners to ensure new offerings meet technical specifications, cost targets, delivery commitments, and achieve customer adoption.
As needed, coordinates with external partners, Business Development, alternative channels, and third-party integrators.
With Corporate Marketing, drives naming, positioning, literature, collateral, web content, and launch activities.
Coordinates regular forecasting and demand analysis with Sales. Uses market research and competitive analysis as needed in these activities to maximize AE global market advantage.
Defines and implements sustaining & end-of-life strategies for mature or declining product lines.
Assists with annual business planning, marketing tools, and infrastructure as needed.

Benefits

Medical - multiple medical plans are available to choose from
Short and long-term disability and life insurance
Health savings and flexible spending accounts
Generous time off policy starting with 3 weeks of paid vacation, 7 days of paid sick time, and 12 paid holidays
8 hours of paid volunteer time off
8 weeks of paid parental leave for both Moms and Dads
Company matched 401(k)
Tuition reimbursement
Expanded mental health coverage and employee assistance programs
Other voluntary benefits include critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity, pet insurance, identify theft, and legal assistance