Senior Product Manager

Fullsight, the integrated brand of SAE Industry Technologies Consortia (ITC), Performance Review Institute (PRI) and SAE International (SAE), delivers shared solutions to industry's common challenges.

Join us and create a higher standard for a better world.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Working with the industry representatives, market research, stakeholders, and/or instructional designers, identify customer problems and solutions, such as new curricula, features, media, content and product areas. May include locating and engaging stakeholders and/or subject matter experts to survey, interview, develop, and deliver content via available delivery modalities. Ensure the vision of the product is executed in product delivery and within appropriate timeframes. In concert with the product group Director, drive the strategic direction of products and support implementation of the strategy to drive revenue, margin, and growth goals.
• Guides successful tradeoffs that affect cost, schedule, users, and how well the product works throughout the product life cycle. Provides product leadership from introduction through obsolescence, evaluates new technologies, articulates issues, and makes clear recommendations.
  Makes product positioning and messaging recommendations and ensures they are communicated to sales and marketing counterparts.
• Drives and participates in efficacy research to identify obstacles, improve ease-of-use and customer satisfaction. Articulates research findings to management in order to impact future product direction.
  Creates and delivers formal presentations and conducts group discussions on products for a broad range of audiences.
• Continually reviews product usage data and maintains an ongoing dialog with customers and internal stakeholders, particularly sales, on trends, risks and opportunities.
• Contributing to the achievement of SAE's organizational goals and additional projects as assigned

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's Degree and 4+ years of experience in product development or related experience

• Global Perspective
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills
• Exceptional presentation skills
• Enthusiasm for developing global learning products for mobility industries
• Financial acumen: ability to consume, create and interpret P&Ls
• Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills
• Requires strong diplomacy skills to drive alignment between competing business needs and objectives.
• MS Office proficient

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Understanding of talent and/or workforce development landscape and/or curriculum development a plus
• Experience in Engineering, Aerospace, Ground Vehicles, the mobility industry, standards, or professional certification business a plus
• Certification in Product Management or the ability to obtain it within the first 9 months
• New product development processes and life cycle maintenance experience
• Familiarity with using quantitative and qualitative data to inform product development
• Experience collecting voice of customer inputs and developing relationships with industry stakeholders
• Demonstrate the following competencies:
  • Strategic Thinking
  • Business Development
  • Project Management
  • Relationship Building
  • Results Management
  • Impact and Influence

WORKING CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to travel 20% of the time.
• Ability to work for long periods at a computer/desk.
• Standard office environment.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled