Senior Product Manager - TV

Vizio Group • Irvine, CA

333d • $108,000 - $216,000

About The Position

VIZIO's Product Management team is seeking a Senior Product Manager for TV products. The successful candidate will have an opportunity to research advanced TV features and contribute to product specifications, build technical feature specification documents, and draft test plans for qualitative testing for Engineering, QA, chipset vendors and ODMs that has a direct and measurable impact on the company's product roadmap for premium TV segment. The Senior Product Manager will report to the Senior Director of Product Management - TV and provide support to the Product Management team.

Requirements

• Minimum Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related technical field.
• 1-2+ years of related engineering work experience.
• 1-2+ years product management and consumer electronics product experience.
• Good technical knowledge of spec and features of TV products, as well as other modern CE devices, in the areas of video processing, display technologies, streaming technologies, audio and video codecs, etc.
• Experience with technical requirements for Dolby, DTS, HDMI, ATSC, etc.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with an ability to tell complex stories simply and adapt to questions.
• Strong project management skills. Ability to manage multiple tasks, projects and cross-functional stakeholders simultaneously.
• Expertise with PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.

Nice To Haves

• Enjoy being organized and possess a high attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Work with product teams to analyze competitive landscape, help define product specifications and create documentation for new and existing products.
• Build product feature specifications and contribute feature PRDs with details for ODM RFPs and VQA testing process.
• Work with engineering and software teams to evaluate product features and help to define product behavior and performance goals.
• Manage product life cycle successfully from concept to EOL working closely with all stakeholders, Program, Engineering, Software Product, Business Development, Business Planning, Marketing, Sales, QA, Customer Service teams and ODM partners.
• Work with NPI teams, key technology partners and ODMs to ensure timely and smooth transition in each NPI milestones - Kick-Off, EVT, DVT, PVT, MP, FCS.
• Contribute technical roadmaps for future product features and specifications.
• Communicate the technical feature specification of VIZIO products to Management, Sales & Marketing, Quality Assurance, etc, as well as to ODMs, chipset makers and other third-party vendors.
• Create and maintain technical documentation and presentation materials to support product roadmaps and specifications.
• Drive the execution of Product Team specification projects from inception to reporting, including understanding roles and responsibilities for other teams and adhering to integrated timelines to ensure alignment across the team.
• Research and learn new feature specifications in picture quality and video, as well audio, networking and other related categories for company products.
• Collaborate closely with ODMs and vendors to ensure understanding of our product feature requests and specifications and their capabilities.
• Perform ODM technical design reviews.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Eligibility for an annual bonus.
• Equity.
• Medical, dental, vision and other benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Furniture, Home Furnishings, Electronics, and Appliance Retailers
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree