The Senior Product Manager- Distribution Grid Solutions will manage a complete portfolio of Landis+Gyr’s Gridstream Connect solutions.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:
- Leading and influencing cross functional teams to develop and execute the overall strategy for Distribution Grid Solutions
- Having an end-to-end solution perspective, requiring collaboration with hardware and software development teams
- Developing and owning strategic partnerships
- Collaborates with global R&D and Product Management teams
- Owns financial performance and reporting for product portfolio
Required Skills
Drives and contributes to Landis+Gyr’s New Product Introduction (NPI) process. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Interprets customer requirements and translates to clear product requirements and use cases in PRDs.
- Supports R&D feasibility/traceability reviews.
- Develops complex business cases.
- Works with commercial operations and finance to develop pricing strategies.
- Works with Technical Training to develop Product Documentation and Training.
- Collaborates with Sales and Marketing on Launch Plans.
- Works in partnership with Project Management Organization (PMO) to manage cost and timeline expectations.
- Presents to Executive Project Governance Boards for stage gate reviews and Change Controls.
- Provides market research for addressing market and/or business needs for a product, including awareness of market trends and direction.
- Supports sales with “Commercial Packages” describing in detail end-to-end solution offerings.
- Works with Landis+Gyr’s Solution Architecture Group on new product concepts and sales opportunities.
- Serves as Subject Matter Expert for Network Management and Network Monitoring.
- Develops customer communications (e.g. Customer Information Letters, Product Updates, Release Notes).
- Supports commercial opportunities by answering proposals and strategically positioning products and product features.
- Contributes to business reviews and planning sessions.
- Supports Landis+Gyr’s quality processes.
- Presents at industry events, internal sales meetings, Landis+Gyr’s Exchange, and customer specific meetings.
- Represents Landis+Gyr in a positive, professional and enthusiastic manner when working with both external and internal customers.
- Manages sustainment of existing product offerings.
- Supports and adheres to Company’s core values.
- Performs other duties or responsibilities as assigned or required.
Required Experience
- Understanding of IoT Network solutions.
- Understanding of IT architectures.
- Understanding of electric utility grid sensors and controllers, Distribution Automation (DA) and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) solutions
- Understanding of existing and emerging wireless communication technologies
- Ability to develop and execute strategic partnership agreements
- Understanding of business fundamentals – roles of various departments in the organization: marketing, sales, economics, manufacturing, business management, engineering.
- Interpersonal communications skills.
- Effective use of group and team facilitation skills.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills, including experience in public speaking.
- Organizational skills including prioritization and resource deployment.
- Commitment to task and accountability.
- Computer skills including Microsoft Office applications for word processing, spreadsheets and presentations.
- Team building and leadership skills.
- Ability to influence individuals and organizations not under a direct reporting relationship.
- Language skills appropriate to the ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures and government regulations.
- Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals.
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers and the general public.
- Ability to work with and apply mathematical concepts such as probability, statistical inference, fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract or concrete variables.
- Bachelor of Science (BS) Degree (e.g. Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science); MBA a plus
- 8 to 10 years in a Product Management or technical role related to IoT Network Solutions; experience in the Utility/Energy Management industry preferred
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