Product Manager

About the Role

As the Product Manager, this individual will be responsible for managing the lifecycle and supporting Product Management on product strategy for Landis+Gyr’s Grid Intelligence portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

• Contributes to Landis+Gyr’s New Product Introduction (NPI) process.
• Interprets customer requirements and translates to clear product requirements and use cases in Product Requirement Documents (PRDs).
• Supports R&D feasibility/traceability reviews.
• Works with Technical Training to develop Product Documentation and Training.
• Create and maintain Product Catalog Information.
• Works in partnership with Project Management Organization (PMO) to manage cost and timeline expectations.
• Represents Product Management on manufacturing related initiatives and activities for roles related to hardware portfolio.
• Understands market research for addressing market and/or business needs for a product, including awareness of market trends, direction and competition landscape.
• Develop customer communications (e.g. Customer Information Letters, Product Updates, Release Notes).
• Ensures all parts of the organization are properly educated on product feature/functionality.
• Contributes to business reviews and planning sessions.
• Supports Landis+Gyr’s quality processes.
• Support for industry events, internal sales meetings, Landis+Gyr’s Exchange, and customer specific meetings.
• Owns the management of sustainment of existing product offerings.
• Supports and adheres to Company’s core values.
• Performs other duties or responsibilities as assigned or required.
• Supports and adheres to Company’s Code of Conduct and Ethics Policy.
• Represents Company in a positive, professional manner when working with both internal and external customers.
• Work alongside cross functional teams to develop and execute the overall strategy for assigned product.
• Works on assigned product dependencies and interrelationships to deliver a complete customer solution (hardware/software) rather than just a “Product”.
• Collaboration with R&D, Deployment, Sales and Marketing, and Supply Chain teams.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Thorough understanding of business fundamentals – roles of various departments in the organization: marketing, sales, economics, manufacturing, business management, engineering.
• Understanding of Internet of Things (IoT) and/or basic knowledge of utility space.
• Basic knowledge of existing and emerging software development technologies for roles related to software portfolio.
• Critical thinking, communication and analytical skills.
• Agile software development process experience for roles related to software portfolio.
• Understanding of marketing concepts/market research.
• Superior computer skills including Microsoft Office applications for word processing, spreadsheets and presentations.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills, including experience in public speaking.
• Organizational skills including prioritization, project management and resource deployment.
• Ability to influence individuals and organizations not under a direct reporting relationship.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree; preferably in engineering or computer science.
• Formal Product Management training, such as Pragmatic Marketing, and/or New Product Introduction (NPI) process is desired.
• A combination of education and experience may be considered.