Product Manager - Transponders/RFID/IoT

Title: Product Manager - RFID / Transponders / IoT

Work Location: US(remote) or Europe/Asia

-No recruiting agencies will be considered at this time-

Required

• Minimum of 3+ Years of Product Management experience within the industry
• Comprehensive knowledge of RFID (HF, NFC, and UHF) technology
• Experience bringing RFID technology to vertical markets

Company Description

Identiv is a community of professionals dedicated to our mission to software-enable the entire physical world, making it as convenient, responsive, connected, and secure as the digital world.

We're executing our mission through two rapidly-growing business initiatives. Our Identity business deploys RFID devices into billions of things, connecting them digitally and allowing them to be identified, secured, and interacted with through software. Our Premises business does the same for places, deploying devices and software to identify, connect and make places more convenient and secure, all connected and enabled through software. RFID is the underlying technology making it all possible, together with a set of software, mobility aps, and devices.

Our Identity business focuses on High-frequency/NFC-based advanced applications across medical devices, smart packaging, consumer engagement, logistics, and other data-intensive, experience-driven markets. Our customers include some of the largest medical and pharmaceutical companies, mobile device leaders, consumer brand leaders, and industrial systems leaders worldwide. Our products were incorporated into about 200 million products last year.

At Identiv, everyone matters, and everything we do matters. We believe having the best people in the most exciting, aligned, relevant, and empowered roles with clear missions, goals, and metrics, is the key to our success.

Job Summary
You'll personally lead the key products of our RFID / Transponders / IoT solutions. As a self-starting product manager, you'll drive our product vision, strategy, platform definition, feature priorities, release priorities, competitive positioning, and long-term direction, in addition to tactical sprint guidance and release launches.

You will develop products by identifying potential products; conducting market research; generating product requirements; determining specifications, production timetables, pricing, and time-integrated plans for product introduction; developing marketing strategies. You will act as a mini "GM" for the product line(s) the product manager owns, and champion those line(s) as part of an overall solution internally and externally.

Responsibilities

• Determine customers' needs and desires by specifying and performing the research needed to obtain market information.
• Recommends the nature and scope of present and future product lines and solutions by reviewing product specifications and requirements; appraising new product ideas and/or product or packaging changes.
• Assesses market competition by comparing the company's product to competitors' products.
• Provides source data for product line communications by defining product marketing communication objectives.
• Obtains product market share by working with Sales and Marketing Leadership to develop product sales strategies.
• Assesses product market data by calling on customers with field salespeople and evaluating sales call results.
• Provides information for management by preparing short-term and long-term product sales forecasts and special reports and analyses; answering questions and requests.
• Facilitates inventory turnover and product availability by reviewing and adjusting inventory levels and production schedules.
• Brings new products to market by analyzing proposed product requirements and product development programs; preparing return-on-investment analyses; establishing time schedules with engineering and manufacturing.
• Introduces and markets new products by developing time-integrated plans with sales, advertising, and production.
• Determines product pricing by utilizing market research data; reviewing production and sales costs; anticipating volume; costing special and customized orders.
• Completes operational requirements by scheduling and assigning employees; following up on work results.
• Maintains product management staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees.
• Maintains product management staff job results by counseling and disciplining employees; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

Requirements

• Excellent understanding of People Management, Product Development, Requirements Analysis, Pricing, Planning, Competitive Analysis, Sales Planning, Inventory Control, Financial Planning, Strategy, AGILE, and Waterfall Product Development
• Excellent communication and presentation skills

• Experience developing and implementing a market leadership strategy
• Experience in the development and tactical deployment of a formalized strategic plan - thought leader in direct account selling to large commercial entities
• Ability to network and influence effectively with external RFID adoption organizations
• Industry-leading technologist, with a wide breadth of technical skills, industry segmentation experience
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively with executive leadership teams
• Excellent English Language skills required
• Recommended but not required: JIRA training and certification, Network training, experience in deploying, hardware, software, and cloud

Benefits

Competitive Base Pay

Medical, Dental, Vision, Vanguard 401(k)

PTO, Holiday, Sick Pay

Supplemental Life Insurance, AD&D Insurance, FSA Medical, and Dependent care plans

Variable (sometimes available)

Restricted Stock Options (sometimes available)

We believe in the importance of hiring the finest qualified people, and to that end, and being mindful of our responsibilities to our employees and customers, all offers of employment are contingent upon the results of a confidential pre-employment background check. Identiv is committed to equal employment opportunities.

Identiv, Inc. abides by the requirements of 41CFR 60-300.5(a) and 60-741.5