Senior Product Manager - Mil Aero

About the role

Infinite Electronics Inc. is seeking a Senior Product Manager to drive the profitable organic growth of the Mil Aero Interconnects product line. This role involves defining and executing the new product vision and roadmap in line with the Business Unit strategy.

Responsibilities

• Owns the product strategy, technology and new products roadmap, and commercialization.
• Identify market growth drivers, trends, problems, customers' unmet needs and pain points, and win opportunities.
• Create Infinite's products solutions for the Mil Aero market and applications.
• Develop product strategy aligned with the Business Unit strategy, gather new product ideas, create technology and new product roadmap, business case, and go-to-market strategy, including definition of new products, identification of lead customers/early adopters, negotiation with partners, and pricing strategy.
• Assess market size, competitors, market share, create leverage matrix (key success factors), Market Requirement Documents (MRD), Product Requirement Documents (PRD), business cases, and formulate product benefits and value proposition.
• Work with sales in developing strategies to successfully win key opportunities.
• Build in-depth relationships with customers, partners, and suppliers in the Mil Aero market.
• Oversee the development of the technical and commercial collateral.
• Provide technical product support and training for sales, distributors, customers, and other departments as needed.
• Review regularly and improve roadmap data in Aha and ensure compliance with the defined process.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical or mechanical engineering, with specialization in Mil Aero Interconnects products.
• 15+ years of working experience in Product Management, with earlier roles in Business Development, Sales, or Application Engineering for Mil Aero Interconnects products, sold in Mil Aero markets and applications.
• Established relations with key players (customers, third parties, distribution, trade associations…) in the [xxx] market.
• Strong technical expertise and in-depth understanding of the Mil Aero industry landscape, dynamics, value chain, pricing structures, technology, and trends related to the product line.
• Documented success with the development and execution of product strategies and roadmaps.
• Demonstrated history of commercial success with new products.
• Proven ability to create and present complex business cases to C-Suite.
• Regular practice of financial models, market-based pricing, and stage gate process.
• Willing to travel 50% or more of his/her time.
• MS Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook) ability.

Preferred Requirements

• Master’s degree in electrical or mechanical engineering
• MBA or master’s in business management
• Negotiation of customer and supplier agreement
• Experience with roadmapping tools
• High level of comfort with online marketing and ecommerce
• Private labelling experience
• Database management tools’ ability
• Relations with key players (customers, third parties, distribution, trade associations…) in the Mil Aero market

Key Traits and Characteristics

• Entrepreneurial minded with a bias for action, sense of urgency, adaptability, and common sense
• Ability to view issues from multiple perspectives, and to keep the “big picture” in focus
• Strong leadership skills in multi-tasking and leading multidisciplinary teams in a matrix organization
• Self-starter with ability to effectively prioritize competing deliverables and meet deadlines for the team and self
• Hands-on, detail-oriented, highly analytical and organized with excellent follow-up and problem-solving skills
• Must have strong negotiation, communication, organizational and interpersonal skills
• Ability to develop key relationships, both internal and external

Physical Requirements

• Prolonged periods in a stationary position at a desk and working on a computer.
• Constantly communicates with employees and leaders, both verbally and in writing.

Environment

Infinite Electronics currently employs a hybrid schedule, work-from-home rotation. This policy may change in the future, and candidates would have to adapt to the new policy.

Accommodation

Candidates for the position should be able to perform essential job duties in the described work environment with or without accommodation.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Infinite Electronics is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, age, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to building a diverse workforce and we actively encourage women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans to apply.