Video Solutions SW Product Manager - Poly

Description

As a Product Manager within the video collaboration space, specializing in video software, you will help lead the strategic direction and oversee the execution of cutting-edge software solutions. This role places you at the heart of product innovation, making you a pivotal stakeholder throughout the product development lifecycle. You will be a lead stakeholder during the product development lifecycle serving as a central resource, across multiple organizations including hardware and software design, operations, test, quality, and marketing organizations. Responsible for designing, developing, and managing a portfolio of products that translate end user requirements into innovative market leading products and customer success stories. As a Product Manager, you will lead the software for the entire video product portfolio ensuring product success at every phase of the product lifecycle from requirement definition, development, production, and end of life. By collaborating with internal teams and customers, you will shape the future of communication technology and advance our market leadership.

Responsibilities

• Develop and communicate a clear SW vision and strategy for Video products targeted at the Unified Communications space.
• Works closely with stakeholders to understand needs and priorities.
• Translates market and stakeholder needs into a clear product vision and strategy.
• Collaborates with stakeholders to guide feature development and prioritization.
• Translates user requirements into executable and workable feature items with the software engineering team.
• Acts as an advocate for the stakeholders during specification and development stages.

Knowledge & Skills

• Strong technical knowledge of complex hardware and software systems.
• Adept at collecting and analyzing input from multiple sources (customers, sales, engineering, marketing, competitor, and management).
• Tangible experience in product development, systems engineering, or product management.
• Ability to understand and deal well with rapid development cycles and remain flexible in the face of uncertainty.
• Ability to not only communicate in engineering specific jargon and non-technical language but also translate between the two.
• Proficient in using engineering tools like Jira and Confluence, and knowledgeable in Scrum methodology to effectively communicate and refine software requirements and plan software releases.
• Preferred: Understands the overall market, competitors, and technologies in the Unified Communications space.

Scope & Impact

• Decisions and actions typically impact multiple departments and may have downstream repercussions lasting multiple years.
• Advises various internal, partner, and customer teams on the needs and requirements of target markets.
• Works closely with architects and technology leads, directly engaging with internal and external development teams.

Complexity

• Moderate: Some senior management interface; frequent cross-functional/cross-organizational interaction on execution of tactics.
• Applies developed subject matter knowledge to solve common and complex business issues within established guidelines and recommends appropriate alternatives.
• Works on problems of diverse complexity and scope.
• May act as a team or project leader providing direction to team activities and facilitates information validation and team decision making process.
• Exercises independent judgment within generally defined policies and practices to identify and select a solution.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in relevant area or demonstrated competence. Typically 10+ years of relevant experience.