Product Manager - Preview Release Program

Job Description

As a Product Manager-Preview Release Program , you will join the Software Product Management Team that has responsibility for the evolution of FactoryTalk Automation Software and work closely with platform leaders, fellow product managers, and engineering resources across multiple locations to evolve the product and platform. This specific role will have focus on customer engagement, facilitating user research, and executing software preview release programs for the business.

**Preferred location is Mayfield Heights Ohio, Milwaukee Wisconsin or San Jose California. We will also consider other remote Rockwell Locations in the US.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define clear problem and market opportunity statements that lead to product features and capabilities with strong emphasis on delivering measurable customer usability, productivity benefits, and business value as per our company strategy.
• Gather and effectively document customer / market requirements from different user types and global regions and effectively prioritize features that align with the best possible user and company value.
• Lead the FactoryTalk Automation Software preview release program and work closely with the User Research Team to facilitate Voice of Customer engagements to maximize value from the interactions.
• Manage requirements through an agile development process and recommend appropriate trade-offs with engineering resources based on priority management.
• Strong emphasis on collaboration and teamwork with platform leaders, fellow product managers, and businesses to deliver the best and easiest-to-use integrated system solution possible.
• The delivered product must create market differentiation and greater attachment opportunities for the portfolio. Identify innovation opportunities for the product line.
• Provide strong leadership in the execution of projects that involve cross-functional and cross-business teams. Champion innovation in product line by creating both product differentiation, attachment opportunities and increasing our company intellectual property portfolio, while being a thought leader.
• Strong customer relationship management skills and ability to collaborate effectively with various functional groups and peer business units.
• Recognized by management and peers as an advisor on issues beyond assigned product line(s) and current business practices. This would include, but not limited to, a strong understanding of Rockwell Automation technologies and their application.

Basic qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree.
• Legal authorization to work in the US is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.

Preferred qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in technical field, or equivalent.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in the industrial automation industry.
• Experience interfacing with customers and defining customer problems.
• Good interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
• Must be able and willing to travel up to 10% of the time.
• Proven Industry experience in control system design, implementation, commissioning, and/or support with knowledge of current Rockwell Automation software products.
• Experience with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)methodology.
• Experience with a diverse set of technical and commercial aspects of automation control systems.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills and influencing capabilities, efficient in Microsoft Office products, and an ability to work with a geographically dispersed team to achieve position objectives.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability and veterans.

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