Senior Product Manager

Werner Management•Omaha, NE

22h

About The Position

The Sr. Manager of Product is a leadership role focused on leveraging deep industry expertise, market vision, and customer understanding. The Sr. Manager Product successfully leads a portfolio of products and creates business value under their product lines that directly influences and aligns to targeted organizational outcomes. The Sr. Manager Product owns operational success metrics, staffing plans, resource allocation, and product vision. They are measured by equity value creation, market and thought leadership, and success metrics associated to implementation of their strategic bets. The Sr. Manager Product works with all levels of leadership from front-line users/customers through to the C-Suite ensuring that their products are feasible, viable, usable, and valuable. The primary responsibility of the Sr. Manager Product is to drive innovation in transportation, acquire-delight-retain customers, and ensure safety and performance of our users with high levels of satisfaction. They will lead the product development lifecycle of multiple products and position Werner as a leader in the broader transportation landscape.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience is required, Master’s Degree is preferred
10+ years of previous experience in a Product role
Previous technical experience, while not required is advised
Previous transportation experience is highly desired
Self-starter with a hyper focus on KPI’s such as adoption, revenue, retention, compliance, savings, etc.
Curiosity, creativity and willingness to break out of constraints or the status quo
Willingness to take risks, experiment and prototype in a rapid fashion
Strong leadership and excellent verbal and written communication skills
Strong problem-solving, organizational and multi-tasking skills
Ability to make decisions and priority calls based on currently available information
Great people skills and ability to collaborate and successfully work in teams
Ensures expected outcomes are understood and measurable
Strong analytical skills and ability to run data queries to produce product related KPI reports and metrics
Ability to work independently and without supervision
Ability to learn quickly and adapt to constantly changing industry and company requirements
Ability to learn and understand technical concepts and tools necessary for their specific job duties
Time management skills and proven ability to work on time-sensitive deliverables

Responsibilities

Clearly understand the industry and industry trends that will drive future innovation in transportation and logistics
Know the financial impacts of the fiscally responsible decisions they are making and figure out how to win business
Understand the competitive landscape and market fit for new products/services that may be developed
Clearly articulate the value proposition, vision and strategy of products under their leadership
Serve as an evangelist, both internally and externally, for the industry and products they lead
Participate in variety of industry events and conferences, user and peer groups, and present at such venues on relevant industry and product topics
Research and bring potential partnership opportunities that may open new markets or enhance current product offerings
Create a culture of empowerment within their team, built on trust and transparency with clear expectations of ownership and accountability
Have strong people skills and build strong relationships with customers, stakeholders, team and cross-team members
Fully embrace and lead go-to-market planning from concept through delivery
Drive product innovation and excellence through strategic vision and planning activities
Create appropriate budget and staffing plans to support their investments
Take calculated risks to leverage emerging technologies through continuous experimentation
Deliver superior product and business results aligned to the key objectives of organization
Other duties assigned by supervisory personnel
Lead a team of resources including product analysts, owners, managers, and potentially marketers, designers.