Sr. Product Manager - PCR Infrastructure

Motorola Solutions; Schaumburg (IL); On-site; USD 169,000 - 176,000; 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 Packages

Job summary

Motorola Solutions in Schaumburg, IL is seeking a Product Management Leader for the PCR Infrastructure portfolio to shape strategy and lead a team of PMs. You will own why, what, and when, collaborating with engineering, supply chain, and global sales to drive a high-impact communications ecosystem.

You will define the product vision, manage roadmaps, and oversee releases, go-to-market support, and performance metrics while guiding a diverse, multi-continental team toward profitable growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree, MBA or other graduate degree.
• 10+ years progressive technology experience in engineering or product planning/marketing.
• Experience leading and scaling product management teams.
• Strong ability to influence VP and C-level stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Set product vision and strategy with clear roadmaps.
• Lead, mentor and grow a team of product managers.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration across engineering, supply chain and global sales.
• Define and manage go-to-market plans and releases.
• Own P&L and portfolio profitability.

Skills

Product strategy

Cross-functional leadership

Roadmap management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's Degree, MBA or other graduate degree

Tools

Jira

Tableau

Confluence

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

The PCR Infrastructure Systems Product Management team has end-to-end ownership of the product definition, planning, delivery and lifecycle management of the entire MOTOTRBO systems portfolio. Operating as a high-efficiency growth engine, the team bridges engineering, supply chain, and global sales to deliver a unified communications ecosystem.

Job Description

The Role "Do you want to help us Solve for Safer?" As our Product Management Leader for the PCR Infrastructure portfolio, you are the visionary shaping the product strategy that defines our market leadership. In this role, you will lead, mentor, and grow a team of talented product managers. You will own the 'why,' 'what,' and 'when,' driving cross-functional collaboration between engineering, supply chain, and global sales to shape our communications ecosystem. This is a strategic role for a leader who thrives on bridging gaps, influencing global strategy, and seeing their vision deployed in mission-critical environments.

Product Strategy

The product manager is responsible for setting a product vision and strategy. Their job is to clearly articulate the business value to the product team so they understand the intent behind the new product or product release. They own the strategy behind the product along with its roadmap and must work with development to define, prioritize and build what matters.

• Create and manage the product portfolio, roadmap, vision and backlog.
• Identify customer needs and market requirements.
• Evaluate competitive intelligence.
• Define financial goals.
• Create business plans and proposals for new initiatives.
• Strategic partner and third party supplier management.

Product Releases

Product managers must plan for what their teams will deliver and when they will deliver it. The product manager owns the HW and SW release aspects of the product. Release responsibilities include managing HW and SW features and dependencies in and across releases, product and support teams; and managing releases with phases and milestones.

• Establish vision and goals for releases.
• Define market offer and structure.
• Work with enablement organizations to make products orderable and deliverable.
• Define and support implementation of training, support and deployment requirements.
• Manage risks and resolve issues that affect release scope, schedule and quality.
• Coordinate overall release project and schedule.

Product Visioning

Collecting, curating, and promoting the most relevant ideas into features. Defining which ideas should be promoted to features to achieve key objectives for the product line and business. Soliciting feedback and requests from partners, customers and field teams and ensuring this is seamlessly integrated into the product planning and development processes.

• Gather customer and sales feedback.
• Gather the voice of partner & customer input.

Feature Definition

The product manager defines the features and requirements necessary to deliver a complete product to market and lead the product team to success. They are responsible for articulating the 'why' and 'what', working with go to market to determine the 'where', and working with development to determine the 'when'.

• Defining market-winning requirements.
• Direct and approve UI/UX activities.
• Define acceptance criteria, KPIs and SLAs.

Go-to-market Support

Responsible for making product decisions and often is the lead resource for the rest of the organization when deep product expertise is required. This includes supporting the organizations that help bring the product to market and work directly with customers including marketing, sales, training and support services.

• Facilitate sales and channel training.
• Assist pre-sales with custom project requests.
• Define and ensure implementation of GTM assets including demo environments, training materials, and presentations.
• Demonstrate new pre-release features.

Leadership & Behavioral Skills

• Polished presentation skills for internal and external audiences.
• Consensus building among stakeholders.
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural team spread across multiple continents.
• Executive presence to influence VP and C-level stakeholders.

• Experience developing and validating market problems based on industry experience and contact with customers and stakeholders.
• Experience managing and motivating a talented team towards a common goal.
• Understanding of the software development life cycle and technical acumen to communicate effectively with development engineering and our technical end users.
• Strong ability to lead by influencing others within and outside of the organization.
• Proven experience in people management, including mentorship, hiring, and scaling high-performing teams.
• Direct accountability for P&L and portfolio profitability.

Desired Attributes

• Experience within Enterprise & Public Safety markets.
• Experience launching products to international markets.
• Familiarity with cloud services (Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform) and modern DevOps.
• Knowledge of MOTOTRBO or DMR standards.
• Proficiency in Jira, Tableau, and Confluence for data-driven decision-making and project tracking.

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Target Base Salary Range: $168,800 - $175,600 USD

Consistent with Motorola Solutions values and applicable law, we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Pay within this range varies and depends on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree, MBA or other graduate degree.
  
• 10+ years progressive, relevant technology experience in engineering or Product Planning/Product Marketing/Product Management.
  

Travel Requirements

None

Relocation Provided

None

Position Type

Experienced

Referral Payment Plan

No

Our U.S.Benefitsinclude:

• Incentive Bonus Plans

• Medical, Dental, Visionbenefits

• 401K with Company Match

• 10 Paid Holidays

• GenerousPaidTime Off Packages

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

• PaidParental & Family Leave

• and more!

EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic.

We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you'd like to join our team but feel that you don't quite meet all of the preferred skills, we'd still love to hear why you think you'd be a great addition to our team.

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