Product Manager | Moxtek

Product Manager Job Responsibilities:

Develops products by identifying potential products; conducting market research; generating product requirements; determining specifications, production timetables, pricing, and time-integrated plans for product introduction; develops marketing strategies. Capable of discussing applications for our products with customer technical personnel. 

Product Manager Job Duties:

• Determines customers' needs and desires, determines how to provide product to meet needs within manufacturing capabilities.
• Recommends the nature and scope of present and future product lines by reviewing product specifications and requirements; appraising new product ideas and/or product or packaging changes.
• Assesses market competition by comparing the company's product to competitors' products.
• Provides source data for product line communications by defining product marketing communication objectives.
• Obtains product market share by working with sales director to develop product sales strategies.
• Assesses product market data by calling on customers with salespeople and evaluating sales call results.
• Provides information for management by preparing short-term and long-term product roadmaps, and special reports and analyses; answering questions and requests.
• Brings new products to market by analyzing proposed product requirements and product development programs; preparing return-on-investment analyses; establishing time schedules with engineering and manufacturing.
• Introduces and markets new products by developing time-integrated plans with sales, advertising, and production.
• Determines product pricing by utilizing market research data; reviewing production and sales costs; anticipating volume; costing special and customized orders.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

Product Manager Skills and Qualifications:

Product Management, People Management, Understanding the Customer, Product Development, Requirements Analysis, Pricing, Planning, Competitive Analysis, Sales Planning, Financial Planning and Strategy 

Education and Experience

• BS degree Physics or Optics, or equivalent
• MBA preferred
• 5 years Product Management Experience in optical applications