Department OverviewThe ASTRO Application Services Product Management team has end-to-end ownership of the product definition, planning, delivery and sunset of the entire product portfolio.
The product managers work with cross-functional teams including engineering, design, architecture, marketing and sales for the definition and on time delivery of the product.
The team is responsible for the overall product requirements, value proposition, KSPs, metrics, business case and market launch of the product.
Job DescriptionThe product manager will be responsible for the strategy, roadmap, and feature definition for Motorola's Device services portfolio including interfacing with engineering, architecture, design, marketing, sales and finance.
The product manager analyzes market and competitive conditions and lays 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 and marketing, and support.
The product manager is the person responsible for defining the ‘why’, ‘what,’ ‘where’, and ‘when’ of the product 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.
Product management responsibilities include:
Product Strategy
The product manager is responsible for setting a product vision and strategy. Their job is to clearly articulate the business value to the product team so they understand the intent behind the new product or product release. They own the strategy behind the product along with its roadmap and must work with development to define, prioritize and build what matters.
Create and manage the product portfolio, roadmap, vision and backlog
Identify customer needs and market requirements
Evaluate competitive intelligence
Define financial goals
Create business plans and proposals for new initiatives
Strategic partner and third party supplier management
Product Releases
Product managers must plan for what their teams will deliver and when they will deliver it. The product manager owns the SW release aspects of the product or service. Release responsibilities include managing features and dependencies in and across releases, product and support teams; and managing releases with phases and milestones.
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
Product Visioning
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.
Gather customer and sales feedback
Gather voice of customer input
Feature Definition
The product manager defines the features and requirements necessary to deliver a complete product to market and lead the product team to success. They are responsible for articulating the ‘why’ and ‘what’, working with go to market to determine the ‘where’, and working with development to determine the ‘when’.
Create user stories and scenarios
Direct and approve UI/UX activities
Define acceptance criteria, KPIs and SLAs
Go-to-market Support
Responsible for making product decisions and often is the lead resource for the rest of the organization when deep product expertise is required. This includes supporting the organizations that help bring the product to market and work directly with customers including marketing, sales, training and support services.
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
Basic RequirementsBachelor's Degree
7+ years progressive, relevant technology experience in engineering or Product Planning/Product Marketing/Product Management
MBA or other graduate degree preferred but not required
Travel RequirementsNone
Relocation ProvidedNone
Position TypeExperienced
Referral Payment PlanYes
Our U.S. Benefits include:
Incentive Bonus Plans
Medical, Dental, Vision benefits
401K with Company Match
10 Paid Holidays
Generous Paid Time Off Packages
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Paid Parental & Family Leave
and more!
