POSITION SUMMARY

The Sr Product Manager is responsible for managing a full product category including related products. Responsible for strategic planning through tactical activities and drives innovative product strategies to grow consumer and customer demand, market share, sales and profitability. Interacts with customers and potential buyers, spending time in the market to consolidate market needs with company vision into plans for product development and delivery. Works in tight alignment with business development, product marketing and product support functions to maximize depth of market understanding and effectiveness of product strategy and execution across the organization.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Leads the development of market insights through market, competitive and customer research.
• Crafts product strategy, product vision, roadmaps, lifecycle and release priorities that align to company goals.
• Defines target market segments and personas. Identifies and fully understands market/technical applications and develops use cases.
• Manages technical requirements and whole product definition, feature prioritization and defect/enhancement triage.
• Works with compliance and quality departments to understand and plan for regulatory requirements.
• Creates and manages product launch plans and leads cross functional teams for pre-and post-launch activities.
• Ensures sales, support and operational readiness for launch and ongoing product success. Trains support and sales engineering functions on product features and benefits for various application scenarios.
• Manages financial and market performance of product line(s), including unit and revenue forecasting and performance analysis.
• Establishes global pricing strategy and plans.
• Works closely with leadership to define the growth agenda and to develop plans supporting key initiatives.
• Provides subject matter expertise across the organization for target market intelligence and product applications.
• Additional duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS / REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Marketing or related field
• Advanced degree (MBA, Master's) preferred
• 8+ years progressive product management experience with complex B2B products; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Demonstrated ability to translate information from multiple sources into cohesive decisions.
• Routine travel either locally, nationally, and/or internationally may be required.
• High degree of proficiency MS Office Suite, Outlook & Internet applications.
• Strong analytical, prioritizing, interpersonal, problem-solving, presentation, budgeting, project management (from conception to completion), & planning skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills (including analysis, interpretation, & reasoning)
• Solid understanding and application of mathematical concepts
• Ability to develop and maintain collaborative relationships with peers and colleagues across the organization, as well as, internal and external clients
• Ability to work well autonomously and within a team in a fast-paced and deadline-oriented environment.
• Ability to work with and influence peers and senior management
• Self-motivated with critical attention to detail, deadlines and reporting
Experience in the marking / coding industry is a plus

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PHYSICAL ASPECTS / WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Regularly required to stand; walk; sit; and talk, hear and see.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• The noise level in the work environment is low to moderate.

* Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.

The Matthews Industrial Automation division of Matthews International designs, manufactures and distributes a wide range of technologies and solutions for industrial automation applications including marking and coding, and warehouse automation. Our integrated systems identify, track, control, and pick products at the highest levels of accuracy.

Our focus on innovation is leading to rapid growth in each of the solution areas we provide: product identification, warehouse automation and applied automation technologies.

At Matthews International, what makes us different is what makes us great. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

Matthews International affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, age, disability or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled.

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Nearest Major Market: Pittsburgh