The Associate Product Manager will support the day-to-day execution of the product roadmap for Controllers, I/O extenders, and related control hardware accessories. The role aims to drive faster time-to-market, improve attach rates of products to projects, and strengthen margin through insight-driven decisions, while simplifying and improving profitability for integrators.
Requirements
- Experience in product management, project management, business analysis, or equivalent experience.
- Proficiency with Excel, Word, and PowerPoint; familiarity with Power BI or comparable analytics tools.
- Experience with building internal and external relationships
- Proven track record of launching a new initiative, service, or product
- Adept at pioneering new initiatives that require a new customer journey
- Ability to think strategically and make decisions based on thorough research and analysis
- Experience with developing and executing marketing programing
Responsibilities
- Assist in developing data-backed business cases for new products that close market gaps, enter new verticals, and grow customer share of wallet.
- Track sell-through, attach-rate, and gross-margin trends; flags anomalies and surface insights for Lead PM, Finance, and Operations.
- Gather voice-of-customer feedback through surveys, beta programs, and ride-alongs; summarize findings for roadmap grooming.
- Maintain competitive-analysis matrices on pricing, features, and positioning; distribute regular snapshots to Sales, Marketing and Product to inform competitive market adjustments.
- Coordinate new product creation and active portfolio management; including collateral & web updates, and lifecycle management activities with Supply Chain, Engineering, Program Management, and Operations.
- Own timelines and communicates for assigned product delivery initiatives, documenting and elevating roadblocks, risks, and next steps necessary to execute on the product pipeline.
- Support semi-annual strategic-planning sessions by preparing marketing data, customer insights, and financial models.
Other
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; comfortable presenting and leading conversations with cross-functional groups.
- Proven ability to juggle multiple tasks, set priorities, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Demonstrate humility and a growth mindset when partnering with cross-functional teams including Engineering, Sales, Operations, Product, and related Support teams.
- Exposure to smart-home, IoT, or consumer-electronics channels.
- Experience with Agile or Stage-Gate product development processes.
