Teknisk Produkt Chef

JOB Description <Technical Product Manager>


Note: Products include physical items, software and services.

Role
● Features
o Define features, user experience and release quality of a product
o Prioritise features according to their strategic goals and initiatives
o Partner with development team on product development
● Strategy
o Defining the product roadmap and strategy from various input
o Define product maintenance strategy
o Discovery of new products that have potential business opportunities or of strategic value to the company
● Release
o Define release process and strategy for a product
o Bridging gaps between various functional parties within the company to facilitate the product release
● Innovation
o Generate, develop, and curate new ideas
o Ensure and encourage innovation in the whole product life cycle

Responsibilities
● Defining the why, when and what of a product
● Defining the requirements for each product feature and the desired user experience
● Communicate to the development team the business value and intent of the release of a product feature
● Communicate with customers to understand the business value of a requested feature
● Work closely with C-level to communicate ideas and manage expectations.
● Work closely with development teams on the technical specifications and skill set require for the development of a product
● Ensure development teams have all the information they need to deliver a complete product to market
● Ensure requests, feedback and ideas are well integrated into the product planning and development processes
● Plan with development team for deliverables and timelines
● Work with dependencies such as marketing, sales to bring the product to the market
● Resolve issues related to manufacturers and suppliers on product features and quality requirements
● Provide technical evaluation on products sourced from suppliers and provide suggestions for technical improvement
● Ensuring the security of a product is good enough for commercial use

Expectations on the role
● Communicate to C-level the business value of a certain product feature or a product
● Communicate to cross-functional unit clearly on the requirements and demands:
o Communicate to manufacturers and suppliers on product features, need, design and quality requirements
o Communicate to developers for product feature development and quality control
● Manage the product life cycle of a product
● Ensure the quality of a product release from the customers’ perspective
● Ensure the requested features and ideas are properly handled in the product planning and roadmap
● Source or generate high-value, innovative products according to future market trends and demands

Competence required
● Product life cycle management skills
● Project management skills
● Proven innovation capability (patents, etc.)
● IoT radio communication (Bluetooth, Z-Wave, Zigbee, LoRa) design, protocol and application development knowhow
● Embedded hardware and firmware development, prototyping and manufacturing knowhow
● Product marketing knowhow
● Security vulnerability assessment skills
● Machine learning algorithms and applications knowhow
● User Experience design and Information Architecture knowhow
● Certification requirements such as RED/CE, Bluetooth, Z-Wave, etc..
● Able to communicate fluently in both spoken and written Mandarine and English