Product Manager

Develops business plans, marketing strategy, and forecasts for assigned product lines. Maintains current status of customer requirements for existing and future products. Identifies, evaluates and recommends marketing opportunities consistent with product line objectives.
- Conduct customer discovery using curiosity and empathy and use that knowledge to develop a strategic direction for a technology domain that aligns to company goals, tech roadmap, and customer goals.
- Gather and synthesize market information, customer personas and desires per persona, technology trends, competitive research, and evolving customer requirements to identify product enhancements and new opportunities for platform/product innovation
- Collaborate with Engineering, Quality, Marketing, Sales, and Engagement and use inquiry-based innovation methods to drive out a vision for your product/features
- Lead the complete product development lifecycle in an agile environment. Manage priorities, and actively develop and execute against an adaptable and data-driven product roadmap. Both follow and adapt the disciplined Common Product Development (CPD) process to successfully launch in context of circumstances
- Effectively translate the technology vision and roadmap into product initiatives, including functional needs, supported use cases/workflow and success criteria
- Develop next gen products forecasts and launch plan to meet TTM that balances ROI. Determine pricing strategy and product margin, and commercial launch plan.
- Create and manage product success metrics that are easily understood and build action plans to show progress against priority metrics
- Rhythm of business: perform P&L responsibility via development and execution of growth plans, provide highest-level of customer service, and lifecycle management. Ensure global resources are positioned to support customers and expand markets by collaborating with several functions and partners to deliver and continuously improve solution-oriented marketing

What we are looking for
- 5-8 years’ experience as Product Manager, managing products from strategy to design and development in an agile environment, along with experience with pricing, leadership, influence, and forecasting is required
- Product management principles knowledge required with a clear understanding of what it takes to design, build and launch products that will delight customers and simplify their experience with Rockwell Automation
- Is able to synthesize information and feedback from various sources and turn into actionable insights and valuable product requirements
- Knowledge of XaaS, customer journey mapping and cloud-native products to thoughtfully engage with Engineering and stakeholders across Rockwell Automation on decisions related to the product
- A customer advocate who pursues excellence in strategy, planning, AND execution
- Highly motivated, driven, a self-starter, as well as adaptable and flexible
- A strong communicator and advocate for the company, technology, and product vision
- Proactive team player with strong cross-functional collaboration ability and skills who is comfortable working with Engineering, Quality, Project Management, Marketing, Sales, and other functions to make customers and the company successful
- Bachelor’s degree in Business or Technical fields, or equivalent experience in industry