Senior Technical Product Manager - Network and Security

Company Description

LG Electronics is a global technology leader with operations in over 100 countries, creating life-enriching, innovative products and solutions in Home Appliance, Residential and Commercial HVAC, Vehicle Components and Automotive Solutions, Smart Factories, Information Display, IT, and Home Entertainment.

Role Description

LG Electronics' Information Display Division is seeking a Senior Technical Product Manager – Networks/Security to join our rapidly-growing Software Solutions business.

The Senior Technical Product Manager – Networks and Security, will be serving as our subject matter expert for enterprise-level networking and information security as it relates to the deployment and integration of LG's digital signage hardware and Cloud remote monitoring/control (RMS) and content management (CMS) software in Enterprise, Operational Technology, Retail, Healthcare, Transportation, and Government IT environments.

This is NOT an internal IT position administering internal systems. You will be representing LG in interfacing with our customers’ IT, information security, IT, and network administration teams at the world's largest corporations, and leading system integrators who manage large scale network of LG commercial displays used in everything from airport flight information/gate displays to indoor and drive-through digital menu boards at all major quick-service restaurants, to digital out of home (DOOH) advertising and retail media network in-store screens.

Principle Responsibilities:

• Lead the networking and security integration of LG software solutions with customer’s IT infrastructure.
• Recommend best cyber/information security policies to customers using LG digital signage and associated software.
• Author system and software requirements specifications with respect to advanced security, for the product planning and R&D teams.
• Assist customers in debugging, resolving field issues, and coming up with solutions for security and networking issues when integrating LG solutions.
• Strengthen LG software business competitiveness through the discovery of new solutions and driving proof-of-concept to for LG’s next generation software solution
• Collaborate with sales, marketing, product planning, and R&D, to develop next generation of secure solutions that keep up with industry networking and security protocols.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients by understanding their businesses, industries, and unique challenges, and proactively identifying and addressing their needs.
• Generate proposals, presentations, and other materials to effectively communicate LG’s networking and security advantage/value propositions to potential customers.
• Work closely with the sales team to ensure successful hand-off and implementation of new business opportunities, and to ensure client satisfaction and retention.
• Perform SWOT analysis of LG commercial displays and cloud SaaS in networking and security features/capabilities. Monitor market trends and competitive landscape to identify opportunities and threats and provide insights and recommendations to senior management. 
• Support the Software Solutions BDM team for onboarding new customers, product demos, trainings and webinars, and trade shows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems or related field is required.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in enterprise network design and architecture or overseeing enterprise network and security required.
• Direct experience in one or more of the following areas: IAM, PKI, SSO, EDR/XDR, Authentication, Encryption, Certificate management, mobile device management (MDM) and provisioning.
• In-dept understanding of networking protocols, TCP/IP, UDP, Multicast, WiFi, Firewall, RESTful API
• Ability to debug networking and communication issues
• Industrial OT and IoT cyber-security experience is a plus.
• SaaS and PaaS deployment and Data Orchestration experience is a plus
• Excellent verbal, written communication, and interpersonal skills, including the ability to build strong relationships with clients and internal stakeholders.
• Strong technical, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally for up to 1 week in duration and 10% of the time.
• US Citizens and Legal Permanent Residents only.

This is a permanent, on-site position located in the beautiful northern suburb of Lincolnshire, IL, approx. 35 minutes north of Chicago O’Hare airport. The Information Display division supplies commercial displays, DVLED, and Cloud software for remote monitoring/control and content management to SMB, Fortune 500, industrial, government and military, covering all verticals. The Software Solutions is a rapidly growing team with a "you own it" philosphy. We are like a high-octane startup but with the backing of a $65B a year parent company. Amongst the benefits are: second-to-none zero-cost healthcare covering you and your immediate family from day 1, generous 401K matching program, extensive PTO and federal holidays, and LG employee discount.

The no-AI pledge: we evaluate qualified candidates' CV and applications we receive without using AI screening. We conduct phone, video conference, and in-person interviews with real human beings -- the people you would be working with.

LG Electronics, U.S.A. Inc., and Zenith Electronics, LLC provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law. Further, the Company takes affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed and employees are treated fairly during employment without regard to any of the aforementioned characteristics.

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