Senior Engineering Product Manager

Responsibilities

Kforce's client, a growing engineering technology company in the Phoenix, AZ area is seeking a Senior Engineering Product Manager to own the strategy, roadmap, and lifecycle of a portfolio of hardware and software-enabled products. We are working directly with the hiring manager on this search. This role is onsite, 5 days per week. Summary: This is a highly cross-functional position partnering with Electrical, Mechanical, Embedded Software, Sales, Marketing, Operations, and Program Management teams. The Senior Engineering Product Manager will translate customer and market needs into product requirements and drive products from initial concept and development through commercialization, sustaining, and end-of-life. The company offers a competitive compensation package including base salary, generous annual bonus, PTO, 401(k) matching, and additional benefits. Key Responsibilities:

• Own the product roadmap and full lifecycle for assigned hardware and software-enabled products, including new product introduction, pricing, refreshes, prioritization, sunsetting, and end-of-life
• Develop product strategies, business plans, and business cases for new product opportunities
• Gather customer and market requirements and translate them into Market Requirements Documents (MRDs), technical requirements, and product specifications
• Partner closely with Electrical, Mechanical, and Embedded Software Engineering teams to prioritize development efforts and ensure products meet customer and requirements
• Drive product definition and roadmap development, balancing customer needs, commercial objectives, technical feasibility, and user experience
• Partner with Sales and Operations on forecasting, commercialization planning, and product launches
• Develop and support go-to-market strategies, product positioning, competitive analysis, and customer value propositions
  
  

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering preferred; Business Administration, Marketing, or a related field will also be considered
• 5 years of product management experience, preferably with commercial electronics, electro-mechanical systems, connected devices, or other hardware-based products
• Required experience managing products that combine both hardware and software
• Experience gathering customer and market requirements and developing MRDs and product requirements
• Strong experience with product definition, roadmaps, and full product lifecycle management
• Experience working directly with engineering organizations, ideally including Electrical, Mechanical, and Embedded Software teams
• Demonstrated experience taking products from concept and requirements definition through development, launch, commercialization, sustaining, and end-of-life
• Experience with market research, competitive analysis, commercialization planning, and product positioning
• Experience developing or supporting go-to-market strategies strongly preferred
• Experience within a manufacturing, electronics, or engineered-product environment preferred
• Strong business-case, financial, and analytical skills
• Excellent presentation, communication, negotiation, and stakeholder-management abilities
• Experience with IoT, Bluetooth/BLE, connected devices, or interconnected hardware products is a plus
  
  

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

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