Product/Project Development Manager

Expro International Group; La Porte (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Job summary

Expro International Group seeks an experienced product development professional to lead the design and delivery of products aligned with business strategy and customer demand.

The role focuses on managing end-to-end product development, improving existing offerings, and coordinating with engineering, operations, and marketing to ensure timely releases and market relevance.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified or formal technical qualification.
• 10+ years of technical experience preferable within relevant product line.
• Previous team leadership or supervisory experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop products and associated processes per product line requirements.
• Manage activities ensuring product delivers according to end-user needs.
• Review and optimise existing products for enhanced functionality per requests or planned upgrades.
• Ensure development aligns with business and customer needs.
• Research market to identify competing or potential products and gaps.
• Provide documented plans for incremental improvements and development.
• Coordinate with product line experts, operations and engineering to meet release timelines.
• Use feedback and data to develop product requirements and enhancements.
• May liaise with Marketing to define go-to-market strategy and positioning.
• Analyse potential partner relationships for the product.

Skills

Product development

Team leadership

Market research

Requirements gathering

Stakeholder management

Education

Degree qualified

Job description

United States of America-La Porte

Responsible for the development of products in accordance with product line or business strategy and customer demand

Key Activities and Accountabilities

1. Design and develop products and associated processes in accordance with product line requirements.

2. Manage the various activities associated with ensuring that product is delivered that meets end users needs.

3. Review existing products to optimise and enhance functionality either in response to customer problems or requests or as part of planned product enhancements.

4. Ensure that relevant factors are considered in development process how well the product fits with business/customer needs.

5. Research market to identify competing or potentially competing products and evaluates strengths and gaps.

6. Provide documented plans of incremental improvements and/or development to achieve final product development.

7. Liaise with product line experts, operations and engineering to ensure development plans are achievable within agreed timescales and to product release requirements.

8. Use feedback from internal and external customers as well as quantitative operational data to develop product requirements/enhancements.

9. May liaise with Marketing and Communications to define the go-to-market strategy, product positioning, key benefits and target customer.

10. Analyse potential partner relationships for the product.

Job Knowledge and Qualifications

1. Degree qualified or formal technical qualification

2. 10+ years technical experience preferable within relevant product line

3. Previous Team Leader/Supervisory experience