Technical Product Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Uncover, understand and interpret customer needs and use cases, distilling this input into high quality Critical Requirements, aligned with the strategic product roadmap and business vision, and driven by the Functional Objectives for new products, features and functions.
• Review and approve the Design Requirements created by other functional groups and associates, which are driven by the Critical Requirements.
• Critically analyze workflows associated with new products, features and functionality and identify areas of opportunity for efficiency and quality improvements, plus any areas of concern with respect to end-user and/or patient hazards.
• Affiliate with competitive product analysis, leveraging the findings as needed in product definition activities.
• Provide guidance and prioritization for the Product Development and other cross-functional teams during development projects on new features and functionality, enhancements to existing features and customer satisfaction-driven improvements.
• Act in the “Product Owner” role for software teams using Agile processes.
• Affiliate with development of appropriate test methods, data, and techniques for product verification and performance testing.
• Affiliate with Internal Validation and Critical Requirements Verification (CRV) processes for new developments.
• Affiliate with Risk Analysis updates throughout project as needed.
• Provide input to marketing’s product positioning and promotional material creation.
• Provide internal training to other associates and functional groups on how to use new products, features and functions.
• Provide tradeshow demonstration support, as needed.
• Understand, research, and follow technical and clinical trends that impact the industry, to execute the TPM role most effectively and to support the PLD.
• Contribute information to the business cases owned and managed by the PLD.
• Affiliate with change management activities.
• Affiliate with Manufacturing/Operations feedback on released products.
• Affiliate with field escalations from Support Operations and prioritize their resolutions with the development team through the Product Development process.

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

• 5+ years of product management, upstream/inbound marketing or product development experience, preferably in radiotherapy or in a similar medical device industry.
• Proven analytical skills and problem-solving techniques.
• Ability to work effectively both individually and in a team environment.
• Excellent organizational, verbal, and written communication skills.
• A valuable plus would be a master’s degree in medical physics with at least 4 years relevant work experience at least 3 of which are in radiotherapy industry or a radiotherapy clinic.