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Product Manager, Controls and Monitoring

Overview

As a key member of the Product Management team, this role oversees Thermon’s growing and innovative heat trace controls and monitoring portfolio. Responsibilities include market research, product planning, new product commercialization, expert-level sales support, and product lifecycle management in alignment with our organizational strategy and objectives.

This role is based in Austin, Texas and reports directly to the Senior Manager, Product Management.

Responsibilities

• Gathers insights on market trends and customer needs by conducting market research and Voice of Customer (VoC) activities.
• Assesses competition to conduct product portfolio gap analysis, benchmark products, determine SWOTs, and track new developments/technologies in the marketplace.
• Translates VoC into product requirements and evaluates new product ideas, ensuring products have clearly articulated Unique Value Propositions (UVPs), robust financial rationale, and appropriate positioning.
• Charts the strategic direction of the portfolio by maintaining the product roadmap.
• Provides information to management by preparing sales forecasts and special reports and analyses.
• Guides and participates in the New Product Development (NPD) process by engaging with stakeholders, collaborating with cross-functional team members, presenting in gate review meetings, updating business cases, and executing on product launch deliverables and tasks.
• Introduces and markets new products by coordinating with sales, marketing, and production.
• Promotes the product by working with marketing on sales collateral, digital campaigns, thought leadership activities, trade shows, and other content creation.
• Provides expert-level sales support, leads training sessions, and participates in key sales calls.
• Determines product pricing in conjunction with sales using market intelligence and cost analysis.
• Increases product market share by working with sales leadership to develop product sales strategies.
• Facilitates inventory availability and turnover by working with operations on product segmentation, inventory level optimization, and communication of lead time expectations.
• Drives sustaining and continuous improvement efforts to address ongoing certification maintenance, product quality, and customer satisfaction.
• Oversees full product lifecycle, including planning for product obsolescence and communication of EOS/EOL milestones to the organization and customers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (or related field) is preferred.
• Minimum 5 years technical experience with industrial automation, controls, and monitoring equipment.
• Minimum 3 years product management or strategic marketing experience overseeing industrial products.
• Working knowledge of process plant control systems (DCS, SIS, PLCs, SCADA) and the competitive market for industrial controls and monitoring solutions.
• Familiar with wired (TCP/IP, Modbus, CANBus, USB, I2C, SPI, etc.) and wireless (BLE4.0+, ZigBee, Wi-Fi, WirelessHART, Wirepas, etc.) communication protocols.
• Understanding of security requirements for IIOT products and familiarity with relevant encryption methods and standards.
• Experience with certifications/approvals for ordinary and hazardous locations is desirable.
• Experience using Atlassian collaboration tools (Jira, Confluence, etc.) is desirable.
• Proficient in use of Microsoft Teams, Power BI, SharePoint, Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, etc.

Competencies

• Drives change and continuous improvement across a broad level/scope.
• Experienced conducting market research and performing data analysis and visualization.
• Comfortable presenting in large groups and to executive leadership.
• Conducts clear and engaging training, communicating technical and commercial details.
• Builds relationships, leads cross-functional teams, and creates consensus among a large group.
• Partners effectively with a senior leadership team and functional leaders in a matrixed environment.
• Experience dealing with customer complaints and leading resolution of critical issues.
• Results-oriented with an entrepreneurial mindset.
• Ability to travel up to 25% both domestic and international.

Thermon, Inc.

About Contruent

The mega project construction industry is one of the world’s largest and fastest growing industries and at the same time, is one of the last to adopt software automation, until now. With technology advancements, the construction industry is embracing smart software solutions at a dizzying rate, and the best organizations are turning to powerful solutions like Contruent Enterprise.

Contruent Enterprise is a world class cost management software solution – a gold standard, used in mega construction projects in 26 countries around the world. Contruent ignites and sustains construction project momentum for Owners and Construction Managers with 25 years of best practices, customer input and industry expertise so they can meet on-time and on-budget expectations for mega construction projects like railroads, highways, airports, mining and other large endeavors.

Even more exciting, Contruent recently partnered with growth equity company, M33 Growth, to significantly accelerate growth, including materially increasing our investment in the product team to and customer experience. With this investment, Contruent has attracted a world class leadership team that collectively has expertise in construction, project management, product innovation and customer experience innovation. We are looking to fill out the product team to help realize the opportunity to deliver SaaS web and mobile technology to the construction capital project industry.

The Role – Position Overview

As a Senior Product Manager for Contruent Enterprise you will be responsible for developing new capabilities for our award-winning cloud-based capital project management solution. Working with the Chief Product Officer, designers, and the engineering team you will immerse yourself in the needs of the users to help drive the product strategy and deliver the best products that drive value for Contruent and its customers.

The ideal candidate is customer-oriented with great product management and communication skills. This position is highly cross-functional working closely with UX, Development and Business teams. You will need the ability to successfully manage cross-functional teams, understand what is needed to successfully build products with the technical teams while representing the voice of the customer. You must be able to work independently and have a history of successful product planning and releases. You will leverage your strategic and technical skills, and industry background to influence Contruent’s rapidly growing SaaS and mobile offerings.

Responsibilities:

• Set product objectives and align other functions like engineering, quality, marketing, operations, and sales around a common set of business goals.
• Perform product discovery activities through frequent customer interaction, collecting, synthesizing, and broadcasting feedback and insights from our users throughout the company.
• Prioritize the work that aligns the most customer benefit and highest return for the company, establishing linkages to company objectives and defining success criteria.
• Provide effective cross-functional leadership, ensuring team members are aligned behind and aware of product direction.
• Define and own the core metrics you use to measure usage, adoption, and retention of your product(s).
• Steward the Product Development Process for the product management team, including the development and enforcement of best practices.
• Own the full lifecycle of from ideation, requirements definition, implementation, iteration, support, and retention.

Requirements – What you have:

• An impressive track record of software delivery that achieves desired business outcomes and provides real customer value.,
• Detail-orientation that embraces learning about customers, the technology, and the business.
• A strong analytical ability and a proven track record of leveraging data to drive decisions.
• Deep curiosity and a desire to understand “the why” behind customer behaviors, trends, and internal decisions.
• At least 7 years prior work experience with 3 years prior product management experience.
• Prior experience in the construction industry with service firms or software providers preferred.

Contruent

Are you customer oriented and committed to delivering top performance? Do you want to work in a company which values fairness, honesty, and team spirit, promotes personal growth and development, and likes to have fun and enjoy life? If that sounds like you, we would be delighted to have you join the Sensirion US team!

Sensirion Connected Solutions (sensirion-connected.com) specializes in providing sensor-based, end-to-end solutions and services to improve efficiency and reliability for a more sustainable future. By combining unique innovative sensor technology, data analysis and a well-thought-out user experience, Sensirion Connected Solutions offers easy-to-use and scalable solutions for emission monitoring and predictive maintenance. The company is located in Stäfa, Switzerland, in Berlin, Germany and in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Sensirion Connected Solutions is part of Sensirion Holding, a global leader in the manufacture of digital microsensors for high-performance environmental and flow sensing. If you identify with our philosophy of “high tech – high end – high performance”, then join our team and become part of the Sensirion success story.

Your Opportunity:

Work for a global leader in the dynamic and competitive air quality and environmental monitoring industry. The Customer Success Manager is responsible for building strong relationships with North American customers and monitor their experience with our continuous monitoring solution Nubo Sphere. This position requires a strong working knowledge of customer service as well as communication skills, result-driven and solution-oriented thinking, hands-on mentality while simultaneously applying data analytics and engineering expertise. You will have the ability to form a new business from the ground up with the backing of the world’s leading sensor expert. This will provide the opportunity to build customer relationships, as well as application and product expertise while working with Fortune 500 companies’ top teams. You will be challenged daily by working closely with Sensirion global Sales, Customer success team, Product Managers and engineering.

Job Responsibilities:

• Be an expert on Sensirion’s continuous monitoring solution and daily support customers in North America to successfully deploy it.
• Collaborate globally with Key Account Management, R&D, and Product Management to execute action items and support customer projects.
• Leverage your engineering skills to help solve problems to enable a successful evaluation and implementation of our solutions.
• Coordinate successful customer onboarding of Sensirion’s continuous monitoring systems. Empower our customers through successful onsite demonstrations, trainings, and collaborative visits.
• Identify and communicate customer needs and market trends to Business Unit for new product ideas and/or product improvements.
• Accelerate customer adoption through education, enablement, and regular business meetings.
• Work from anywhere (remote) close to and frequently onsite at our targeted customers.
• Travel approximately 20-30% (as needed) visiting customers, but also, to US Headquarters in Chicago or Switzerland for meetings as required.

Your Profile:

• Previous experience in Engineering required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (EE or ME preferred), or Physics, Master’s degree is desirable (but not required)
• 3+ years of Management and delivery of SaaS based solutions and services (preferably in Oil and Gas industry).
• 3+ years of Customer Success, Business Development, Account Management, or equivalent experience, with demonstrated success in empowering and supporting customer relationships.
• Prior experience as a Project Management Professional (PMP) is desired; but not required.

Competencies:

• Personal alignment with company and cultural values
• Ability to challenge the status quo within cross functional teams
• Enjoys problem solving and “hands-on” work, familiar with remote “turnkey” project skills.
• Savvy with technology and business tools
• Analytical, strategic, and critical thinker
• Inquisitive: Curious and asks many questions
• Continuous improvement mentality
• Thrives in a growing, changing, and dynamic environment.
• Communicates fluently and effectively in English (written, verbal, with global mindset)

We look forward to receiving your application documents (resume, employer references etc.) and taking the first steps with you toward the best career decision you will ever make!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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Sensirion

Mission:

Broken English Jewelry seeking an experienced Product Designer and Development Coordinator who will support our team on all aspects of the product lifestyle from concept to final development. The Product Designer and Development Coordinator has experience in development of raw materials and trims as well as sourcing experience for both internal manufacturing and sourced import products. Previous experience within the jewelry industry is preferred.

Requirements & Responsibilities

• Research concepts, create sketches, prototypes, and artwork throughout the concept development process of jewelry and home accessories line
• Manage and communicate with vendors and business partners daily on various stages of developments and costing
• Organization, administration, and maintenance of physical and digital material
• Coordinate sampling workflow to meet critical development deadlines
• Work with CEO on initial product design and provide input on feasibility, optimal execution, and sourcing
• Initial style setup and tech pack creation – defining BOM item, packing & trim requirements, and special handling instructions
• Edit, amend, and size artwork files in Adobe as needed to supply to vendors
• Initiate & review pricing and participate in cost comparison and margin analysis discussions
• Process and track development and prototypes with all contractors
• Troubleshoot any quality control issues pertinent to initial development materials and techniques
• Assist design team with all aspects of the design process as needed
• Assisting with store build outs and interior design projects
• Assist with preparation of presentation boards for seasonal and milestone meetings
• CAD proficient is a plus

Key Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Fashion, Design or related area
• 3 – 4 years of experience in Design
• Understanding of luxury market and company brand identity
• Experience in jewelry industry is preferred
• Strong sketching & designs skills and product knowledge
• Understanding of scale and measurement
• Acute attention to detail with excellent organizational and time management skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, Microsoft Word and Excel

Location:

• Offices based in Los Angeles, California.

Benefits:

• Competitive, based on experience.
• PTO, Sick Days, Health Care

NOTE:

Applications without resumes not considered. You must be available to interview in-person

Broken English Jewelry

Product Manager:

Looking for a talented manager willing to champion and enhance existing programs, and fully take the lead on new business and operational opportunities from top to bottom.

The job requires elbow grease, getting “in the trenches,” and tenacity. It is not an overly formal office job, and it is not a flashy or glorious position. The ideal candidate will enjoy hands-on work in a processing/field environment.

PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF POSITION:

The product managers are responsible for the growth and profitability of their respective product or products. The product managers have to develop and leverage positive working relationships with constituents (production, sales, finance, product development, raw product, etc.) that will help the PM’s accomplish their goals. The product manager acts as a passionate product champion, a catalyst, a spark, a source of wisdom, a planner, a system coordinator and a financial analyst to drive their product forward. The product manager drives positive change by having excellent knowledge of the product, the procurement, production and sales system, and by having the consistent support of senior management.

Areas of involvement include the following:

-Raw product supply….quality, quantity, provider, pricing, specifications

-Harvest program…methods, quality specifications, pricing

-Process line layouts

-Production capacity planning for equipment and facilities

-Production quality specifications, yield expectations, productivity expectations

-Product mix and new products

-Target customers

-Marketing program and message

-Product cost analysis

-Product pricing

-Product budget for growth and profitability (last step once comfortable)

• PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS:
• Self-Starting, Critical thinking skills
• Adherence and commitment to food safety culture
• Chemistry with other team members.
• Ability to cooperate with the production, receiving, sales, and raw product departments.
• Working through the right channels (operations) when challenges arise.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

• Work Experience: 4-year experience in an agricultural industry. Preferred experience with fruits and/or vegetables. Preferred field and warehouse knowledge.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree
• Knowledge/Skills: Basic computer skills, Axapta and SSRS. Taylor Farms Food Safety and GAP requirements.

Taylor Farms

Job ID: #REFID878842

Location: Chicago

Work Schedule: Hybrid (onsite 2-3 days a week)

Job Description

ABOUT THIS JOB

As a Customer Success & Insights Manager(Client Manager), you are responsible for all client activity and the overall success of NielsenIQ at the customer. This includes driving timely outcomes and client value through the data and analytics which drive the overall customer experience and elevate NIQs performance. This role has deep knowledge of the customer’s business and industry that enable you to identify new opportunities for NIQ to drive value. Works successfully across a matrixed organization structure, fully leveraging the service model

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Partner with customers to set objectives that drive business impact and maximum client value, building and maintaining strong relationships and deep expertise with adaptability, urgency, and positivity
• Understand and leverage NielsenIQ solutions and apply industry knowledge to conduct advanced issue-based analyses with clear proactive insights and action-oriented recommendations
• Drive strategic thought leadership with customers leveraging NIQ tools and assets
• Identify opportunities for increased partnership and elevate those opportunities to organizational partners
• Facilitate clear day-to-day communications with customers, proving the value of NIQ solutions in support of growth, adoption, and value creation
• Ensure timely delivery of data and reporting and drive internal issue resolution and the associated response
• Identify potential revenue opportunities with customers and handoff to Sales Leaders to enable them to achieve sales goals
• Work collaboratively with internal partners to ensure work is connected to customer business objectives, delivered on-time, and focused on outcome

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU

You are flexible and easily adapt in a dynamic work environment. You have a can-do attitude and can tell a story using data. You are the first to recognize an opportunity, then turn it into a solution. Curiosity, communication, and critical thinking drive your work. You have experience working with complex customer relationships and issue resolution. You are creative in leveraging existing data sources to answer tough questions. You work collaboratively, part of a remote team within a dynamic and challenging environment while maintaining high standards.

Qualifications

• 3-7 years of experience with demonstrated expertise in syndicated data analysis in the FMCG, CPG and Retail industries and application to customer-related business issues
• Experience in presenting data analysis to stakeholders and decision-makers
• Strong analytical aptitude and proficiency in a range of software and digital tech
• Experience in collaborating on projects and maintaining positive relationships in complex situations
• Polished, persuasive communication skills with experience in presentations
• Experience working with customers preferred
• Proficient in Microsoft Office software, familiarity with NielsenIQ tools, applications, and platforms a plus
• Bachelor’s degree required

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

About NIQ

NIQ, the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, reveals new pathways to growth for retailers and consumer goods manufacturers. With operations in more than 100 countries, NIQ delivers the most complete and clear understanding of consumer buying behavior through an advanced business intelligence platform with integrated predictive analytics. NIQ delivers the Full View.

NIQ was founded in 1923 and is an Advent International portfolio company. For more information, visit NIQ.com

Want to keep up with the latest updates on our business and #LifeAtNIQ? Follow us on: LinkedIn | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook

Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

NIQ is committed to reflecting the diversity of the clients, communities, and markets we measure within our own workforce. We exist to count everyone and are on a mission to systematically embed inclusion and diversity into all aspects of our workforce, measurement, and products. We enthusiastically invite candidates who share that mission to join us.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, marital status, protected veteran status or any other protected class. Our global non-discrimination policy covers these protected classes in every market in which we do business worldwide.

Learn more about how we are driving diversity and inclusion in everything we do by visiting the

NielsenIQ News Center: https://nielseniq.com/global/en/news-center/diversity-inclusion/

NIQ or any of our subsidiaries will never ask you for money at any point of the recruitment or onboarding process.

NielsenIQ

Description

A fast-growing business on a mission to become the world’s largest digital platform for the 2.5 billion Christians worldwide. We are looking for a Product Manager to join our growing team working in an industry that has been left mostly untouched by tech. This position is perfect for you if you are motivated and excited about being a part of something from the ground floor!

Our app utilizes bite-size readings, meditations, music and gamification techniques to enable people to spend daily time with God. Having successfully launched in key Christian markets in the UK, US, and Latin America, we have achieved over 6 million downloads and millions of monthly active users; Both through individuals and organizations.

*We emphasize that you don’t need to be a Christian to work here. You do however need to share our passion in striving for excellence in everything we do. Our main focus is on growing a fantastic team who puts the needs of our users first.

Key Responsibilities:

• You will own and execute a roadmap for scaling our app
• Initiate and build different product themes like onboarding, activation, personalization, community, and monetization
• Turn insights and data into actionable product features
• Clearly communicate roadmaps, priorities, experiments and decisions across the organization from partner teams to executives.
• Identify and operationalize overlapping efforts across product teams to ensure consistency for our users
• You are willing to talk to users directly each day through interviews, usability tests, and demos
• Partner with cross functional team members across engineering, design, data, and marketing to a shared vision
• Leverage online controlled experiments and quantitative and qualitative user insights to make data-informed decisions

Preferred Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree, MBA ideal
• Experience working with consumer facing, mobile product features is a MUST
• 4+ years of product management experience
• Experience with new feature creation and A/B Testing
• Bonus: experience with mobile products in the B2B and B2C space preferred

Benefits

• Comprehensive health coverage including medical, dental, and vision
• Competitive compensation
• Paid time off + 20 bank holidays off
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Access to Perks At Work
• Business travel insurance

About Us

We are the #1 Christian Daily Worship app. With more than 6 million downloads to date. This is our unique approach: we make it simple for Individuals and Businesses alike to build daily devotional habits and provide a bridge between individuals and God. Through guided meditations, Biblical passages, devotional, prayer and music playlists. We are headquartered in London, founded from a core belief to curate a space and structure for our users to connect with the Christian community every day.

Stealth Startup

Campaign Event Assistant

Tampa, FL

• Marketing, sales, and customer service experience is welcome, but not required

We’re currently looking for someone with an outgoing personality that enjoys working with customers and thrives in fast-paced environments for a Campaign Events Assistant role. Marketing, sales, and customer service techniques will be covered, so no specific experience is necessary, but it can be helpful!

• Group & individualized training provided plus ongoing support & coaching

Your individual successes will be contributing to the overall success of the campaign, so we invest in our people and their development on an ongoing basis. In addition to the initial training, we also offer ongoing support from the events team, coaching from the management team, and access to networking contacts across the industry.

• Full-time, somewhat flexible hours Monday-Saturday with a start date ASAP

You’ll be assisting with the setup and execution of live events across the Tampa Bay area. During the events, you’ll be representing a specific company/brand by speaking with their target market face-to-face. Main responsibilities include customer engagement, product promotions, providing general customer service, completing basic sales transactions, and other, similar activities as needed.

• Weekly pay including base pay + commissions and occasional bonuses

Our events team members are all paid on a weekly basis as a combination of their agreed salary plus commissions. We also offer occasional bonuses. These are sometimes monetary, but can also include tickets to concerts or sporting events, exclusive dining or drinking experiences, leisure travel, and more!

• Advancement opportunities based on results & leadership abilities

We’ll be continuing to add additional event venues and retail locations to our lineup this year, so we’ll be on the lookout for account managers, recruitment managers, campaign managers, event bookers, and more within the coming months. We always look to promote from within before looking externally when it comes to filling these roles, so you may be able to advance within your first year!

Campaign Event Assistant Requirements:

• You must be 18+ years of age and eligible to work in the USA due to the outbound nature of the role and the consumer data you’ll be collecting
• Full-time availability is ideal, but we can potentially accommodate two part-time people or temporary workers
• Marketing, retail sales, sales, hospitality, customer service, or similar customer-oriented work experience is helpful, but not necessarily required
• A positive attitude and ability to maintain composure are expected. Our clients have a reputation to maintain and we need to live up to their standards
• Local applicants able to start work within 2 weeks’ time are ideal, but we will consider other notice periods and circumstances

For more information or for immediate consideration; send your resume or LinkedIn profile today!

All applications will be reviewed, but only successful candidates will be contacted (keep an eye on your missed calls and email messages so you don’t miss out!)

Water-City Blaze

***This position is 4 days/week onsite in the Camden, NJ area***

Robert Half’s client is looking for a Product Marketing Coordinator for a 6-12 month project with the potential to extend! This position is *ONSITE 4 DAYS/WEEK* in the Camden, NJ area.

***Please only submit your resume if you are able to work onsite 4 days/week as this is a requirement***

Responsible for coordinating marketing launch plan details for the brand and managing brand-level communications, ensuring appropriate positioning and marketing of those communications across all channels. Serves as a key driver of data mining and analysis for brands, planning, and coordination for product marketing planning and issues. Will be responsible for product launch marketing activities for specified brands.

Highly proficient at Microsoft 365 Office Suite applications (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel specifically).

Maintains responsibility for brand launch timeline/calendar and ensures effective communication of such to all major stakeholders.

Works closely with stakeholders to gather information on milestones, deadlines, and dates to develop project timelines and launch calendar, as well as communicates this information to pertinent stakeholders.

Robert Half

We are looking for Technical Project Manager for the Point of Sale Workstream (ROS) , Please share resume at [email protected]

Title: Technical Project Manager for the Omnichannel Consumer Experience (CRM)

Duration: 12 months

Location: Chicago, IL

TPM for the Omnichannel Consumer Experience (CRM)

The Technical Project Manager (TPM) will lead the work to plan and establish a best in class CRM solution for the ROS. The TPM will create the right structured environment for the squad and guide the multidisciplinary team in the solution design, execution and implementation. Due to the complex systems landscape, the TPM will need to successfully work across squads and PODs and be comfortable working with a range of SaaS providers such as Adobe and Loyalty Methods. Excellent communication skills will be key along with the core skills of project planning and delivery.

The Qualifications and Key Skills listed for the POS role above will also apply here, in addition to the following:

• Experience with project planning and coordination across multiple teams, PODs and vendors
• Scheduling and designation of project tasks to squad members and backlogs of other squads
• Dependency management; Communication skills; Collaboration skills
• Previous experience of delivering CRM projects
• Knowledge of systems integration and APIs
• Experience in applying agile principles
• Experience in SCRUM
• PREFERRED: Knowledge of Adobe CRM solutions and previous experience of Loyalty and rewards programs

InfoVision Inc.