Director, Product Management

Company: IP Infusion
Location: Santa Clara
Posted on: January 11, 2021

Job Description:

In this job role you will have the unique opportunity to drive the implementation of new products in support of recent strategic partnership with AT&T, (a key global telecom company). This role is key in defining the products and leading the product development resulting from this joint venture. The ideal candidate will be a dynamic individual able to drive initiatives across internal teams, deliver high quality products and ensure timelines are met. In this role you will have both a strategic and operational focus.

• Drive the design and delivery of key new products.
• Develop product requirements and roadmaps.
• Develop strategic marketing plans for a product or product line through market research, competitive analysis, pricing, customer engagement, and business planning.
• Drive new business and opportunities for the IPI
• Develop new product feature and functionality in partnership with Engineering
• Provide customer use-case examples to engineering and act as the primary bridge between customer feedback and requirements and R&D
• Drive resolution of customer satisfaction issues.
• Manage issues associated with ordering of product, systems and tools, and manufacturing supply.
• Forecast and help drive opportunities for product lines with annual revenues from $10 M to $ 100 M
• Identify areas for growth and create strategic product line roadmaps to help drive adoption of the product and differentiating features.
• Aid and drive competitive marketing campaigns with Outbound Product Marketing and Channel Sales to ensure IPI's market share and profitability including help with press releases, launch materials, customer presentations, videos, PodCasts, and sales training materials Skills Required:
  • Experience working with global, multi-disciplinary teams.
  • Exceptional problem solving and negotiation skills with proven ability to work across organizational boundaries to drive closure of complex delivery challenges.
  • Strong business acumen and technical background with the ability to quickly understand and communicate technical concepts and challenges across a wide range of audiences.
  • Experience leading global, multidisciplinary teams in change intensive environments.
  • Self-motivated and highly ambitious
  • Strong presentation skills, adept business knowledge, organizational abilities
  • Strong written and verbal communication
  • Excellent teamwork and people skills
  • Ability to manage multiple tasks and work towards long-term goals
  • Flexibility and openness to change
  • Technical MBA or advanced degree preferred
  • You have demonstrated experience in product portfolio management for Service Provider Switching and Routing product category at a data networking OEM
  • In-depth knowledge of data networking technologies and industry trends
  • Demonstrated ability to negotiate and influence actions of team members outside of the function
  • Strategic and creative thinker with a strong affinity working with data
  • Ability to lead, create and execute within cross-functional team environments
  • 7+ years' experience managing service provider networking product lines from start to finish with superior results in a Data Networking OEM a strong plus. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:
    • Master's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related field. You have been redirected to a IP Infusion Inc. job page

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