What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Technical Product Manager position at KYOCERA Document Solutions America Inc?
TITLE: Senior Technical Product Manager
DIVISION: Kyocera Document Solutions Development
DEPARTMENT: Product & Strategic Innovation
LOCATION: Concord, California
FLSA STATUS: Exempt
POSITION REPORTS TO: Manager, Product Management & UX
Manages, plans and coordinates the development of new products, enhancements of existing products and technical solutions based on short-term and long-term needs.
Determines reasonable roadmaps and deadlines for new products and product enhancements considering priority, customer needs, financial limitations, staffing requirements and availability of resources.
Develops sales forecasts and implements pricing schedules that provide revenue and margins growth while remaining competitive in the market.
Responsibilities:
Informs the type of market and customer research needed to develop new product or provide necessary product improvements
Ability to develop a product scope, requirements.
Ensure we’re building the right data systems, infrastructure, and scalable & efficient end2end connected solutions (CRM, Deals, Content, Analytics interfaces) for our sales, support, & partnership teams internally
Provide guidance on how to prioritize and make tradeoffs against the needs of the business and enable everyone to make the biggest impact
Research technical, Market, competitors and our business environment situation and trend for a product
Analyse requests and demands to define functional and non-functional requirements via user stories and backlog management
Set priority and severity of requirements for a software product with clear reason.
Work with and consistently influence company leadership and cross-functional teams, especially engineering and sales leadership teams
Own planning and end-to-end execution of features/programs working with business and engineering teams and keeping everyone abreast of the progress
Manages stakeholder expectations throughout the lifecycle of the product by meeting with them regularly.
Strong verbal/written communication skill to make correct understanding about specifications/requirements for all project members.
Ability to validate functional specs, UI Mock-ups and actual software, whether they meet user's expectation or not via user stories.
Works independently and requires minimal intervention throughout the life of the product
Takes initiative in prioritizing based on industry expertise and communicates with the development team and program manager to minimize friction throughout the sprint
Delivers quality product to the market
Has the ability to launch new product into the market
Qualifications:
An undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Math, related technical field or equivalent practical experience is required and an advanced degree is highly desirable.
7+ years of programming, development, software product planning, or quality assurance experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Ability to learn quickly
Excellent working knowledge of web, mobile, and/or cloud solutions and technologies.
Ability to work independently and manage multiple assigned tasks in multiple projects efficiently is required.
Effective collaboration with engineers and other departments world-wide as necessary
Solid understanding of software development lifecycle
Typically requires a minimum of 7 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 5 years and a Master’s degree; or equivalent work experience
Candidates must have: Software Requirement Analysis/Management, SRS, SDLC
Essential Physical Functions:
Occasional lifting of computer, monitor, or small printer no heavier than 40 pounds.
Typing, writing, reading
Frequent sitting
Standing, walking, kneeling.
This is a general description of the duties and responsibilities most frequently required of this position. The company may from time to time request that the incumbent perform other related tasks and assume reasonable responsibilities that have not been specifically included in this description.
This position will be based in our corporate office in Concord, CA when our offices reopen in alignment with local guidelines.
What we offer:
Generous benefits package including 3 Medical plans to choose from with Dental/Vision as well as FSA accounts and an HDHP with HSA option
Discretionary bonus
401k employer contributions with immediate vesting
Paid Time Off based on tenure
16 Company-paid holidays including floating holidays
Education reimbursement up to $5,250/year
Employee referral program
Program specific awards
Life and disability insurance
and more!
Salary : $140,000 - $150,000