Manager, Product Management

As a member of the Product Management team, you will work closely with the team of Product Managers, Product Marketers, Engineering, Marketing Communication, Field Service & Support, and Sales. You will assist in defining, developing, and deploying the go-to-market strategy for Cognex Products and Solutions. This includes analyzing market research, presenting proposed solutions to internal stakeholders, mapping customer experience, executing release plans, and developing the skill level of the deployment team and partner integrators.
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* Job Summary:

** In this role, you will work with Sales to identify customer technical needs, prioritize impactful projects, and develop strategies that meet application requirements and align with Cognex’s goals. You’ll help create project proposals by evaluating technical feasibility, costs, and profitability. Your market research and project experience will guide future product development, ensuring Cognex products address the changing logistics and automation markets.

Key Responsibilities:

Responsible for introducing new products for logistics, focusing on Machine Vision Solutions. This involves strategy development and leading engineering, operations, marketing through product requirements, concept, creation and market introduction.

Work with sales and product marketing to strategically capture technical and commercial market requirements, constructively relaying into a product plan with reliable data which can be used to prioritize product development and strategic initiatives.
** Cross-Functional Integration:
*** Collaborate with each of the engineering departments in Cognex to ensure the product plans and proposed solutions reflect the needs of the evolving Logistics market.
** Team Leadership:
*** Track KPI’s which enable us to drive intelligent business decisions that are aimed towards the department targets
* Guide, coach, and mentor team members to achieve individual and team goal
** Influence and Communication:
*** Working knowledge of machine vision, industrial programming, signal processing, lighting and optics in industrial settings and processes preferred
* Highly influential and able to get work done through others in a cross functional team environment
* Keen desire to learn and understand the business and productizing elements that surrounding the market technology
* Capable of filtering relevant information for data analysis, and able to identify key business and technical information and able to identify immediate risks

Directly work with customers, sales and local field engineers to validate products in real use-case runtime environments.

Liaise between departments as the product subject matter expert for technical application knowledge Provide outreach support for sales including the creation and delivery of presentations, demonstrations, tools and materials which support the promotion of product line introductions and technology education
** Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
** 5 years of Product Management Experience Engineering, SCRUM management, and or sales experience desired

Excellent verbal and written communication skills
* Bachelor’s Degree in Technical Discipline or MBA preferred

Cognex believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is $106,00 USD - $229,000 USD. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range, or be above or below the range, based on factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, professional achievement, business need, and location. In addition to base salary, employees will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, or a sales incentive plan.

This position provides a comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, and vision insurance; a 401(k) retirement plan with company matching; employer-paid disability, family leave, and life insurance; paid time off (including holidays); optional voluntary benefits; as well as recognition and wellness programs
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