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; developing marketing strategies.
Job Duties:
- Determines customer needs and desires by performing or directing user feedback sessions- Recommends the nature and scope of present and future product enhancements- Assesses market competition by comparing the company's product, actual or envisioned, to competitors' products- Provides information for management by preparing short-term and long-term product sales forecasts 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- Introduces and markets new products by developing time-integrated plans with sales, advertising, and production- Determines product pricing by utilizing market research data and reviewing sales costs- Completes operational requirements by scheduling and assigning employees; following up on work results- Maintains product management staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees- Maintains product management staff job results by counseling and disciplining employees; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results- Maintains development backlogs and sets priorities
Product Manager Skills and Qualifications:
- A high level of spoken English (mandatory)- Strong understanding of UX with ideally a B2C product (mandatory)- Product Management- People Management- Understanding the Customer- Product Development- Requirements Analysis- Pricing- Planning- Competitive Analysis- Sales Planning- Inventory Control- Financial Planning- Strategy