Product Manager

Nesco Resource is collaborating with their client in Stratford to identify a Product Manager for a full-time direct hire role with an industry-leading company. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for defining product roadmap, timeline, prioritizing, planning, and driving the execution of the vision for the products.
• Develop a clear product roadmap that outlines the company's path in identified markets.
• Conduct surveys to gain insight into performance, product, and market opportunities.
• Work with sales, engineering and senior level management to create, design, market and deploy new products focused both at OEM and Aftermarket channels.
• Travel and cross-train with sales leaders on customer visits to assist in the selling cycle.
• Possess business as well as engineering skills in order to strategize, drive and bring the product to market.
• Will work extensively with customers while working cross functionally with Product Marketing, Engineering, Sales, and Partners in order to successfully prioritize features and develop the products that our customers need.
• Translate business priorities into actionable and clearly communicated product requirements. Write clear Product Requirement Documents (PRDs) backed by input from market research, customers, and sales. Includes technical writing for all sales and marketing collateral.
• Work closely with sales and customers to identify broad industry and product trends.

Required Education and Experience

• B.S. in an engineering field, Masters, or MBA desirable.
• A minimum of five years’ product management experience, ideally having managed a complete product including features, pricing, licensing, and platform responsibilities.
• Experience with manufacturing electronic/electro-mechanical product lines
• Excellent listening, oral and written communication/presentation skills with strong ability to influence people at all levels and in various functions.
• Must be able to demonstrate a passion for technology, product innovation and a strong aptitude for business strategy. Experience with M2M/IoT interfaces desired.
• Background in defining the Human Engineering and Graphical User Interface for a product.
• Foodservice industry experience (Technical or Culinary) is a plus.

Nesco Resource provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.