VP, Product Management

Why this role matters

We are looking for an experienced Product Leader that has either deep CSP experience or CPaaS product experience to join us at a pivotal stage of our growth as we begin to open up the opportunities that come with being part of Ericsson.
This is an opportunity to support & empower a highly respected globally distributed and diverse Product Management team - as well as an opportunity to truly influence how billions of people around the world communicate (bold statement, we know!)
Our Product Vision is to “Enable an immersive customer engagement platform that powers experiences and conversations wherever you are.
Turning notifications into conversations” and we are looking for this VP to live and breathe this vision and through collaboration, understanding customer needs and through influencing without authority turn this vision into a strategy and deliver.
This leader will be responsible for driving a large part of the product portfolio.

IF THIS SOUNDS LIKE YOU, CONTINUE READING BELOW…….

What you will do

• Go-to-Market & Revenue Generation
• Create strategic direction and monitor effectiveness of the go-to-market process.
• Create pricing frameworks for the Product Management function.
• Own the overall product financial forecast.
• Create and maintain customer segmentation.
• Ensure product marketing processes align with and support corporate strategic objectives.
• Lifecycle Management
• Oversee development and implementation of Product Management governance processes and workflows enterprise wide.
• Establish and manage project interdependencies and priorities.
• Identify and champion creation of new products and capabilities to meet evolving business challenges.
• Own responsibility for project risk identification and resolution.
• Strategy
• Establish overall Product Management direction and actively support associated goals and objectives.
• Own annual strategic planning and priority setting processes.
• Oversee creation and maintenance of multi-quarter strategic BU roadmap.
• Continually seek opportunities to maximize revenue generation.

What you will bring

• Senior level product leadership experience operated in a role that has global impact and scale
• Commercial experience and understanding of how good product management can influence and impact the sales activities
• Product leadership skills at the executive level - confident & comfortable articulating product vision to C-Suite and Board Members
• Experience leading product management within either the CSP or CPaaS space - deep knowledge of either is required
• Deep understanding of developer APIs and API are built and operated at scale
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills.

Ability to:

• Define, articulate and drive the vision, strategy, architecture, design, and implementation of complex, large scale software systems.
• Present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to a wide variety of audiences.
• Identify risks and threats in current and emerging technologies, procedures, features and operations.
• Develop technical and process skills in others.

What is in it for you

In addition to providing exciting work, career advancement opportunities, and a collaborative work environment, Vonage provides competitive pay and benefits including unlimited discretionary time off and tuition reimbursement.