Product Manager

Landis+Gyr is a leading global provider of integrated energy management solutions. We measure and analyze energy utilization to generate empowering analytics for smart grid and infrastructure management, enabling utilities and consumers to reduce energy consumption. Our innovative and proven portfolio of software, services and intelligent sensor technology is a key driver to decarbonize the grid and helped to avoid around 9 million tons of CO2 in FY 2023. With sales of USD 2.0 billion in FY 2023, Landis+Gyr employs around 6,900 talented people across five continents .

For more than a century, we've been pioneers in energy innovation, and we continue to lead the way toward a more sustainable and efficient energy landscape. Join us at Landis+Gyr, where we manage energy better!

Key Purpose of Role : The Product Manager is responsible for leading the product management, specifically for water meter hardware and software products. This involves managing the market portfolio offering, roadmaps, end to end sales cycle, including strategic planning, development and execution. The role is instrumental in identifying and developing business growth through leveraging L+G products, services and solutions capability and working with industry partners.

The role will gather and priorities product requirements related to compliance, regulation, and features, as well as developing detailed technical specifications and approaches. They will plan projects with local and global R&D functions, preparing business cases for new developments, and ensuring timely delivery of product introductions.

Areas of Responsibility : Strategic Direction

• Lead the strategic product management programs to ensure the competitive positioning of the EV charging hardware and software products offerings.
• Ensure continual market analysis and competitive positioning.
• Represent the company with partners to provide a professional and credible company image and ensure business objectives can be met.
• Liaise with the Marketing and Sales functions to ensure business objectives are met in key markets segments by identifying and responding to local market needs and opportunities.
• Along with the rest of the leadership team, identify new areas for business growth.
• Plan projects with local and global R&D functions to establish roadmaps and project updates.
• Prepare business cases where required to support new compliance or feature development efforts, and ensuring timely delivery of product introductions.

Operational Delivery :

• Develop and manage polices and processes for the management of the portfolio over its life cycle. Ensure portfolio roadmaps and high level requirements definitions are updated and communicated internally on at least a quarterly basis.
• Lead the market requirements definition process for new or significantly revised products and manage their market or customer introduction as well as providing oversight of the initial volume ramp-up (where relevant).
• Lead the continued development of our products to meet target market needs in terms of functional requirements, profitability and overall competitiveness over the product life cycle. Specifically: product conception, launch, continuous profitability analysis, feature suitability, product revisions and extensions and phase out.
• Develop and maintain a full suite of portfolio documentation to support the needs of the business including product strategy, launch material, sales support material including value proposition, manuals, promotional material, change management documents and phase-out guidelines to name a few.
• Gather and priorities product requirements related to compliance, regulation, and features, as well as developing detailed technical specifications and approaches.
• Priorities and plan projects within local and global R&D functions.
• Provide technical support training to the sales team, customers, and other external stakeholders as required.

Relationship Building and Partner Management :

• Represent L+G with industry stakeholders such as government bodies and industry associations and at industry conferences and exhibitions.
• Develop relevant partner and supplier relations to ensure successful business execution coordinating activities with L+G’s senior management team as appropriate.

Corporate Citizenship

• Manage Energy Better: Consciously drive for continuous improvement in reusing, recycling or reducing waste.
• Maintain awareness of identified and potential health and safety, quality and environmental aspects within the workplace and their impact, including the reporting of any accidents/incidents/near misses or hazards
• Act responsibly to meet the objectives/requirements at the appropriate level as described in the Health, Safety and Integrated Management Systems

Experience

Extensive senior product management experience within the Energy or Utilities sector (10+ years).

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