Product Manager

Payrate: $50.00 - $50.00/hr
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• Manages and administers product planning, design, development, documentation, and execution throughout the product lifecycle.
• Gathers and prioritizes product and customer requirements, defines the product vision, and works closely with R&D, engineering, sales, marketing, operations, and support to conform to the company’s quality system procedures for design control and to ensure revenue and customer satisfaction goals are met.
• Ensures that the product, and possibly the marketing efforts, supports the company's overall strategy and goals.
• Defines the product strategy and roadmap.
• Delivers product requirement documents and marketing requirement documents with prioritized features and corresponding justification.
• Runs beta and pilot programs with early-stage products and samples.
• Develops the core positioning and messaging for the product.
• Performs product demos to customers.
• Maintains expertise with respect to the competition.
• Acts as a leader within the company.
• May work with external third parties to assess partnerships and licensing opportunities.
• May set pricing to meet revenue and profitability goals, develop sales tools and collateral, and brief and train the sales force.