Product Director

 

Job Description

 

Director of Product Line Management with complete lifecycle management responsibilities including:

 

-Building a team of world class Product Managers based in China.  Product responsibilities will be products which are designed by our China team for sale WW and for products which are targeted and designed for the APAC theatre.

- Product Requirements - setting product requirements (vai MRDs and PRDs) that exceed customer and market needs, maximize technical capabilities and meet business objectives.  Must be able to take input from a wide variety of inputs (customer contacts, focus groups, technical team, sales, etc.) and distill information into prioritized, actionable requirements. 

- Product Delivery - Work with engineering and operations teams to ensure quality product delivery that meets the product requirements. Set product positioning and transition strategies for the outbound marketing team. Will set pricing and distribution strategies for the product.

- Meeting business objectives - Ensure that responsible products meet business objectives in terms of units and profit contribution (forecast and actual).

- Set Product strategy - Full product ownership for product transitions from concept through EOL. 

- Primary product line knowledge source for engineering, manufacturing, marketing and sales. Provide product communication to a wide variety of audiences: customers, sales, development, internal peer and supervisory groups.

Requirement

- Bachelor'sor MS degree in technical field. MBA desired. Minimum of 10 years related experience

-Excellent English and Chinese communication skills

  - Prior experience in high-tech product line management including all phases of the product lifecycle

-Experience with working with cross functional teams located across the globe from one another

 - Solid track record of managing successful products in terms of meeting market needs and business objectives

 - Essential technical expertise: audio/video technologies, internet communications, IP infrastructure

 - Preferred technical expertise: videoconferencing technologies, audio/video compression, HW/SW architecture

 - Prior experience in engineering and/or outbound product marketing a plus.

 - Excellent writing and presentation skills