Senior Product Manager

at  Faurecia

YOUR MISSION, ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

As part of the FCE Software & Ecosystems Business Unit, the SaaP team specializes in building Software Products, and bringing them to the market, either by contracting directly with OEM or through alternative distribution channels, working with third party software vendor partners.
In this position, the Product Manager will be responsible for executing our product strategy and roadmap based on the existing product portfolio, as well as defining the output of our Innovation and Development teams and gathering feedback from the market.
We expect our Product Manager to travel to customers and tradeshows, leveraging her/his expertise positioning software products in a B2B environment.
With a hands-on approach to defining products and roadmaps and pitching them in front of customers, the Product Manager will work closely with Innovation & Development teams on the definition of products, with a focus on new products.
The Product Manager will also provide market insight to the global team and participate in the definition of the team’s orientations with respect to product definition, roadmap, promotion and selling activities.

WHAT WILL YOU DO

• Help shaping the product roadmap by playing a key role in the definition of the product vision at the global scale, prioritizing features, communicating and measuring its success, ensuring alignment with the company’s vision, strategy and existing technology
• Deliver on new product definition, introduction, and product portfolio management based on your understanding of the market, driven by measurable metrics
• Define measurable metrics for product quality, market penetration and overall results which you will use to report on a regular basis within the leadership team
• Communicate with the SaaP team and advise on products strategy and licensing opportunities as well as general progress of your product activities
• Animate the existing sales channels for our product portfolio with a focus on software products and their deployment at customers
• Survey the market within our industry and assess competition landscape by networking with customers and partners including onsite visits, workshops, tradeshows, and events
• Participate actively in all product roadmap activities such as writing requirements, gathering customers feedback and overseeing marketing campaigns.