Lead Product Manager

Ansys is the global leader in engineering simulation. We empower the world's most innovative companies to deliver transformational products to their customers. By offering the best and broadest portfolio of engineering simulation software solutions, we help our customers solve the most complex design challenges and engineer products limited only by imagination. Whether you are a software developer, product engineer, sales team member, or part of our corporate team, at Ansys we know that by embracing what makes us each unique, we become collectively better.

SUMMARY

ANSYS, Inc. seeks Lead Product Manager to work in Canonsburg, PA and various unanticipated locations.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Demonstrate leadership through engagement with customers, field staff, and development to influence strategic revenue objectives and the go-to-market strategy.
• Maintain a deep and broad knowledge of the product portfolio, providing direction to more junior teammates.
• Exercise business acumen to implement models and procedures that impact business growth.
• Drive product strategy, planning, marketing as well as sales support activities for ANSYS products.
• Focus on go-to-market activities aimed at helping to achieve strategic revenue objectives.
• Work closely with customers and channel partners to evaluate and prioritize product changes and enhancements.
• Provide research and insights into ongoing market trends/needs and articulate the findings in the form of product requirements.
• Play a proactive role in product planning and design to ensure the product is differentiated from competitors in the marketplace.
• Work closely with Development teams to create realistic development plans and schedules.
• Create written product specifications and requirements.
• Work closely with technical ANSYS Customer Excellence teams to gain product feedback and assess competitive threats.
• Maintain close relationships with customers to remain aware of their needs and perspectives.
• Evaluate and prioritize requests for product changes and enhancements.
• Participate in producing technical white papers, application notes, product positioning presentations, and webinars as part of the go-to-market strategy.
• Engage and facilitate solutions in any Pre-Sales situations as appropriate.
• Function as a specialist/expert during customer visits and technical events.
• Provide quality assurance testing and feedback on new product features and design flows.
• Provide training to Customer Excellence and Account Teams.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Mechanical Engineering or Computer Science, and three (3) years of experience in a related position.
• Alternate Acceptable Education and Work Experience Requirement: Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Mechanical Engineering or Computer Science, and five (5) years of experience in a related position.
• Work experience or academic coursework must have included:
  • experience in the product management of Cloud-based product offers, including defining product requirements and capabilities;
  • experience in the product management of technical products for engineering simulation, including experience performing comprehensive market research and analysis relating to products, capabilities and competition, as well as general business environment, business models, and product to identify new opportunities for technical solutions;
  • experience composing summary reports as briefing materials for non-technical management in support of technical product proposals;
  • experience writing product strategy documents, requirements and end-user descriptions for targeted technical product solutions;
  • experience developing rolling 12-month product roadmaps;
  • experience managing and prioritizing projects that span two (2) or more development/implementation teams and multiple disciplines of physics; and
  • experience conducting product requirement discovery meetings and technical presentations with customers.

ALIGNING YOUR VALUES TO OUR SOLUTIONS
At Ansys, our diverse, collaborative teams give us the strength and insight to solve the world's most challenging engineering problems. Our ONE Ansys culture has at its core:

• Customer Focus
• Results and Accountability
• Innovation
• Transparency and Integrity
• Mastery
• Inclusiveness
• Sense of Urgency
• Collaboration and Teamwork

ENGINEERING YOUR CAREER AT ANSYS
At Ansys, you will find yourself among the sharpest minds and most visionary leaders across the globe. Collectively we strive to change the world with innovative technology and transformational solutions. With a prestigious reputation in servicing well-known, world-class companies, standards at Ansys are high - met by those willing to rise to the occasion and meet those challenges head-on. At Ansys, it's about the learning, the discovery and the collaboration. It's about the "what's next" as much as the "mission accomplished." And it's about the melding of disciplined intellect with strategic direction and results that have, can and do impact real people in real ways. All this is forged within a working environment built on respect, autonomy and ethics.

At Ansys, you will find yourself among those eager to drive the world towards the next best thing with hands planted firmly on the wheel. Our team is passionate about pushing the limits of world-class simulation technology, empowering our customers to turn their design concepts into successful, innovative products faster and at lower cost. As a measure of our success in attaining these goals, Ansys has been recognized as one of the world's most innovative companies by prestigious publications such as Bloomberg Businessweek and FORTUNE magazines.

Ansys is an S&P 500 company and a member of the NASDAQ-100. We are proud to have been recognized for the following awards: Bay Area Best Places to Work, a Pillar World Awards Gold Winner, Fast Company Best Places to Work for Innovators, a Gold Stevie Award for Great Employers, the FORTUNE Future 50, a DCA Silver Winner, an R&D100 Finalist, a 20% by 2020 Women on Boards winner, a 2020 Pittsburgh Tech 50 - finalist, and America's Most Responsible Companies.

For more information, please visit us at www.ansys.com

We are committed to creating a culture of inclusion and belonging where everyone thrives as ONE Ansys team.

Ansys is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.

Ansys does not accept unsolicited referrals for vacancies, and any unsolicited referral will become the property of Ansys. Upon hire, no fee will be owed to the agency, person, or entity.

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