Product/Program Manager

Job Details

Location: Wauwatosa, WI 53226

Job Title: Product/Program Manager

Duration: 5+ Months (Could go beyond)

Role Summary/Purpose

• The Associate Product Manager, U/S Service will be responsible for executing the Asset Performance Management and Connectivity related Service programs for Service globally.
• The role will help define, develop and deploy effective solutions to help customers improve connectivity rates, asset utilization and performance optimization.
• The Program Manager develops the full life-cycle project plan, creates and manages the budget, conducts program risk analysis, and ensures that the necessary resources are applied and delivering to plan.
• This role works with cross-functional teams to ensure functional best practices are implemented in final deliverables.
• The role will lead projects of various sizes independently and with limited oversight by management.

Essential Responsibilities

• Develop and execute product development strategy and tactical execution
• Work across a multifunctional program team to define, develop and deploy these offerings globally.
• This could include marketing, sales, operations, engineering, and services teams, while ensuring compliance with quality systems, regulatory requirements, and commercial change process.
• Develop a deep understanding of desired customer outcomes and key data needs to design offerings that create incremental value and enhance customer experience.
• Analyze Service offering profitability and identify margin-improvement opportunities
• Collaborate with Product Management and Marketing on market and competitive analysis, as well as future product pricing
• Managing the overall program including creating and maintaining the project schedule, identifying and mitigating program risks, driving program task execution, and leading regular core team meetings
• Regularly communicating status of programs to leadership at various reviews and operating-mechanisms
• Ensuring that projects and processes abide to the business Engineering Quality Procedures, Phased Review Discipline, Supplier Transfer Work Instructions and regulatory needs of the applicable markets.
• Developing strong stakeholder relationships and working with cross-functional teams in an effort to drive program execution on-time and within spec
• Working with functional managers to ensure functional core team member is leveraging the experience and best practices that exist within each function
• Drive operating mechanisms to ensure behaviour consistent with integrity, quality systems, and EHS requirements. Managing key business financial performance indicators such as those on the operating statement and balance sheet
• Drive simplification with lean six sigma

Quality Specific Goals

• Aware of and comply with the Quality Manual, Quality Management System, Quality
• Management Policy, Quality Goals, and applicable laws and regulations as they apply to this job type/position.
• Complete all planned Quality & Compliance training within the defined deadlines.
• Identify and report any quality or compliance concerns and take immediate corrective action as required

Desired Characteristics

• 7+ years’ experience in product marketing, product development or related field
• Deep Product Management/Marketing expertise, including: market trends/analysis, new product introduction process, product roadmap development, product life-cycle management
• Proven track record of collaboration with product modality engineering and commercial leadership
• Healthcare product/industry/technical acumen
• Leadership skills to lead teams and shape/lead growth vision and marketing strategy
• Innovation – develop new ideas through collaboration and execute on creative ideas
• Team oriented – ability to motivate and work well with diverse, cross-functional teams
• Proven ability to work globally
• Proven ability to influence and negotiate internally and with customers.

Qualifications/Requirement

• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Engineering, Business Administration or related field
• 5+ years’ experience in information technology, product marketing, product development, or related field
• Prior experience in a coordinating a multi-disciplinary team
• Excellent oral and written communications skills
• Strong analytical and process skills
• Strong project management skills
• Ability to work effectively within a matrix environment

To know more about this position, please contact

Ujjwal Mane

973-805-7557

ujjwal.mane(at)collabera.com