Senior Manager, Portfolio Management; Hybrid

Overview:
At Zebra, we are a community of innovators who come together to create new ways of working. United by curiosity and a culture of caring, we develop smart solutions that anticipate our customer’s and partner’s needs and solve their challenges. Being part of Zebra Nation means you are seen, heard, valued, and respected. Drawing from our unique perspectives, we collaborate to deliver on our purpose.

Here you are part of a team pushing boundaries today to redefine the work of tomorrow for organizations, their employees, and those they serve. You’ll have opportunities to learn and lead in a forward-thinking environment, defining your path to a fulfilling career while channeling your skills toward causes you care about—locally and globally. Come make an impact every day at Zebra.

Responsibilities:
Oversees a team of subordinate Portfolio Managers, providing direction, coaching and support to ensure successful execution against aligned objectives for assigned service offers and product lifecycle programs including tactical enablement, managing custom requirements, Product Line transitions and discontinuations Recommend and oversee development and execution of a strategy for assigned portfolio, using comprehensive knowledge of market, competitive landscape, customer requirements, distribution channels, and Zebra offerings.

Anticipates market and customer requirements for an assigned product line / portfolio. Oversees and approve subordinate VOC and competitive landscape activities, and beta planning. Monitors target markets and identify opportunities for innovation. May manage a portfolio directly, working autonomously to develop and present business case by completing supportive research, authoring slides and delivering presentations to internal and external audiences, routinely including senior management.

Monitor and report business metrics against plan. Recommends metrics to assess business performance. Fully accountable for IBP inputs. Develops documentation of product and market requirements. Manages and approves development of documentation of product and market requirements for portfolio. Owns product lifecycle management for assigned Product lines / families of moderate to high complexity, including tactical execution, managing custom requirements, developing and driving end of life plans and execution of inventory objectives.

Demonstrates full knowledge of development process. May delegate and oversee the work of Portfolio Manager 1 or 2 level team members in executing tactical objectives to support execution to strategy. Contributes to 3–5-year roadmap development process and makes recommendations on the long-term strategy for the product line. Approves pricing strategy and product price to maximize sales and profitability. Manages promotion strategy recommendations by working in collaboration with Product Marketing department.

Approves recommendations to influence distribution strategy to meet reach market needs. Reviews and approves product training materials for use with sales, sales engineers, technical support and other internal and external stakeholders. Works closely with development teams and other key stakeholders to oversee new service development validating development is on spec. Identifies beta site targets, drafts and implements plans. Monitors financial performance of product lines and makes recommendations for pricing action against revenue and margin objectives.

Sets target product costs for new products. Evaluates cost reduction initiatives working in concert with Sustaining Engineering, Finance and other internal partners. Approves and manages execution against cost reduction initiatives working in concert with Sustaining…