Product Manager, Simulation

Building Automation Systems Supervisor - The Claremont Colleges Services; Landshut; Vor Ort; EUR 65.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

The Claremont Colleges Services seeks a hands-on Product Manager to turn customer needs, market opportunities, and business objectives into successful simulation products from concept through launch and post-launch support.

You will work with engineering, design, project management, software and hardware teams to define roadmaps, create requirements, and drive launches for sim racing hardware and related peripherals.

Qualifikationen

• 3+ years of Product Management experience in sim racing or related hardware fields.
• Experience working with hardware products from concept through launch and lifecycle.
• Strong passion for and practical familiarity with sim racing and simulation.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to explain complex concepts to non-technical audiences.

Aufgaben

• Define and deliver new simulation and sim racing hardware products as part of the Product Management team.
• Maintain product roadmap, lifecycle planning, and category opportunities.
• Translate research into clear product requirements and recommendations.

Kenntnisse

Product management

Hardware understanding

Sim racing knowledge

Communication

Cross-functional teamwork

Analytical decision making

Customer focus

Documentation

Proactive problem solving

Office tools

Ausbildung

Engineering or related degree

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Jobbeschreibung

Job Description

This hands-on product management role helps turn customer needs, technical requirements, market opportunities, and business objectives into successful simulation products from concept through launch and post-launch support.

• Define and deliver new simulation and sim racing hardware products as part of the Product Management team.
• Help define and maintain the simulation product roadmap, including product concepts, feature priorities, lifecycle planning, and category opportunities.
• Gather and synthesize customer, community, market, and competitive research. Translate insights into clear product requirements and recommendations.
• Create and maintain product requirement documents, feature definitions, user experience expectations and launch criteria.
• Work closely with engineering, industrial design, project management, software, firmware, operations and quality teams to deliver complete user experiences.
• Create business cases, financial models, forecasts, and market opportunity assessments to support product decisions and prioritization.
• Help sales, marketing, customer care and go-to-market teams [PM1] understand product positioning, features, benefits, target users, competitive differentiation and launch priorities.
• Create[PM2] executive overviews and communicate project status, decisions needed, risks, issues, blockers and recommended actions.
• Create and maintain supporting product documentation, including SKU sheets, FAQs, manuals, setup guidance and product profiles.
• Evaluate, test, report, and handle issues for prototypes and pre-production samples, including hands-on investigation and supplier follow-up.
• Create recommended setups, software settings, tuning guidance, and usage profiles; investigate product issues, create issue reports, and support root cause analysis and resolution planning across the lifecycle.
• Monitor post-launch customer feedback, quality trends, support issues, reviews, sales input, and competitive changes.

Essential Skills and Experience:

Required:

• 3+ years of Product Management experience in the same, similar, or adjacent field, such as sim racing products, gaming peripherals, gaming hardware, consumer electronics, enthusiast technology, or similar hardware categories.
• Experience working with hardware products and understanding of product development from concept through launch and lifecycle management.
• Strong passion for and practical familiarity with sim racing and simulation
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly to non-technical audiences and senior stakeholders.
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams, including engineering, design, software, firmware, project management, marketing, sales, operations, quality, and executive stakeholders.
• Analytical approach to decision-making, including comfort with business cases, forecasts, financial inputs, competitive analysis, customer feedback, and data-driven recommendations.
• Strong customer focus and experience helping deliver products, features, or experiences that address real consumer needs.
• Strong organization, ownership, and attention to detail across documentation, product requirements, SKU information, launch materials, issue reports, and stakeholder communication.
• Open-minded, collaborative, and highly motivated attitude with a willingness to solve problems hands-on.
• Proficiency with general office productivity suites for documents, spreadsheets, presentations, communication, and collaboration.

Beneficial:

• Experience with Jira, Confluence, product requirement systems, product requirement documents, or similar product development documentation workflows.
• Education in engineering, product management, business, technology, or a similar field.
• Experience with sim racing hardware ecosystems, gaming peripherals, force feedback systems, wheels, pedals, accessories, drivers, firmware, configuration software, or setup profiles.
• Real-world racing, karting, motorsport, track, or racing setup experience is a plus but is not required.