Description :
Job Title: Product Manager
Job Category: Marketing
Product: Hardware
Date Posted: 07/16/2008
Job Code: 237050
Location: WA - Redmond
Travel Required:
If you want to shape the product direction for cool new consumer devices that people use every day to enrich their lives, than the Hardware Business Unit is the place for you. We ship tens of millions of products every year around the world that people use to communicate with friends and family, play games, listen to music, watch movies, and of course to be more productive.
As the Gaming Product Line Manger you will have the opportunity to:
Define the strategy for the gaming product line and plan the three year product roadmap
Develop product definition and priority for new products
Build comprehensive business cases for product investments; modeling volumes, price, channel margin, product COGS, development effort, and manufacturing costs
Set goals and performance metrics for product development programs
Define customer scenarios and value propositions
Conduct consumer needs and purchase behavior research
Evaluate and anticipate competitive actions
Evaluate usability research to guide design and user interaction models
Guide industrial design to prioritize performance, comfort, and design
Provide communications and messaging support for packaging and PR
Work with the global sales organization to understand the product needs of different markets and channels. You will have the additional responsibility for building deep knowledge of the unique product needs for Emerging Markets and potentially looking at creative way to deliver these products.
Qualifications: The ideal candidate will have 4-6 years of consumer marketing or planning experience defining new products, working with product development teams to deliver those products, and have a demonstrated knowledge of business financial analysis to evaluate the financial health of new opportunities and the product line. In addition, this person will have excellent written and verbal communication skills. An MBA and an understanding of technology are highly preferred. Top success factors include Cross-Group Collaboration, Decision Making, Teamwork, Strategic Thinking, Problem Solving, Negotiation Skills, and Conflict Management.
