Portfolio Manager (US Remote)

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we're guided by a shared purpose - helping people be their best in the moments that matter - and we live up to our purpose every day by solving for safer. Because people can only be their best when they not only feel safe, but are safe. We're solving for safer by building the best possible technologies across every part of our safety and security ecosystem. That's mission-critical communications devices and networks, AI-powered video security & access control and the ability to unite voice, video and data in a single command center view. We're solving for safer by connecting public safety agencies and enterprises, enabling the collaboration that's critical to connect those in need with those who can help. The work we do here matters.

Department OverviewThis role reports into the Video & Software - Portfolio & Business Operations team. The Portfolio & Business Operations team is responsible for enabling the success of the wider V&S business by managing the operating disciplines of the organization. We strive to lower the overall complexity of doing business with MSI as well as enable the organization to move faster in bringing capabilities and solutions to market. The organization looks to guide continual optimization of platforms and cross organizational processes and improve visibility to the leadership team on how the business is operating.
Job Description

The Portfolio Manager is responsible for ensuring that our new V&S offers to market are viable, profitable and align to our overall business unit strategy. They work specifically on crafting what the commercial offer looks like, establishes a sound business plan and identifies Quote to Service flows and challenges for that offer. This individual works cross functionally with product management, finance, go to market, IT and many other organizations to ensure that the overall strategy for the particular offer can be executed as effectively as possible.

Additionally to working on individual offers, the Portfolio & Systems Manager is responsible for looking across the wider SMVC product offerings to understand where there could be offering overlaps or gaps. They look to make sure that cross product team initiatives are tracked and also to see where there could be improvements to these overall end to end processes. Due to this wide view across the portfolio, the Portfolio Manager is also responsible for setting overall offer guidelines, how an offer should be structured, how many feature tiers should it include, and what is our overall renewal approach.

Success in this role is ensuring that the Product Management team feels confident in the overall GTM strategy for what they are developing, that finance/leadership understands the financial benefits of the offer and that the Launch Team has a solid plan to go and execute on the offer launch specifics.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinates with Product Management, Finance, and Go-to-Market on offers, availability and offer structures

• Establishes standardized offer structures to aid in speed to market

• Articulates the most effective way of going to market for an offer, balancing back end system limitations with the processes our GTM teams use today

• Ensures that the products they are responsible for have an identified and agreed upon product or feature roadmap

• If required, ensure that senior leadership is briefed and approves of offer specifics before they go to market

• Provides early visibility to downstream teams of upcoming offers to help with capacity planning and prioritization

• Ensures cross sleeve awareness of offers to understand where overlaps or leverage can occur

• Drive post-GA retrospective discussions and 6-month product reviews to drive improvements back into the overall process

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of related experience

• Masters degree is a plus!

• 5 years of related experience in portfolio or product management is a plus!

• Strong understanding of financial cost models and business plans

• Understanding of ERP or quote to cash systems

• Excellent verbal and written communication.

• Ability to understand and communicate the big picture while being able to be detail-oriented about execution

• Self-motivated, results-driven with a strong sense of urgency.

• Excellent project management skills

• Able to navigate a highly-matrixed organization and gain trust with leaders across multiple layers 

Note: Candidate can reside anywhere in US.

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Basic Requirements

• Bachelors with 8+ years of professional experience

• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. indefinitely is required. Employer work permit sponsorship is not available for this position. 

Travel RequirementsUnder 10%
Relocation ProvidedNone
Position TypeExperienced
Referral Payment PlanNo

Our U.S. Benefits include:

• Incentive Bonus Plans
• Medical, Dental, Vision benefits
• 401K with Company Match
• 10 Paid Holidays
• Generous Paid Time Off Packages
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Paid Parental & 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.

We’re committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience for candidates with disabilities, or other physical or mental health conditions. To request an accommodation, please email [email protected].