Senior Product Line Manager - T&M and Private 5G Network

Test & Measurement And Private 5G Network Senior Product Manager

Infinite Electronics Inc., a global manufacturer of engineered connectivity solutions and services, is seeking to fill a Test & Measurement and Private 5G Network Senior Product Manager position. This position drives the profitable organic growth of the RF Components (RF Actives and Passives) product lines, by defining and executing the new product vision and roadmap in line with the Business Unit strategy.

This position requires an in-depth knowledge of the RF Components products and their markets, applications, customers, suppliers, and competitors, developed by spending a significant amount of time outside Infinite Electronics. The Senior Product Manager finds the problems of his/her assigned markets and customers' pain points and unmet needs. He/she uses this information to develop a product roadmap with sustainable competitive advantage to Infinite, defines new innovative and differentiated products, elaborates business cases and commercializes these products by collaborating with all stakeholders.

Essential duties and responsibilities include:

• Reporting to the Vice President of Product Management and is responsible for the RF Components product lines.
• Owning the product strategy, technology, and new products roadmap, and commercialization.
• Identifying market growth drivers, trends, problems, customers' unmet needs and pain points, and must win opportunities.
• Collecting, analyzing and utilizing publicly available information, attending industry events, and trade shows and actively participating in standard committees.
• Creating Infinite's products solutions for the Test & Measurement and Private 5G Network markets and applications.
• Elaborating the product strategy aligned with the Business Unit strategy, gathering new product ideas, creating technology and new product roadmap, business case, and go to market strategy, including definition of new products, identification of lead customers/early adopters, negotiation with partners, and pricing strategy.
• Assessing market size, competitors, market share, creating leverage matrix (key success factors), Market Requirement Documents (MRD), Product Requirement Documents (PRD), business cases, and formulating product benefits and value proposition.
• Working with sales in developing strategies to successfully win key opportunities.
• Building in-depth relationships with customers, partners, and suppliers in the Test & Measurement and Private 5G Network markets.
• Overseeing the development of the technical and commercial collateral.
• Providing technical product support and training for sales, distributors, customers, and other departments as needed.
• Reviewing regularly and improving roadmap data in Aha and ensuring compliance with the defined process.

Key requirements include:

• Bachelor's degree in electrical or mechanical engineering, with specialization in RF Components products.
• 15+ years of working experience in Product Management, with earlier roles in Business Development, Sales, or Application Engineering for RF Components products.
• Established relations with key players (customers, third parties, distribution, trade associations…) in the Test & Measurement and Private 5G Network markets.
• Strong technical expertise and in-depth understanding of the Test & Measurement and Private 5G Network industry landscape, dynamics, value chain, pricing structures, technology, and trends related to the product lines.
• Documented success with the development and execution of product strategies and roadmaps.
• Demonstrated history of commercial success with new products.
• Proven ability to create and present complex business cases to C-Suite.
• Regular practice of financial models, market-based pricing, and stage gate process.
• Willing to travel 50% or more of his/her time.
• MS Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook) ability.

Preferred requirements include:

• Master's degree in electrical or mechanical engineering
• MBA or master's in business management.
• Negotiation of customer and supplier agreement.
• Experience with roadmapping tools.
• High level of comfort with online marketing and ecommerce.
• Private labelling experience.
• Database management tools' ability.
• Relations with key players (customers, third parties, distribution, trade associations…) in the Mil Aero market.

Personal traits and characteristics include:

• Entrepreneurial minded with a bias for action, sense of urgency, adaptability, and common sense.
• Ability to view issues from multiple perspectives, and to keep the "big picture" in focus.
• Strong leadership skills in multi-tasking and leading multidisciplinary teams in a matrix organization.
• Self-starter with ability to effectively prioritize competing deliverables and meet deadlines for the team and self.
• Hands-on, detail-oriented, highly analytical and organized with excellent follow-up and problem-solving skills.
• Must have strong negotiation, communication, organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to develop key relationships, both internal and external.

Environment:

Infinite Electronics currently employs a hybrid schedule, work-from-home rotation. This policy may change in the future, and candidates would have to adapt to the new policy.

Accommodation:

Candidates for the position should be able to perform essential job duties in the described work environment with or without accommodation. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

Infinite Electronics is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, age, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to building a diverse workforce and we actively encourage women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans to apply.