Key skills
Product Line ManagementDefense Industry ExperienceNetwork Synchronization KnowledgeTime & Frequency DistributionB.Sc. / M.Sc. in EngineeringSoftwareHardware DevelopmentMBACommunication SkillsTeamwork SkillsOrganizational SkillsSelf-Learning SkillsPresentation SkillsGoCommunicationSales
About this role
Adtran is a growing company focused on innovation and building a future together with its employees. They are seeking a Product Line Manager to oversee product planning and execution throughout the Product Lifecycle, ensuring customer satisfaction and revenue goals are met by collaborating with various teams.
Responsibilities:
- Define the marketing specification of new products and features, with a focus on Defense and Government programs
- Interface directly with OSCILLOQUARTZ defense customers and customer-facing organizations, as well as internal engineering teams, to capture market requirements and satisfy tactical and strategic program needs
- Author Marketing Requirements, including Market study, Competition analysis, Product requirements, Price, Planning, and Go-to-Market strategy
- Communicate defense-specific customer needs back into OSCILLOQUARTZ internal organizations to influence design and business priorities and to deliver timely solutions to customer programs
- Coordinate with OSCILLOQUARTZ business development teams to prioritize product features across a broad range of Defense opportunities, including RFIs/RFPs and long-cycle engagements
- Research and participate in standards activities in related fields and disciplines to ensure conformance to relevant industry and defense-related standards and practices
- Develop pre-sales documentation to support OSCILLOQUARTZ BD team in Defense-related engagements
- Support internal business processes to realize successful program delivery aligned with customer expectations in rugged or mission-critical environments
Requirements:
- More than 2 years as a Product Line Manager in the Hi-Tech industry, preferred in Sync for the Defense industry
- Experience working with Defense customers or tenders
- Knowledge in network synchronization and related technologies - an advantage (e.g. IEEE 1588, GPS/GNSS)
- Ability to help customers design their Time & Frequency distribution system for Defense applications
- High self-learning skills
- Excellent teamwork skills and proven ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority
- Can-do attitude and a creative, problem-solver by nature
- Strong organizational skills (tidy, pedantic, flexible, and adaptive)
- Excellent presentation skills to make complex technology simple, motivate sales forces, and build customer confidence and trust
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills (English is a must, other languages are advantages)
- B.Sc. / M.Sc. in Computer Science or a related engineering field
- Background experience in software and hardware development
- Experience with selling / supporting sales is an advantage
- MBA - desired