Global Product Manager

This Global Product Manager role is responsible for defining and executing the strategy and product development vision for a new Automotive high-speed solution that enables connected vehicle networking, ADAS, Infotainment Systems, and autonomous applications.

You will lead and collaborate on this new launch with engineering, manufacturing, quality, and sales globally to provide customer specific solutions that drive profitable growth.

Overall responsible for product Profit & Loss Statement (P&L), portfolio creation and expansion, roadmap, and driving customer engagement to execute your vision.

What You Will Do

General


* Develop a strategy to capture near term market growth opportunities as well as a 5-10-year strategic vision.


* Own the product roadmap and development opportunities, with prioritized guidance to the development teams.


* Develop sound points of view on technologies, product, customer, competitors, and convert market trends into actionable product line strategies.


* Define, execute, and manage pricing strategy, P&L, and manufacturing footprint for product portfolio.


* Responsible for product line transactional activities through daily collaboration with sales, engineering, and manufacturing plants globally.


* Interact with manufacturing plants to lead cost reduction efforts, capacity planning, and quality improvement initiatives.

Sales & Marketing


* Lead customer segmentation and value chain activities to identify key decision makers and design opportunities.


* Engage with customers in the development of specifications and technical requirements, which can be used to direct the development of new products, product variants or improvements.


* Track and monitor OEM and Tier program launches to support build timing and sample requirements.


* Create and deliver technical product trainings and technical documents to support the global sales force and customers.


* Develop growth and penetration strategies for underdeveloped customers and markets.

Virtues & Talents


* Proven planning and organizational skills


* Intellectual curiosity and honesty


* Ability to embrace a challenge process by raising ideas, solutions, and issues across the organization


* Proven interpersonal, negotiation and communication skills


* Ability in indirectly manage people in matrix organization


* Economic thinking skills and financial acumen

Who You Are

Basic Requirements


* 5 or more years of experience in Product Management


* 5 or more years of experience working with a manufacturing or engineering organization, preference in the automotive industry


* Knowledge of high-speed networking (within automotive is a plus)


* Domestic and international travel required (>20%)

What Puts You Ahead


* Understanding of infotainment, ADAS architecture is preferred


* Prior financial and economic thinking is preferred


* Bachelor's Degree in Technical, Busi...