Sr Director, Product Line Management

Overview

Rapiscan Systems, an OSI Systems, Inc. company, designs, manufactures and markets security and inspection systems worldwide. Our products are used to inspect baggage, cargo, people, vehicles and other objects for weapons, explosives, drugs and other contraband. Rapiscan Systems security and inspection devices can be found in a wide range of locations such as airports, border crossings, railway stations, sea ports and terminals, government and military installations, and nuclear facilities.

The Product Management (PLM) function brings a disciplined, business-oriented approach to product planning and portfolio management of their products to achieve business performance objectives. The position requires both business and technical acumen as well as the ability to provide cross‑functional leadership.

The Sr Director, Product Line Management will gain a deep understanding of customer applications, problems and needs in the target market segments through market research, competitive analysis, and meeting with customers as well as internal sales and marketing organizations. The Sr. Product Line Director must develop product line strategies across the Radiation Detection portfolio to meet short and long-range business objectives for revenue, growth, profitability, quality, and customer satisfaction.

The Sr. Product Line Director must be adept at creating and delivering reports and presentations for a senior management audience.

The Sr. Director will oversee all the Radiation products ranging from large vehicle scanning systems to handheld systems.

• Responsible for shaping the overarching product lines vision and driving the go‑to‑market execution across the Radiation Detection products.
• Provide overall focus, leadership and direction for assigned product lines/areas throughout the product lifecycle, in collaboration with engineering, operations and sales leadership.
• Work with other organizations to ensure that key issues facing the product line are addressed. Must be able to lead cross‑functional teams and exhibit strong decision making, considering the best interest of the product line and the overall business.

• Establish for each product line a clear vision, strategy, and road map to create successful product growth and profitability, collaborating with engineering. operations and sales teams.
• Evaluate new market, product opportunities; create and present business cases to support new product / product development recommendation.
• Understand and stay current with the industry landscape, including market trends, customer needs, competitors, and technology.

• Initiate development programs and develop Product Requirements Document.
• Engage with development team throughout the NPD cycle to work through trade‑offs and decisions.

• Product Management is responsible for defining and communicating the Product Offering, including product configurations, options, and pricing.
• Owns creation of product cost models (with support from finance)

• Works with Marketing to develop and execute go‑to‑market strategies for new products and launch products to the market place.
• Train sales on the product offerings

• Support quoting and bid/proposal efforts for all ‘non-standard’ product requests. (Non-standard product refers to any custom feature, or product / feature which is not yet fully released to sales). For ‘non-standard’ items, Product Management owns the creation of the Requirements and works with Engineering to establish thecost, and schedule estimates and Sales on the revenue and profit..

• Prioritize product…