What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Product Manager position at NAR?
Job Title: Associate Product Manager
Department: Product Management
Reports To: Director, Product Management
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
SUMMARY
The Associate Product Manager is responsible for assisting the Product Management team with product design, planning and execution throughout the product lifecycle, including gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, and working closely with operations, sales, marketing and support to ensure revenue and customer satisfaction goals are met. The Associate Product Manager will generally perform specific project-based activities and tasks to support the Product Management team and this is an entry level position.
ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES This is not an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities. Projects/duties may be modified/changed/added/deleted as needed.
- Serve as a primary point of contact for internal Sales, Customer Service, Production, Assembly, and Warehouse teams, resolving productrelated requests with Portfolio Product Manager guidance as needed.
- Process and execute daily productrelated tasks and reports, with a focus on accuracy, responsiveness, and efficiency.
- Support portfolio execution efforts aimed at revenue growth, customer expansion, and product line performance.
- Contribute to business cases and portfolio planning for nextgeneration and advanced tactical products.
- Support market and field issue identification, competitive intelligence gathering, and customer feedback analysis.
- Assist with market research initiatives, including voiceofcustomer analysis, market share tracking, and SWOT assessments.
- Support development of value proposition and product materials for domestic and international markets.
- Provide product support for Marketing and Sales activities, including photoshoots, tradeshows, training sessions, and internal enablement.
- Assist with ongoing product lifecycle maintenance to support sustainability, scalability, and operational efficiency.
- Participate in business process and procedure analysis, including documenting, revising, and improving workflows.
- Develop and maintain working knowledge of the product portfolio to effectively support the Product Management team.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Life Sciences, Engineering, or a related field or equivalent professional experience preferred.
- Knowledge of product development within an acute or tactical care setting preferred.
- Must be flexible and adapt to changing priorities, timelines, and tasks.
- Must be proficient with technology and computer programs including Microsoft Office.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a typical office employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to hear and talk. The employee is frequently required to use hands for keyboard usage and is frequently required to sit, stand and walk. The employee must occasionally reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, and lift and/or move up to 50 lbs.