Location: Vimercate (MB), Italy
Business Unit: Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (EVI)
Local Org Unit: Product Management
Reporting Line: Head of Product Management
Level / Seniority: Junior or Medium Level
Employment Contract Type: Permanent; Full-Time
Education - Master Degree in electrical or electronic engineering.
Experience - minimum 3-4 years of experience in product management roles in EVI / renewables / industrial multinational and structured companies.
Languages - Italian is mandatory.
Excellent written and spoken knowledge of English language.
**JOB SUMMARY AND SCOPE**
**ACCOUNTABILITIES**
- New product/solution definition
- Product portfolio life cycle management
- Manage projects and products already in progress working on communication and documentation with marketing, but also on new product development dealing with R&D, industrialization and production.
- Evaluate the feasibility, the investment, mediating between commercial and production needs.
- Define the technical part prior to product development with R&D and engineering.
- Support and direct marketing in the communication phases in order to ensure consistency with the technical characteristics of the product.
**ACTIVITIES**
- Market Analysis - Leads market intelligence analysis.
Understands and defines current market segmentation and related product/system positioning.
Identifies potential gaps in portfolio, both against competition and new market opportunity.
- Product Technical Knowledge - Owns the technical and market specification for the product/system and determines a product/system business plan that supports sustainable growth.
- Product Life Cycle - Leads life cycle management process, analyses current product/system, defines and tracks performance metrics, plans appropriate measures (e.g.
enhancements, cost reductions, phase-outs) and makes decisions on product/system obsolescence and end-of life.
- Portfolio Management - Contributes to development of new portfolios by leading customer need and value analysis, planning the roadmap to create maximum value, follow-up of product/system portfolio performance.
- New Product Development - Prioritizes new product/system development projects with responsibility for achievement of targets (product characteristics, time, costs, capital expenditure, pay-back) and coordinating cross-functional teams.
- Product Marketing - Initiates and drives product market communication strategy, including product launch planning and implementation.
Defines product customer value proposition per segment and channel and ensures clear communication to channels and users.
**TECHNICAL SKILLS**
MUST HAVE
- Excellent knowledge of Office Suite: especially Excel and PPT
- Product Management knowledge
- Basic business and market competencies
- Proficiency in research and analysis
NICE TO HAVE
- Project Management knowledge
- Competences in EVI Business
**BEHAVIOURAL SKILLS**
- Attentive to details, combines technical knowledge with the ability to read the market trends.
- Ability to work to reach targets and under pressure and meet deadlines.
- Highly motivated, willing to learn, self-driven, teamwork predisposition, both with R&D and Marketing teams and with other company functions.