Product Manager

Landis+Gyr is hiring a Product Manager to manage the lifecycle of products in its Grid Intelligence portfolio and support product strategy. The role translates customer needs into product requirements, coordinates product sustainment and development activities, and collaborates with research and development, manufacturing, sales, and other teams.

Responsibilities:

• Contributes to Landis+Gyr’s New Product Introduction (NPI) process. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• Interprets customer requirements and translates to clear product requirements and use cases in PRDs
• Supports R&D feasibility/traceability reviews
• Works with Technical Training to develop Product Documentation and Training
• Create and maintain Product Catalog Information
• Works in partnership with Project Management Organization (PMO) to manage cost and timeline expectations
• Represent Product Management on manufacturing related initiatives and activities for roles related to hardware portfolio
• Understands market research for addressing market and/or business needs for a product, including awareness of market trends, direction and competition landscape
• Develop customer communications (e.g. Customer Information Letters, Product Updates, Release Notes)
• Ensures all parts of the organization are properly educated on product feature/functionality
• Contributes to business reviews and planning sessions
• Supports Landis+Gyr’s quality processes
• Support for industry events, internal sales meetings, Landis+Gyr’s Exchange, and customer specific meetings
• Owns the management of sustainment of existing product offerings
• Supports and adheres to Company’s core values
• Performs other duties or responsibilities as assigned or required
• Supports and adheres to Company’s Code of Conduct and Ethics Policy
• Represents Company in a positive, professional manner when working with both internal and external customers
• Work alongside cross functional teams to develop and execute the overall strategy for assigned product
• Works on assigned product dependencies and interrelationships to deliver a complete customer solution (hardware/software) rather than just a “Product”
• Collaboration with R&D, Deployment, Sales and Marketing, and Supply Chain teams

Requirements:

• Thorough understanding of business fundamentals – roles of various departments in the organization: marketing, sales, economics, manufacturing, business management, engineering
• Understanding of Internet of Things (IoT) and/or basic knowledge of utility space
• Basic knowledge of existing and emerging software development technologies for roles related to software portfolio
• Critical thinking, communication and analytical skills
• Agile software development process experience for roles related to software portfolio
• Understanding of marketing concepts/market research
• Superior computer skills including Microsoft Office applications for word processing, spreadsheets and presentations
• Effective written and verbal communication skills, including experience in public speaking
• Organizational skills including prioritization, project management and resource deployment
• Ability to influence individuals and organizations not under a direct reporting relationship
• Bachelor's Degree
• At least 0 - 3 years of relevant experience required
• A combination of education and experience may be considered
• preferably in engineering or computer science
• Formal Product Management training, such as Pragmatic Marketing, and/or New Product Introduction (NPI) process is desired