Product Management Director

DEPARTMENT: Product Management
BUSINESS UNIT: Corporate

REPORTS TO: AVP Product Management

DIRECT REPORTS: No

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Product Management Director is a critical position in the Product Management organization. The Product Management Director provides the strategic direction to the product or product portfolio while still being responsible for the day-to-day operations of the product. The Product Management Director must be equally comfortable with the outbound as well as inbound aspects of product management.

RESPONSIBILITES:

• Engage with strategic customers and other stake holders to ensure that product releases are adopted in the field and result in the desired business gains both for the company as well as the customers.
• Manage the core product management processes in the team including requirements gathering and grooming, prioritization, feature delivery and post-release support to Sales, Pre-Sales, Professional Services and Support organizations.
• Study competition and analyze customer and industry trends to influence strategic direction of the product and help sales and marketing efforts. Responsible for defining industry point of view.
• Promote data driven decision making by gathering and using appropriate data such as user behavior, usage patterns, industry trends, etc.
• Develop and execute product strategy. Gain alignment with the internal and external stakeholders on the product strategy. Translate product strategy into short-term and long-term roadmap.
• Responsible for availability of product roadmaps and delivering standard roadmap updates to internal and external stakeholders.
• Responsible for availability of standard demo scenarios and datasets. Demo new features to the customers and other stakeholders, gather their feedback and incorporate them in roadmap.
• Ensure user experience needs are incorporated into product roadmaps.
• Help product leaders in strategic initiatives for entire application family.
• As a Product expert, mentors Product Managers on Product Mgmt. best practices
• Other tasks and activities as assigned.
  

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Undergraduate degree in engineering or business administration. Post-graduate degree is a plus.
• > 12 years of related experience 7 years as a Sr Product Manager in a software company delivering logistics or other enterprise solutions.
• Must have presented product roadmap and vision to large audience (for example, in a user conference or customer advisory boards, etc.).
• Familiar with supply chain business processes of focus areas relevant for e2open. Including discrete &/or consumer product manufacturing companies that have a focus on Industrial, HT and auto industries (Discrete) and Consumer Products, Retail and Food & Beverage industries (Consumer).
• Familiar with supply chain execution processes with expertise in either/or logistics and global trade.
• Domain knowledge of various personas in the logistics industry along with global trade related aspects for supply chain. Planning & execution are desired experiences and knowledge areas as well.
• Familiar with multiple enterprise grade software products independently.
• Proven problem-solving, critical thinking, negotiation, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Experience in one or more of these enterprise applications is preferred: SAP, Oracle, Blue Yonder (i2), o9, Kinaxis, Manhattan, Descartes, Thomas Reuters, Model N, 360Insights, OpenText.

Parcel Experience

• Experience working with parcel, LTL carriers or on a multi-carrier parcel application
• Have worked in the parcel industry

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• General office environment and responsibilities requiring:
• Extensive use of the computer which involves viewing a monitor and keyboarding for most of the workday.
• Placing and receiving phone calls.
• Occasionally moving and lifting objects up to 20 pounds.
• May require travel as needed.

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