Technical Product Manager 2

Description

Develop and execute the product strategy, technical roadmap, and value proposition for custom and standard embedded computing system products within the Product and Portfolio Management team. This role serves as a technical product owner for assigned products, translating customer, market, regulatory, and engineering inputs into clear product requirements, system-level specifications, technical positioning, and lifecycle plans. The role requires close collaboration with engineering, sales, marketing, operations, quality, and global Kontron product teams to ensure products meet customer technical requirements, financial objectives, manufacturability expectations, and long-term lifecycle support needs.

Responsibilities include technical requirements definition, competitive and technology analysis, pricing and configuration support, inventory and lifecycle management, support for product messaging and technical collateral, and customer-facing engagement for complex embedded computing opportunities.

Define the product strategy, technical roadmap, and go-to-market approach for assigned embedded computing products, including revenue, margin, pricing, cost, lifecycle, and technical adoption objectives;

• Translate customer, market, and sales inputs into clear technical product requirements, system-level use cases, prioritized features, and engineering-ready specifications;
• Work closely with engineering teams to evaluate system architecture, platform fit, processor technology, I/O requirements, thermal considerations, mechanical constraints, power requirements, firmware/software dependencies, and product configuration options;
• Support technical feasibility reviews, design trade-off discussions, product configuration decisions, and customer-specific solution definition for custom system opportunities;
• Deliver a clear technical and commercial value proposition that can be used by Sales and Marketing to generate qualified demand and support growth for the assigned product line;
• Maintain close relationships with customers, sales, field application engineers, and R&D to understand current and future needs related to embedded computing platforms, rugged systems, edge computing, AI-enabled systems, networking, storage, and lifecycle requirements;
• Support early adopter programs, evaluation units, prototypes, and minimum viable products to validate product-market fit, technical assumptions, and customer value proposition;
• Collaborate with sales, business development, and engineering to identify target customers, define engagement strategies, and support technical customer acquisition activities;
• Participate in customer discovery, technical discussions, product demonstrations, trade show support, webinars, videos, and other lead- generating activities as the product subject matter expert;
• Serve as a subject matter expert on assigned products, key technologies, competitive products, product architectures, customer applications, and market trends;
• Work closely with Product Management at other Kontron entities such as Kontron Europe, Kontron Asia, and Kontron Slovenia to align product positioning, roadmap inputs, technical configuration details, and regional requirements;
• Manage assigned products with support from the Kontron entity responsible for product design and development, including lifecycle status, engineering change coordination, documentation readiness, and customer communication;
• Conduct competitive analysis of companies offering similar or identical embedded computing, rugged system, edge computing, or integrated platform solutions;
• Maintain and improve product lifecycle management processes, including new product introduction, engineering change review, end-of-life planning, sustaining product support, and portfolio rationalization;
• Ensure product pricing, roadmaps, configuration guidance, datasheets, technical presentations, and sales tools are current and available to North America sales and marketing teams;
• Maintain local evaluation stock and coordinate sample availability to support customer testing, technical evaluations, and early-stage application validation;
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