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The purpose of this role is to devise and execute a product strategy for the USA market. During the next 10 years, 109 million electricity meters are due to be exchanged for second generation smart meters, making the USA the second largest market in the world. We want to unlock sales in this market and grow a business to sales exceeding 100m annually, and key to this is a determination on what products to sell and to whom.
The purpose of the role as the product owner is to devise and execute a product roadmap and plan for the USA market. It is a key role to determine what we decide to sell, deciding upon the 4 Ps (Price, Product, Promotion and Place). The purpose of this role is to understand and anticipate future customer requirements, gather market intelligence and details of competing products and solutions, thus helping to define our product entry strategy and customer segmentation.
You will work closely with the others in the company, especially in Sales and Marketing, R&D and Operations on the creation and delivery of the product strategies and how to best drive growth. You will be essential to building trust with certain customers and stakeholders, thus developing a clear understanding of future needs and requirements.
With all our products we want to increase the efficient use of energy and resources. You will be a thought leader in our industry and continuously drive to this objective. You will lead the effort as a driven and strategic thinking individual.
- Acting as the product owner for the Hardware Products for the market in the USA.
- Act as a thought leader in our industry and inspire your peers and managers with executable product ideas.
- Devise and execute a product strategy
- Draft a business plan for the selected products, based on market fundamentals and anticipated future market moves. Be responsible for that product line, bring the plan through the internal approval process and lead product team through the development execution.
- Lead the effort as a driven and strategic thinking individual.
- You develop product plans with necessary product iterations and implementation plans that achieving targets for revenue, product margin and growth aligned to our strategy
- You visit customers and stakeholders to understand and anticipate future customer requirements, gather market intelligence in coordination with sales and product marketing peers.
- Conduct analysis on the competing products and solutions, and competing value propositions being put forward by others in the market. Decide upon the 4 Ps (Price, Product, Promotion and Place), and document those in a product & marketing plan
- Develop the USP (Unique selling proposition) for your product portfolio and effectively communicate the value proposition through proposals and presentations to customers, partners and the wider industry.
- Participate in the development of new solution propositions and proposals
- Identify and report on business opportunities in existing and selected target markets.
- Support the preparation and delivery of marketing collateral, exhibitions and promotional programs
- Updating the company on changing consumer marketing trends so that the organization can prepare and adapt solutions and strategies accordingly
- Relevant degree (or above) in sales, marketing, engineering or business discipline desired
- 5 to 10 years of experience working in a product manager role with a track record required
- experience creating a product strategy from scratch for a new market required
- experience with hardware products required
location: Raleigh, North Carolina
job type: Permanent
work hours: 9am to 6pm
education: Bachelors
responsibilities:
The purpose of this role is to devise and execute a product strategy for the USA market. During the next 10 years, 109 million electricity meters are due to be exchanged for second generation smart meters, making the USA the second largest market in the world. We want to unlock sales in this market and grow a business to sales exceeding 100m annually, and key to this is a determination on what products to sell and to whom.
The purpose of the role as the product owner is to devise and execute a product roadmap and plan for the USA market. It is a key role to determine what we decide to sell, deciding upon the 4 Ps (Price, Product, Promotion and Place). The purpose of this role is to understand and anticipate future customer requirements, gather market intelligence and details of competing products and solutions, thus helping to define our product entry strategy and customer segmentation.
You will work closely with the others in the company, especially in Sales and Marketing, R&D and Operations on the creation and delivery of the product strategies and how to best drive growth. You will be essential to building trust with certain customers and stakeholders, thus developing a clear understanding of future needs and requirements.
With all our products we want to increase the efficient use of energy and resources. You will be a thought leader in our industry and continuously drive to this objective. You will lead the effort as a driven and strategic thinking individual.
- Acting as the product owner for the Hardware Products for the market in the USA.
- Act as a thought leader in our industry and inspire your peers and managers with executable product ideas.
- Devise and execute a product strategy
- Draft a business plan for the selected products, based on market fundamentals and anticipated future market moves. Be responsible for that product line, bring the plan through the internal approval process and lead product team through the development execution.
- Lead the effort as a driven and strategic thinking individual.
- You develop product plans with necessary product iterations and implementation plans that achieving targets for revenue, product margin and growth aligned to our strategy
- You visit customers and stakeholders to understand and anticipate future customer requirements, gather market intelligence in coordination with sales and product marketing peers.
- Conduct analysis on the competing products and solutions, and competing value propositions being put forward by others in the market. Decide upon the 4 Ps (Price, Product, Promotion and Place), and document those in a product & marketing plan
- Develop the USP (Unique selling proposition) for your product portfolio and effectively communicate the value proposition through proposals and presentations to customers, partners and the wider industry.
- Participate in the development of new solution propositions and proposals
- Identify and report on business opportunities in existing and selected target markets.
- Support the preparation and delivery of marketing collateral, exhibitions and promotional programs
- Updating the company on changing consumer marketing trends so that the organization can prepare and adapt solutions and strategies accordingly
- Relevant degree (or above) in sales, marketing, engineering or business discipline desired
- 5 to 10 years of experience working in a product manager role with a track record required
- experience creating a product strategy from scratch for a new market required
- experience with hardware products required
qualifications:
The purpose of this role is to devise and execute a product strategy for the USA market. During the next 10 years, 109 million electricity meters are due to be exchanged for second generation smart meters, making the USA the second largest market in the world. We want to unlock sales in this market and grow a business to sales exceeding 100m annually, and key to this is a determination on what products to sell and to whom.
The purpose of the role as the product owner is to devise and execute a product roadmap and plan for the USA market. It is a key role to determine what we decide to sell, deciding upon the 4 Ps (Price, Product, Promotion and Place). The purpose of this role is to understand and anticipate future customer requirements, gather market intelligence and details of competing products and solutions, thus helping to define our product entry strategy and customer segmentation.
You will work closely with the others in the company, especially in Sales and Marketing, R&D and Operations on the creation and delivery of the product strategies and how to best drive growth. You will be essential to building trust with certain customers and stakeholders, thus developing a clear understanding of future needs and requirements.
