Senior Manager Product Management

Remote Work: Yes
Overview:
At Zebra, we are a community of innovators who come together to create new ways of working to make everyday life better. United by curiosity and care, we develop dynamic solutions that anticipate our customer's and partner's needs and solve their challenges.

Being a part of Zebra Nation means being seen, heard, valued, and respected. Drawing from our diverse perspectives, we collaborate to deliver on our purpose. Here you are a part of a team pushing boundaries to redefine the work of tomorrow for organizations, their employees, and those they serve.

You have opportunities to learn and lead at a forward-thinking company, defining your path to a fulfilling career while channeling your skills toward causes that you care about – locally and globally. We've only begun reimaging the future – for our people, our customers, and the world.

Let's create tomorrow together.

The Software Portfolio management team is responsible for determining Zebra's service offerings and driving development, launch and adoption of services to positively impact the customers' experience and market share.

Candidate must be located in the Eastern or Central US time zone. If in Canada, must be located in the Toronto area.
Responsibilities:
Oversees a team of subordinate Portfolio Managers, providing direction, coaching and support to ensure successful execution against launch objectives for assigned service offers
Recommends and oversees execution of a strategy for assigned software portfolio, using comprehensive knowledge of market, competitive landscape, customer requirements, distribution channels and Zebra offerings. Anticipates market and customer requirements for an assigned product line/portfolio. Oversees and approve subordinate VOC and competitive landscape activities, and beta planning. Monitors target markets and identifies opportunities for innovation
May manage a portfolio directly, working autonomously to develop and present business case by completing supportive research, authoring slides and delivering presentations to internal and external audiences, routinely including senior management. Monitor and report business metrics against plan. Recommends metrics to assess business performance.  Develops documentation of product and market requirements. Manages and approves development of documentation of product and market requirements for portfolio
Owns product lifecycle management for assigned Product lines/families of moderate to high complexity, including tactical execution, managing custom requirements, developing and driving end of life plans and execution of inventory objectives. Demonstrates full knowledge of development process. May delegate and oversee the work of Portfolio Manager 1 or 2 level team members in executing tactical objectives to support execution to strategy. Contributes to 3-5 year roadmap development process and makes recommendations on the long term strategy for the product line
Approves pricing strategy and product price to maximize sales and profitability. Manages promotion strategy recommendations by working in collaboration with Product Marketing department. Approves recommendations to influence distribution strategy to meet reach market needs. Reviews and approves product training materials for use with sales, sales engineers, technical support and other internal and external stakeholders
Works closely with development teams and other key stakeholders to oversee new service development validating development is on spec. Identifies beta site targets, drafts and implements plans
Monitors financial performance of product lines and makes recommendations for pricing action against revenue and margin objectives. Sets target product costs for new products. Evaluates cost reduction initiatives working in concert with Sustaining Engineering, Finance and other internal partners
Approves and manages execution against cost reduction initiatives working in concert with cross functional teams
Contributes to innovation by generating ideas for new offerings
Directly supervises one or more Portfolio Managers

Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Information Systems preferred.
12 or more years experience in software product lifecycle management or implementation.
2 + years as team supervisor/manager.
Strong business acumen/industry knowledge in one or more primary verticals. (Retail & CPG preferred)
Demonstrated experience in managing execution of portfolio management functions.
Advanced P & L knowledge.
25% travel required globally.
Candidate must be located in the Eastern or Central US time zone. If in Canada, must be located in the Toronto area.

Preferred Qualifications
Master's Degree
AI, ML Analytics software
Master's degree.
Global product management experience.
Advanced market knowledge in assigned category.
Intermediate analytical and organizational skills.
Strong communication skills - Formal presentation training strongly preferred.
Advanced problem solving skills.
Strong attention to detail/quality.

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Salary:USD 150400.00 - USD 225600.00 Yearly
Salary offered will vary depending on your location, job-related skills, knowledge, and experience.
Additionally, all Zebra roles are eligible for cash incentive programs. For example, sales roles have additional opportunity to earn substantial variable compensation tied to quota achievement. In most other roles, the Zebra annual cash incentive program links Company and individual performance together. Some roles may also be eligible for long-term incentive equity awards.
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