Product Manager (Dive Applications)

About the role

We are seeking a full-time Product Manager at Garmin's U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area.

Essential Functions

• Develop and demonstrate Product Management product skills
• Develop judgment regarding product usability and customer expectations via hands-on usage and observations of customers in real world situations
• Develop an understanding of Segment values & vision to set compelling product goals resulting in a superior product experience that answer the questions “Why Garmin” and “Why This Product”
• Identify/champion the essential features required to make a differentiated and superior product; the Key Requirements in the product concept and discern/reject features and products that are overburdened or are not useful to target customer
• Develop voice-of-the-customer skills such as researching and analyzing market requirements and opportunities, aggregating and interpreting customer and competitor trends and meeting with customers to learn about their needs first-hand
• Collaborate with Engineering to understand scope of work and product tradeoffs
• Aid in preparation of product documents such as product line roadmap, product concept, product development plan and product requirements
• Coordinate market research to track end-user feedback
• Develop and demonstrate Product Management business skills
• Become proficient in product cost and gross margin computations and in evaluating opportunity cost; the cost of building one feature or product and what other features or products could have been built using the same time and resources
• Understand/manage various lifecycle phases: roadmap, concept, development, production and end of life in collaboration with Engineering, Operations, Sales and Marketing
• Aid in monitoring of product gross margin and collaborate with the product team to maximize gross margins over the life of the product
• Evaluate product cost tradeoffs with engineering against voice-of-the-customer inputs to deliver essential functions and best value while being a good steward of Garmin’s resources
• Thoroughly document work in an organized manner
• Apply Garmin’s Mission, Vision, Values and Quality Policy and enthusiastically exhibit a desire to see Garmin succeed
• Integrate, use, and provide feedback on products in development when possible as part of their normal job responsibilities

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Marketing, or related engineering or marketing field AND a minimum of 5 years work experience in a product development, engineering, marketing or analytical role
• Must be passionate about and involved in the Dive community
• Must demonstrate a strong aptitude for consumer electronics devices
• Self-motivated, demonstrates a sense of urgency, commitment and focus on the right priorities in developing solutions in a timely fashion, and has exceptional time management and organizational skills with a keen attention to detail
• Demonstrated strong and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills to present data/product recommendations to engineering and marketing/sales management
• Demonstrated proficiency using MS Office skills (PowerPoint, Word, Excel)
• Flexibility to travel (up to 10%)

Garmin Benefits

Details can be found here: Garmin Benefits