Trimble Geospatial division is seeking a new Core Positioning Hardware (CPHW) Product Manager to develop new hardware products that transform the way the world works, ensuring the continued success of flagship product portfolios and a worldwide user base.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of product management experience
- Fundamental understanding of financial metrics for hardware products
- Ability to translate voice of customer to product and engineering teams and key stakeholders
- Experience or exposure to sales, technical support, knowledge of additional languages are also beneficial (Japanese is preferred)
- A strong and demonstrated geospatial or construction surveying background with a passion for the Geospatial industry and a curiosity for understanding how our customers operate globally.
Responsibilities
- Take your products through the core development stages from concept generation through to release to market. Including feature definition, prioritization and negotiation, documentation such as manuals and brochures, product compliance, part number creation and management, business systems integration and eCommerce product purchase experience.
- Work alongside Geospatial product marketing and go to market teams to deliver and maintain a compelling CPHW product portfolio for all customer segments and focus areas.
- Maintain tight collaboration from Geospatial division to other core Trimble divisions, including Building Construction and Civil Engineering.
- Maintain collaborative relationships with joint venture partners as appropriate including but not limited to the Nikon-Trimble Joint Venture and Trimble Hilti joint venture.
- Manage released products through the full lifecycle, including managing quality and support issues that arise, and the sunsetting and replacement of products.
- Contribute to and maintain a Trimble CPHW product strategy and roadmap, identifying opportunities for new and improved products to support our customer and business needs, in conjunction with the wider Product Marketing team.
- Trimble Mechanical Total Station (MTS) product ownership
Other
- Bachelor's degree required, preferably in Geomatics, GIS, Cartography, Civil, Mechanical engineering, or similar
- Excellent written and verbal communications with ability to communicate to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Capable of working across multiple time-zones with internal and external constituents to drive clear communication and deliver results
- Demonstrated ability to lead multiple projects at the same time and provide disciplined leadership to project team members.
- Effective time management and ability to work in a dynamic environment while responding to changing priorities.
- A self-starter and a problem solver with a positive attitude, and desire for continuous learning
- Able to take general guidance and apply it to other situations, working with minimal direction
- Expected international and domestic travel up to 10-20%.
