What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Manager of Product Management position at Career Connections, LLC.?
Senior Manager, Product Management
The Sr. Mgr, Automotive Differential Portfolio will be responsible for the global product portfolio of Differential Data Connectivity products within Automotive. Other responsibilities include: revenue, standard cost, driving growth, OI, product portfolio management, resource allocation, and product definition with key applications for the Data Connectivity Differential product line.
The person hired for this role will partner closely with the regional Data Connectivity Product Management leaders and teams as well as key stakeholders. Also, they will work cross-functionally with regional and global leaders from Sales, Operations, Project and Program Management, Procurement, Manufacturing and Product Engineering.
The role will focus on two (2) main areas:
- strategic portfolio management
- “hands-on” execution drive (go-to-market and margin improvements)
Key Tasks
- Strategic Portfolio Management for the global Data Connectivity Differential product portfolio by understanding the various regional customer requirements and aligning the different regional organizations on a single Differential Portfolio Strategy
- Foster best practice sharing between regions enabling successful margin improvements and revenue growth
- Support of regional project execution with a focus on cross-regional and large strategic projects
- Build culture of continuous improvement, which leverages best practice processes and metrics to drive year-over-year improvements by partnering with operations including optimization of global manufacturing footprints as well as driving product management excellence
- Driving the coordination of go-to-market strategies and cross-regional activities
- Gaining market share with data connectivity differential products
- Build out product roadmaps in technically complex market environments, aligning with key accounts and create differentiation in target applications.
- Assess and articulate opportunities with new technological trends ensuring long-term continuous pipeline growth and enabling sales force to capture and secure new opportunities.
Required experience
- Technical or Business degree required
- >10 years of overall experience
- >5 years of experience in Product Management in the Automotive industry (Automotive Connectors, experience in Data Connectivity Products preferred)
- Proven commercial and leadership track record to drive regional/global market share gains, including sales, operations, and engineering teams
- Strong experience with customer exposure at the senior executive level in a fast-paced and changing environment with the ability to meet tight deadlines.
- Proven financial acumen in evaluating project and program financials
- Demonstrated experience successfully scaling newly launched product portfolios.
- Up to 30% of domestic and international travel dependent on business needs are required.
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If you meet the above criteria, please send an email to brian@careerconnections-us.com including a copy of your resume as well as a short paragraph or two highlighting your experience specifically with Data Connectivity products.