Product Manager

Job Description

Shift: (GMT+05:30) Asia/Kolkata (IST) What do you need for this opportunity Must have skills required: Product Management, Product Life Cycle, Product development, WMS, WES, WMS system, Warehouse Execution Systems, Warehouse Control Systems, Warehouse, Industrial Automation, Mechatronic, Robotics Process Automation, Robotics, Hardware, AMR, AGV Purpose of the role: The incumbent will be going to develop the product portfolio services for the company, by defining the product selection and market strategy, will represent the market/customers within our company and provide guidance to the sales/solution and other engineering department in all the product-related aspects. The product manager will act as a facilitator between different stakeholders and propose suitable solutions to the customers. He/She will have a wide range of influence over every aspect of product development process and will get to see the big picture by understanding how their product fares in the market against the competition and has a direct influence on our customers top and bottom line. Working as a product manager at Addverb can be demanding as it needs a variety of skillset and a go getter attitude, but at the same time it can be rewarding as it is all what a product manager aspires to be. Technical Skills Required: Product innovation and development track record. Product management skills. Understanding of the marketplace/industry. Manage automation hardware products throughout their lifecycle from planning to execution, including managing balance between specification, timelines, and cost. Knowledge and familiarity with hardware development process. Understanding of Stage Gate Stage or similar process of hardware product development. Familiarity with Agile work management and/or the ability to effectively communicate complex processes within and across teams. Experience drafting Product and Market Requirements Documents. Define automation product strategy and roadmap understanding current and anticipated future need. Own and prioritize product enhancement feature list. Basic understanding of Mechanical/Controls/Embedded Engineering is a plus. Basic knowledge of software development. Behavioural Skills Required: Leadership and team management. Critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Attention to details. Strong communication, presentation, and public speaking skills. Organizational, planning, and documentation skills. Ability to work on multiple projects in various stages simultaneously. Job Responsibilities: Developing the product portfolio as well as promoting and selling the products to end-customer. Drive end to end automation products development. Track the status of each development phase and provide a status report to Top Management and other interested parties. Meet with managers from different departments at a regular cadence to discuss product development phases and their departments involvement in each phase. Responsible for analysing and identifying potential vendors for supplying components/parts of the products and in turn responsible for its cost optimization. Responsible for sunsetting the existing version and enhance and develop next generation product. Provide backlog as part of the product roadmap to enhance the existing product. Gain insights from sites during the commissioning process to understand pain points and improve implementation process. Gain insights from sites after go-live to understand product behaviour in the initial phase and after stabilization phase and accordingly add product backlog to improve the existing product. Develops products by identifying potential products, conducting market research, generating product requirements, developing marketing strategies, and determining specifications, production timetables, pricing, and time-integrated plans for product introduction. Obtains product market share by working with the sales team to develop product sales strategies. Introduces and markets new products by developing time-integrated plans with sales, advertising, and. Minimum Qualification: B.Tech / MBA