Product Manager

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Job Description

Overview

Job Title: Product Manager, MES/OEE

Location: US- Remote

 

About the role

Collaborate on the business strategy, align with product strategy, manage the product life cycle, get close to customers and the market to deliver products of value and ensure we deliver on and communicate the roadmap.  Become a subject matter expert on Aptean’s manufacturing technology and services solutions, including Aptean’s unique value proposition in the market, based on a thorough understanding of the market problems and competition.

 

Technical & Product Expertise

  • Strong understanding of MES and its use in process and discrete manufacturing.
  • Strong understanding of OEE and manufacturing KPIs and practical experience driving their improvement.
  • Identifies and manages opportunities for product integration across Aptean’s portfolio throughout the product lifecycle (ideation to launch).
  • Provides product expertise both internal functional groups within the company and external 
  • Provides key content for the development of sales tools and collateral to be distributed to the channels.
  • Provide thought leadership in the form or white papers, blogs, webinars

Roadmap Development & Execution

  • Gathers, analyse and validates requirements with existing and potential customers and internal key stakeholders and the market
  • Develop, maintain and communicate the internal roadmap and external roadmaps
  • Writes product requirements and use scenarios, partnering closely with product development and key customers to ensure we are delivering against the business need.
  • Prioritize the initial features for development, along with ongoing change requests.
  • Define personas for individual products and markets. 

Product Lifecycle Management

  • Oversee planning, prioritization and management of the product features and requirements from conceptual stages through product life cycles to optimize revenue and meet operational, financial and corporate objectives
  • Collaborate with  key stakeholders to prepare release objectives, messaging and
  • Internal and external launch
  • Track the performance of your products, adoption rates, retention, quality, and other key metrics.
  • Understanding of customer needs in the product specific related industry.
  • Comprehensive knowledge and ability to analyze the related market, competitors, customers, prospects and other stakeholders.
  • Must be able to translate business problems into technical requirements.
  • Full understanding the stage-gate process and software development lifecycle.
  • Must have working knowledge of the product life cycle phases, including engineering specifications, customer requirements gathering, software design and development, implementation/delivery and maintenance.

Leadership:

  • Must possess solid leadership qualities with cross-functional teams.
  • Ability to work with limited supervision and be accountable for deliverables.
  • Must be able to make sounds and timely decisions.

Communication:

  • Must be able to interface appropriately and present recommendations at all levels (i.e. engineers, management, executives, and customers) and functions.
  • Strong oral and written communication skills with the ability to credibly present recommendations at senior levels in the organization.
  • Must be able to summarize and synthesize product and industry trending data, along with competitive information, to inform our strategy and show our current progress.

Project Management:

  • Must be able to track cross-functional team progress to ensure timeline delivery and execution of our roadmap and releases.
  • Must be able to anticipate and resolve challenges, including knowing when to ask for help.

About you

  • 8+ years of experience with manufacturing
  • 5+ years product management experience, preferably in manufacturing software
  • Bachelor's degree is required 
  • Excellent written, presentation and communication skills
  • Analytical thinking & problem solving mindset

Preferred 

  • Hands-on manufacturing experience
  • ERP experience

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