Product Manager

Position Summary

As a Product Manager, you will be responsible for the product planning and execution throughout the Product Lifecycle, including gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, defining the product vision, and working closely with engineering, sales, marketing, and support to ensure revenue and customer satisfaction goals are met. You will also ensure that the product supports the company’s overall strategy and goals.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Manage allocated product line portfolio(s), with responsibility for the whole life cycle.
• Interface with Customers to define products and solutions.
• Propose/define new technology introductions aligned with customer requirements.
• Participate in and review bids and proposals in response to RFP’s and RFQ’s.
• Accountability for decisions on New Product Development investments.
• Pricing and margin responsibility for product portfolio.
• Work with Engineering & Program Management during system development to meet customer requirements.
• Ownership for achieving sales and design win objectives for the product line.
• Coordination with sales and marketing teams to ensure product line is promoted in marketplace.
• Generating thought-leadership content to support Marketing initiatives, attending and presenting at industry events, both virtual and in-person.
• Leadership in coordination with interfacing organizations such as manufacturing, sourcing, and technology.
• Provide sales support and training.
• Analyze product reports on product line and business performance.
• End of life strategy based upon product health and mix within the product portfolio.
• Up to 20% travel domestically and internationally
  
  

Education And Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, from an accredited college or university (MBA preferred).
• 5-8 years of experience with technical project development, including costing management, schedule management, and trade off studies, or
• 3-5 years of experience creating, positioning, and marketing Rugged COTS products in Product Management
  
  

Qualifications

• Ability to build and justify multi-year business cases to the Abaco leadership team.
• Experience in managing relationships with customers and suppliers and interfacing with leadership within the company.
• Direct product line management experience.
• Experience with product concept definition and NPI launches.
• Experience with embedded electronics and/or software.
• Working knowledge of typical embedded military applications such as radar, sonar, C4ISR, mission computing, targeting/tracking, electronic warfare, communications, and EO/IR technologies.
• Mechanical, systems or electrical design experience.
• Familiarity writing requirements with Military Standards.
• Ability to interface effectively with all levels of the organization and external customers.
• Ability to create positive outcomes in an influential leadership position without direct reports.
• Strong oral, written, interpersonal, and customer communication skills.
• Self-starter, inclusive, highly motivated individual.
  
  

A business unit of AMETEK, Inc., Abaco Systems is a global leader in modular, high performance, open architecture, standards-based rugged embedded computing for the most demanding applications in defense and industry. Our products and solutions are found in high-profile military/aerospace sea, land and air programs, plus commercial and industrial organizations in which rugged reliability is mission critical.

Abaco is a Department of Defense (DoD) supplier and as such employees may work with or be exposed to controlled information that has been designated as classified information.

Compensation

Employee Type: Salaried

Salary Minimum: $120,000

Salary Maximum: $165,000

Incentive: No

Disclaimer: Where a specific pay range is noted, it is a good faith estimate at the time of this posting. The actual salary offered will be based on experience, skills, qualifications, market / business considerations, and geographic location.

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AMETEK, Inc. is a leading global provider of industrial technology solutions serving a diverse set of attractive niche markets with annual sales over $7.0 billion.

AMETEK is committed to making a safer, sustainable, and more productive world a reality. We use differentiated technology solutions to solve our customers’ most complex challenges. We employ 21,000 colleagues, in 35 countries, that are grounded by our core values: Ethics and Integrity, Respect for the Individual, Inclusion, Teamwork, and Social Responsibility. AMETEK (NYSE:AME) is a component of the S&P 500. Visit www.ametek.com for more information.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. Individuals who need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process should call 1 (866) 263-8359.