Senior Product Manager 905
Senior Product Manager 905
Anchorage, Alaska
The Product Manager manages the full life-cycle of assigned products and services to meet the Company's revenue, profit, and other objectives. This includes managing, promoting, directing, planning, and coordinating activities for a specific product line and ensures synergy between product line managers to ensure that product line objectives are accomplished within prescribed time frame and parameters.
The Position
o Analyze the competitive market, existing and emerging technologies, and the Company's available and potential resources in the context of the Company's objectives. Lead development of market strategy recommendations using sales, engineering, operations, product management, and other appropriate resources. Present recommendations to executive management and refine strategies as required.
o Responsible for day-to-day Product Management Team by coordinating staffing and planning to accomplish business strategies outlined by the Director, Product Development. Assist with setting direction, strategy and work plan for Product Management operations, identifying resources, developing and implementing programs to achieve business initiatives, and coaching and mentoring staff to their full potential.
o Coordinate with engineering and operations and use market, technology, and Company resource analyses to develop and price products that will exceed customer expectations and meet or exceed the Company's revenue, profit, branding, and market share objectives.
oEnsure new products meet the Company's goals, are viable, and consistent with our marketing strategy by developing and testing business cases prior to product development. Test products prior to deployment to ensure operations are geared to provide required support. Identify problems or potential problems with the product or support and direct or coordinate fixes.
o Product Deployment: Manage product deployment, to include ensuring operational support is in place, providing training to customer-facing personnel, issuing appropriate internal communications, overseeing advertising and other market communications, monitoring products operational performance and market reception, identify problems or potential problems, and directing or coordinating corrective action. Practice sound project management, to include documenting key milestones, deadlines, assignments, progress, and other relevant factors.
o Manage products on an ongoing basis to exceed customer expectations and meet or exceed the Company's objectives. Direct market and internal analyses to assess product performance, pricing and market effectiveness. Identify problems or potential problems and direct or coordinate corrective action.
o Develop sales channel strategies to support the Company's marketing strategy and other objectives, and oversee deployment and ongoing management.
o Develop and execute procurement strategies to meet the Company's marketing strategy and other objectives. Develop and manage effective working relationships with vendors.
o Analyze products, and develop marketing strategies for implementation. Coordinate with advertising agencies, sales persons and operations staff to create positive marketing exposure.
o Maintain accurate files and database information on all contacts, analysis and other Company data resources. Maintains a record of work in progress that can be understood by others.
o Other duties as assigned.
POSITION QUALIFICATIONS
o Must have excellent oral and written communications skills. Able to succinctly describe status of business.
o Ability to use thinking and reasoning in gathering raw data and processing that data into a meaningful form.
o Strong business acumen, ability to lead others with top notch business concepts and issues
o Ability to manage to the P&L
o Ability to organize and direct a project to completion.
o Ability to prepare and deliver professional presentations to customers.
The ideal candidate will have the following:
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
Broadband or Managed IT Services
Demonstrated proficiency in MS Project, Microsoft Office Suite including Word, Excel, Access and Outlook.
Four years of experience in Product Management, Marketing, Sales, IT, Business Administration, Engineering or equivalent field, with a minimum of two (2) years in the telecommunications industry, resulting in demonstrable project management experience and proficiency in developing and implementing marketing strategy.
Experience must include 1 year of supervisory experience.
A minimum of 7 years of experience in Product Management
A minimum of 3 years in the telecommunications industry
Relocation availableEstimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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