Job Details
Who We Are:
We are the team driving the vision of Transforming the Way the World Works with Vehicles.
Trimble Maps is dedicated to transforming journeys by connecting the physical and digital on the road with commercial map intelligence, enabling fleets and drivers to make better, smarter, safer decisions.
We're committed to ensuring our customers and partners have access to advanced transportation technology and accurate data to guide their business safely, efficiently, and reliably every mile of the way.
We seek an experienced, innovative, and self-organizing Product Manager to help us build our Trimble Maps roadmap.
Are you looking to play a key part in solving the challenges of end customers and partners? Are you looking for an exciting role that will allow you to impact the future of transportation technology globally?
Job Title: Product Manager (Levels include: Associate, PM & Sr. PM)
Group: Product Management
Job Description:
Product managers are responsible for orchestrating all Trimble Maps organizational elements to achieve total product success as measured by revenue growth, market position, and profitability. Success in achieving the goals will be in collaborating with Sales/Business Development, Product Owners, Development, Marketing, and Finance. Ultimate success in the position will be determined by the individual's ability to intimately understand the product's environment, users, use cases, and customer influencers, articulate objectives that lead to success, and harness the wider Trimble Transportation to deliver solutions.
What you are going to do
- Ultimately accountable for product success
- Subject Matter Expert of the User
- Thorough understanding of the Product(s)
- Advocate for the market and the user
- Create and communicate vision and roadmap to the stakeholders
- Business plans for projects/products
- Create, Measure, and Analyze product KPIs
- Define and communicate the value proposition
- Market Understanding
- Coordinate and conduct VOC engagement(s)
- Engage with the market to ensure products are in tune with market expectations.
- Clearly define market problems and opportunities. Prioritize opportunities.
- Understand and document the value proposition provided by our products
- Ensure Product Positioning is clearly defined
- Conduct and present Win/Loss Analysis
- Gather and present distinctive competencies
- Strategy and Vision
- Coordinate with the business leaders to formulate product vision and strategy.
- OKRs: Define clear objectives and key results along with expected timelines.
- Work with Sales and Business leaders to set revenue targets
- Work with Sales, Finance, Marketing, and Support to define go-to-market strategy
- Manage product lifecycle from ideation through end-of-life timing and process
- Roadmap and Communication
- Prioritize the market opportunities along with business case development
- Align roadmap with leadership and Long Range Plan
- Create the Project Charters for each
- Coordinate roadmaps & interdependencies with other Product Managers
- Stakeholder for Product Execution
- Align the roadmap with the Project team(s)
- Coordinate with Product Owners to ensure the release plan is aligned with the roadmap.
- Consult with product owners and engineering managers to ensure the solutions meet the market/user needs.
What Skills & Experience You Should Bring
- Working experience in software development life cycles.
- Experience with Aha! & Jira is a plus
- Transportation vertical experience is a plus
- Project management and leadership expertise for aligning and executing with cross-functional teams:
- Day-to-day tactical work with Product Owners, Development, and QA teams
- Coordinating long-term roadmap for assigned products and solutions
- Experience conducting user experience research to validate solution or design hypotheses
- Clear and concise communication, both written, illustrative, and verbal.
- Strong teamwork, collaboration, and partnership attitude
What Experience You Will Bring
- Minimum three years of product management or equivalent experience
- Understanding of agile development methodologies