Manager, Product Management

Are you passionate about transforming customer insights into innovative products that shape the future of technology? In this role, you will champion the development of new products for our wireless product portfolio, working with customers, engineering teams, and global marketing and sales functions to build a shared understanding of critical customer needs and product attributes.

About the role

This role merges business needs, customer needs, product design, and engineering cost/time/risk considerations into successful products. You will contribute to decisions about Shure’s product roadmap and marketing strategy. The Manager of Product Management serves as a company expert on the needs of target end users and thoroughly understands the strengths and weaknesses of all competitors in the category. This role is hybrid and based in our Niles, IL location.

Responsibilities

• Represents the Global Marketing and Sales Division during product development projects, ensuring that product attributes will create a positive end-user value proposition.
• Initiates and participates in market research to define target segments and product positioning for new product development efforts.
• Writes detailed functional requirements for product development teams, ensuring clarity on measures of success, including technical specifications if necessary.
• Provides forecast and pricing analysis and recommendations to key stakeholders in the Company’s business units.
• Formulates and communicates the value proposition to the Company's global marketing teams.
• Executes timely Alpha and Beta testing with end users and analyzes findings to determine the appropriate course of action.
• Reviews user documentation for accuracy regarding product features, proper usage, and expected performance.
• Provides internal training on product operation, performance, usage environments, and ordering conventions before launch, and serves as the product champion at trade exhibitions during launch.
• Maintains expert knowledge of the worldwide market for competitive products and maintains contact with end users to validate product requirements based on competitive offerings and existing Shure products.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing or related field. Graduate coursework is desirable.
• Minimum of 7 years of wide-ranging experience in marketing or product management of a technical product with responsibility for results, including costs and methods.
• Knowledge of audio systems is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to work on issues of diverse scope where analysis of situation or data requires evaluation of a variety of factors, including an understanding of current business trends.
• Demonstrated experience in determining the best use of resources to meet goals of assignments received in the form of objectives.
• Able to lead cooperative efforts among members of project teams.
• Able to follow processes and operational policies in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.
• Able to develop and administer schedules and establish performance requirements.
• Ability to travel 25%.
• Excellent critical listening, analytic, and writing skills.
• Fluency in Microsoft Office software and internal IT systems.
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis; Shure will not sponsor applicants for work visas.

Pay

The base salary for this position ranges from $103,900 to $176,700 with a midpoint target. This position may also be eligible for our incentive pay program, which varies based on individual and Company performance in the year.

Benefits

Shure offers a competitive rewards package to full-time and part-time Associates working 24 or more hours a week, addressing physical, mental, financial, and overall well-being. Benefits include:

• Comprehensive healthcare, mental health, and retirement savings plans.
• Generous paid time off programs.
• Employee discounts.
• Professional development opportunities.
• Work-life balance initiatives.
• Employee recognition programs.
• Volunteering and community involvement opportunities.