Global Product Manager

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Department Overview
The Devices Product Management team has end-to-end ownership of the product definition, planning, delivery and sunset of the entire product portfolio.

The product managers work with cross-functional teams including engineering, supply chain, marketing and sales for the definition and on time delivery of the product.

The team is responsible for the overall product requirements, value proposition, KSPs, metrics, business case and market launch of the product.

Job Description

The product manager will be responsible for the strategy, roadmap, and feature definition for Motorola’s Device portfolio including interfacing with engineering, supply chain, marketing, sales and finance.

The product manager analyzes market and competitive conditions and lays out a product vision that is differentiated and delivers unique value based on customer demands. The role of the product manager spans many activities from strategic to tactical and provides cross-functional leadership — bridging gaps within the company between different functions, especially between development, sales and marketing, and support.

The product manager is the person responsible for defining the ‘why’, ‘what,’ ‘where’, and ‘when’ of the product that the development team will build. They are the owner of their product – which means they lead cross-functional teams from a product’s conception through to its launch.

Product management responsibilities include:

Product Strategy

The product manager is responsible for setting a product vision and strategy. Their job is to clearly articulate the business value to the product team so they understand the intent behind the new product or product release. They own the strategy behind the product along with its roadmap and must work with development to define, prioritize and build what matters.

• Create and manage the product portfolio, roadmap, vision and backlog

• Identify customer needs and market requirements

• Evaluate competitive intelligence

• Define financial goals

• Create business plans and proposals for new initiatives

• Strategic partner and third party supplier management

Product Releases

Product managers must plan for what their teams will deliver and when they will deliver it. The product manager owns the HW and SW release aspects of the product. Release responsibilities include managing HW and SW features and dependencies in and across releases, product and support teams; and managing releases with phases and milestones.

• Establish vision and goals for releases

• Define market offer and structure

• Work with enablement organizations to make products orderable and deliverable

• Define and support implementation of training, support and deployment requirements

• Manage risks and resolve issues that affect release scope, schedule and quality

• Coordinate overall release project and schedule

Product Visioning

Collecting, curating, and promoting the most relevant ideas into features. Defining which ideas should be promoted to features to achieve key objectives for the product line and business. Soliciting feedback and requests from customers and field teams and ensuring this is seamlessly integrated into the product planning and development processes.

• Gather customer and sales feedback

• Gather voice of customer…