Launch Manager

Motorola Solutions; South Gate (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive Bonus Plans

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

401K with Company Match

10 Paid Holidays

Generous Paid Time Off

Job summary

Motorola Solutions is seeking an experienced Launch Manager to oversee cross-functional alignment and readiness for software offers and product launches. You will coordinate with Product Management, Engineering, Marketing, and other functions to ensure launches meet plan, budgets, and customer expectations.

The role requires strong process and project management acumen, superb communication, and the ability to drive consensus in a matrixed organization.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of related experience in product/launch management or equivalent.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Ability to navigate a highly-matrixed organization and gain trust with leaders.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and communicate product launch plans and track deliverables, milestones, risks, and dependencies.
• Identify cross-functional stakeholders and their associated launch plan tasks/deliverables.
• Ensure all stakeholders understand their needs and commitments for each launch.
• Anticipate issues, explore contingencies, and provide escalation management.
• Collaborate with Launch Management to improve tools and processes for launch success.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional coordination

Communication

Stakeholder management

Self-starter

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We're a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that's critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Department Overview

Launch Management is responsible for managing the lifecycle of our software and solution launches from portfolio approval through post-launch for the Software and Mobile Video businesses.

Job Description

The Launch Manager is responsible for ensuring cross functional alignment, communication, tracking, and overall readiness for software offers and product launches with the goal of delivering solutions on plan. The Launch Manager is there to enable excellent customer experiences by leveraging repeatable processes and deliverables. The successful candidate will be an expert in process/project management with proven collaboration and project management skills to align all stakeholders for delivering successful launch outcomes with minimal direction. The Launch Manager is responsible for collaborating with Product Management and Engineering, Marketing, Sales Enablement, Finance, Order Management, Services, Legal, among others throughout the launch process, to ensure all stakeholders are thoroughly educated on the new launches and their expected involvement. Strong communication skills are needed to inform stakeholders of risks and contingency plans. The role is a vital part of the Offer Management team, bridging the gap between concept and execution.

To excel in this role, you:

• Can drive a cross functional group of business functions towards a common goal
• Can multi-task across a number of simultaneous product launches
• Are adept at driving consensus and finding creative options when posed with constraints
• A self starter and thrive on ambiguity
• Understands various stakeholder decisions being made and are able to clearly articulate these to all business partners

Essential Functions

• Build, maintain, and communicate product launch plans and track the deliverables, milestones, risks, and dependencies from the cross functional launch team
• Identify cross-functional stakeholders and their associated launch plan tasks/deliverables
• Ensure all stakeholders understand their needs and commitments for each launch
• Anticipate issues, proactively explore contingencies, and provide escalation management throughout new product launches
• Advocate for all stakeholders throughout the launch cycle to ensure they have the support needed to succeed
• Ensure a successful customer journey is given appropriate consideration by including early engagement of the appropriate internal stakeholders to provide the necessary input
• Able to determine sufficiency of deliverables, both directly and indirectly
• Collaborate and coordinate with leaders across organizations whose timelines must synchronize to ensure customers and company stakeholders are informed about product launches and launch readiness, in a predictable and reliable manner
• Collaborate with other members of the Launch Management team to develop/enhance tools and processes to improve collaboration and reduce redundancy to ensure launch success

Qualifications

• A minimum of 5 years of related experience in product/launch management with a Bachelor's degree
• PMP Certification, or equivalent, a plus
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Ability to understand and communicate the big picture while being able to be detail-orientated about execution
• Self-motivated, results-driven with a strong sense of urgency.
• Excellent project management skills
• Able to navigate a highly-matrixed organization and gain trust with leaders across multiple layers
• Highly customer-focused

Basic Requirements

• At least 5+ years of related experience in project, product, /process / launch management.
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. indefinitely is required. Employer work permit sponsorship is not available for this position.

Travel Requirements

Under 10%

Relocation Provided

None

Position Type

Experienced

Referral Payment Plan

Yes

Our U.S. Benefits include:

• Incentive Bonus Plans
• Medical, Dental, Vision benefits
• 401K with Company Match
• 10 Paid Holidays
• Generous Paid Time Off Packages
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Paid Parental & Family Leave
• and more!

Target Base Salary Range

$100,000 - $ $120,000 USD.

EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer