Global Product Manager

Company Overview

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Department Overview

The Devices Product Management team has end-to-end ownership of the product definition, planning, delivery and sunset of the entire product portfolio.

The product managers work with cross-functional teams including engineering, supply chain, marketing and sales for the definition and on time delivery of the product.

The team is responsible for the overall product requirements, value proposition, KSPs, metrics, business case and market launch of the product.

Job Description

The product manager will be responsible for the strategy, roadmap, and feature definition for Motorola's Device portfolio including interfacing with engineering, supply chain, marketing, sales and finance.

The product manager analyzes market and competitive conditions and lays out a product vision that is differentiated and delivers unique value based on customer demands. The role of the product manager spans many activities from strategic to tactical and provides cross-functional leadership — bridging gaps within the company between different functions, especially between development, sales and marketing, and support.

The product manager is the person responsible for defining the ‘why’, ‘what,’ ‘where’, and ‘when’ of the product that the development team will build. They are the owner of their product -- which means they lead cross-functional teams from a product's conception through to its launch.

Product management responsibilities include:

Product Strategy

The product manager is responsible for setting a product vision and strategy. Their job is to clearly articulate the business value to the product team so they understand the intent behind the new product or product release. They own the strategy behind the product along with its roadmap and must work with development to define, prioritize and build what matters.

• Create and manage the product portfolio, roadmap, vision and backlog

• Identify customer needs and market requirements

• Evaluate competitive intelligence

• Define financial goals

• Create business plans and proposals for new initiatives

• Strategic partner and third party supplier management

Product Releases

Product managers must plan for what their teams will deliver and when they will deliver it. The product manager owns the HW and SW release aspects of the product. Release responsibilities include managing HW and SW features and dependencies in and across releases, product and support teams; and managing releases with phases and milestones.

• Establish vision and goals for releases

• Define market offer and structure

• Work with enablement organizations to make products orderable and deliverable

• Define and support implementation of training, support and deployment requirements

• Manage risks and resolve issues that affect release scope, schedule and quality

• Coordinate overall release project and schedule

Product Visioning

Collecting, curating, and promoting the most relevant ideas into features. Defining which ideas should be promoted to features to achieve key objectives for the product line and business. Soliciting feedback and requests from customers and field teams and ensuring this is seamlessly integrated into the product planning and development processes.

• Gather customer and sales feedback

• Gather voice of customer input

Feature Definition

The product manager defines the features and requirements necessary to deliver a complete product to market and lead the product team to success. They are responsible for articulating the ‘why’ and ‘what’, working with go to market to determine the ‘where’, and working with development to determine the ‘when’.

• Create user stories and scenarios

• Direct and approve UI/UX activities

• Define acceptance criteria, KPIs and SLAs

Go-to-market Support

Responsible for making product decisions and often is the lead resource for the rest of the organization when deep product expertise is required. This includes supporting the organizations that help bring the product to market and work directly with customers including marketing, sales, training and support services.

• Facilitate sales and channel training

• Assist pre-sales with custom project requests

• Define and ensure implementation of GTM assets including demo environments, training materials, and presentations

• Demonstrate new pre-release features

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Target Base Salary Range: $110,100 - $146,200 USD

Consistent with Motorola Solutions values and applicable law, we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Pay within this range varies and depends on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree, MBA or other graduate degree

• 10+ years progressive, relevant technology experience in engineering or Product Planning/Product Marketing/Product Management

Travel Requirements

None

Relocation Provided

None

Position Type

Experienced

Referral Payment Plan

Yes

Our U.S. Benefits include:

• Incentive Bonus Plans

• Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

• 401K with Company Match

• 10 Paid Holidays

• Generous Paid Time Off Packages

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

• Paid Parental & Family Leave

• and more!

EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic.

We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.

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