Job Title: Product Manager, Hardware Solutions
Job Location: Dayton, OH (Required)
Our Department: CTCT (Caterpillar Trimble Control Technologies)
Does helping transform the earthmoving industry as a hardware product manager for construction industry solutions excite you?
What You Will Do
As the Product Manager for Hardware Solutions within CTCT, you will be a key member of an empowered and accountable Product Team that has true ownership of their product; sellable, installable, and supportable hardware solutions that increase market penetration and system sales revenue.
You will be responsible for translating CTCT strategy to product team strategy, distilling product needs from customer needs and requests, and establishing priorities within the Product Team. You will work directly with internal and external customers, suppliers, stakeholders, and multi-discipline engineering teams to develop, maintain, and support compelling, high-quality hardware products throughout the complete lifecycle.
Your product responsibilities will include IMUs, angle sensors, and other hardware used in the heavy and compact construction, paving, and mining industries.
This will include:
Work closely with customers, stakeholders, and multi-discipline teams to capture product needs and requests
Develop the Product Team Strategy, Multi-Generation Product Plan (MGPP), and Roadmap based on a deep understanding of customer, partner, and market needs
Set priorities to drive execution within the product team based on customer, stakeholder, product team, and lifecycle needs
Identify and champion hardware opportunities within CTCT and parent organizations to constantly improve the financial position of CTCT, Caterpillar, and Trimble
Lead with respect to issues, changes, decisions, and communications affecting your products and product team
Drive market research and competitive analysis to inform product development
Author/stakeholder for key documents including the Market Requirements Document (MRD), Product Requirements Document (PRD), Product Change Notifications (PCN), end-of-life notifications, user documentation, etc.
Role Expectations
Specialized depth and/or breadth of expertise in hardware product development and product management
Communicate difficult concepts and negotiate with others to adopt a different point of view
Network with key contacts outside your own area of expertise
Interpret internal/external business challenges and recommend best practices to improve products, processes, or services
Lead others to solve complex problems
Work independently. Receive guidance in only the most complex situations
May lead teams or projects
What You Should Bring
BS in a relevant technical discipline or equivalent experience
Demonstrable professional experience working in product management, engineering, or a closely related role
Experience across the full hardware product development cycle
Hardware lifecycle management experience
Skilled in working with external suppliers and partners, and as part of a global team
Highly self-motivated, curious, proactive
Excellent written, verbal, visual, and interpersonal communication skills
Adept at influencing to achieve product outcomes
Attuned to the needs of the internal and external customer
Ability to think like the end user and translate customer needs into product requirements that are aligned with product strategy
Demonstrated ability to make effective, timely product decisions
Experience with grade control, construction business, construction machine operation and workflows, and/or automotive component development is highly desirable.
About CTCT
Our division develops machine control products that use site design information combined with positioning technology to semi-automatically control machines. These products are used in a range of applications to enable machine operators to perform their work safely, accurately, efficiently, sustainably, and effectively through the use of sophisticated yet intuitive user-centric technology.
Compensation: Trimble provides the following compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that it in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position. This compensation range is based on a full time schedule. Trimble reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, or federal law.
Hiring Range
$136,400.00–$184,200.00Pay Rate Type
SalaryBonus Eligible?
YesCommission Eligible?
No
Benefits: Trimble offers comprehensive core benefits that include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, Time off plans and retirement plans. Most of our businesses also offer tax savings plans for health, dependent care and commuter expenses as well as Paid Parental Leave and Employee Stock Purchase Plan. If this position is identified above as commission- or bonus-eligible, the terms of the commission plan or discretionary bonus plan for which you are eligible will be provided following the employee start date.
How to Apply: Please submit an online application for this position by clicking on the ‘Apply Now’ button located in this posting.
Application Deadline: Applications could be accepted until at least 30 days from the posting date.
At Trimble, we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace where everyone can thrive. Guided by our core values—Belong, Innovate, and Grow—we embrace and celebrate differences, knowing they make us stronger and more innovative. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, welcoming individuals of all backgrounds and advancing opportunities while embracing race, color, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, disability, veteran status, or any other protected and diverse characteristic. We are committed to offering our candidates and employees with disabilities or sincerely held religious beliefs the ability to seek reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable law and/or where it would not constitute undue hardship for Trimble. For more, please see Trimble's Code of Business Conduct and Ethics at https://investor.trimble.com, under “Corporate Governance.”
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Trimble is transforming the way the world works by delivering products and services that connect the physical and digital worlds. Core technologies in positioning, modeling, connectivity and data analytics enable customers to improve productivity, quality, safety and sustainability. From purpose built products to enterprise lifecycle solutions, Trimble software, hardware and services are transforming industries such as agriculture, construction, geospatial and transportation. For more information about Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB), visit: www.trimble.com.
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