PLM and OEM Partnerships Manager #1318

Looking for a Technical Product Line Manager to lead our new networking access products and manage OEM partnerships.

The Product Line Manager is responsible for the product line planning and execution throughout the product lifecycle, including - definition of the product roadmap, prioritizing requirements for short and long term and working closely with R&D, business development, solution management, sales, marketing, operations, and OEM vendors.

Opportunity to work remotely, one day a week.

Responsibilities:

• Own the product’s lifecycle from strategic planning to tactical activities
• Analyze customer use cases, market requirements and competition
• Define product functionality through technical specs and use cases, verify the successful execution of tasks, and ensure high-quality end-to-end product delivery
• Work closely with R&D, operations, marketing and sales teams to enhance the product and adapt it to customer needs
• For OEM products – Fully owning the relationship with the vendors to assure proper management and support of the products during the full lifecycle, including product specs, adaptations to specific requirements, commercial and operational terms and on-going support of Sales opportunities and projects.
• Guide and create product and marketing collaterals, including customer presentations, webinars, brochures, white papers, documentation, and training material
• Partner with customer account teams to support sales efforts and maximize wins.
• Reporting to VP Product & Marketing.

Requirements:

• BSc. in computer engineering or a similar technical degree (MBA preferred)
• Over 5 years’ experience as a Product Manager of hardware and software products
• Experience with OEM management.
• Experience and deep understanding of Telecom domain, networking, especially IP routing protocols and related technologies
• A self-starter, makes things happen
• Leadership and comfortable working in a cross-functional role, with a distributed, global team
• Commercial negotiation skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills