Director, Product Management

• Define and evolve the product vision and direction for our enterprise PLM Solution
• Work in a cross functional and collaborative role spanning several teams such as product, design, engineering, and marketing
• Collaborate with UX designers and engineers to reach the best possible version of a feature or product to bring to market
• Prioritize development activities with engineering teams, work closely with QA on acceptance testing and lead product launches
• Manage customer preview programs and engage in frequent conversations with customers both onsite and in customer office to understand their needs, gather feedback, and overall ensure that product direction is in tune with customer needs
• Partner with Client Services to create new service offerings, lead training and build marketing collateral
• Work with and collaborate with several technology and business partners
• Manage team of Product Managers focused on F&B and C&PC

• Proven expertise and demonstrated capabilities in F&B and C&PC related industries relative to specific and general PLM processes, scenarios, domain models, solution patterns as well as adoption and change management considerations. 
  • Deep understanding of F&B and C&PC specific needs especially in the areas of product development, regulatory compliance (specifically European regulations) and formulation.
  • Proven experience and skills in domain modeling and analysis and a good understanding of F&B and C&PC industry pain points, best practices, system integration requirements, and adoption/ change management enablers to accelerate PLM adoption in this field.
  • Pragmatic Agile product management best practices and the ability to creatively model requirements, map solution designs with consideration for pragmatic refactoring and incremental enhancements.
  • Ability to abstract with meta modeling/ problem solving experience relative to the design of configuration points based on common implementation patterns in support of common CPC process and information management practices.
• 15+ years of overall experience (at least 8+ as a product manager) in a fast-paced environment, preferably in SaaS or Enterprise software
• The ability to understand the breadth of our offering and product line as well as the technical ability to drill into details on owned areas
• Excellent leadership, communication, and presentation skills
• Ability to quickly understand, simplify, internalize and communicate complex business or technical requirements
• Emphasis on user-driven product design and data driven product refinement
• Demonstrated ability to work cross functionally across the company
• Ability to thrive in the dynamic environment that comes with being part of an innovative startup from its early days.  That means flexibility as well as dealing with ambiguity

• Ability to quickly understand, simplify, internalize and communicate complex business or technical requirements
• Emphasis on user-driven product design and data driven product refinement
• Demonstrated ability to work cross functionally across the company
• Demonstrated ability to deliver solutions to existing customer segments and rapidly expand to new customer segments
• Ability to thrive in the dynamic environment that comes with being part of an innovative company from its early days. 
• Ability to develop multi-level relationships of confidence and trust with customers and cross-functional colleagues.
• Ability to adapt to a rapidly evolving technology and commercial environment.
• Ability to resolve problems in order to clarify situations and create a way forward.
• Results-oriented and motivated to deliver value.
• Ability to go deep in problem solving and analytical solution mapping.
• Proven ability to work with geographically distributed teams.
• Team player, ready to contribute to the A team!

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