| Product Manager Mobile Wireless Industry | |
| Reference #1646 | |
| Permanent Position | |
| Posted on 05/1/08 | |
| Start: ASAP | |
| Salary: Open | |
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| Description:
Product Manager Summary: The role is to take the core platform products that we develop and to customize them and ship them out to carriers. This will include specification writing for demos as well as deployments. In addition, he or she will also be responsible for analyzing usage data to enhance the product, work with carriers to sell our roadmap and new features into them and to gather requirements from carriers in order to help us develop and refine our core platform roadmaps. Principal Duties and Responsibilities: · Reviews carrier requirements to define the carrier integration roadmap and contributes to the mobile search platform roadmap · Responsible for the development of the carrier integration product specifications · Conducts primary research, surveys and usability studies to justify prioritization of customization and platform roadmaps · Tracking and Reporting: Upon launch, monitors carrier specific product usage to observe trends and make data driven decisions. Works with carriers to define unique reporting requirements as part of the product specification process. · Project/Roadmap Management: Responsible for the maintenance of the carrier integration product roadmap. Leads and holds roadmap meetings with the cross-functional team and the partner teams to roll out new products and service integrations throughout the product lifecycle. · Prepares and presents quarterly product roadmap updates to carrier partners and helps them to plan for new feature deployment. · Marketing: Provides support for product marketing efforts to increase search product usage among carrier subscribers. This includes working with marketing to prepare a marketing plan, preparing product documentation, reviewing marketing collateral, identifying marketing outlets, and monitoring the ROI on the marketing investment with the marketing team. |
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| Required Skills:
Required Skills and Experience: The ideal candidate has a proven track record of managing complex mobile carrier products and enjoys rolling up his or her sleeves to get the job done Strong leadership in a cross-functional environment is a must with proven capabilities to work with design, engineering, quality assurance and vendor teams. Mobile and international industry experience required: 12+ months of experience with 3G technology related to product launches and carrier network integration. GSM technologies and working with mobile operators in the Far East and Europe also required. Excellent Troubleshooting skills Strong business acumen and professionalism, excellent presentation skills with solid communication skills both verbal and written Excellent customer focus and attention to detail |
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| Education:
Position requires a Bachelors degree (B.A. or B.S.) from a Four-Year College or University; MBA desirable |
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| Position potential:
Permanent |
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Contact
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| Scott Collins |
| 857-991-1254 |
| scott@etechxperts.com |
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