Product Manager

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Department OverviewOur Applied Technology organization puts some of Motorola Solutions' brightest minds on unique, highly challenging projects. Based on decades of experience with our customers, we apply leading-edge technologies to support security and safety throughout the world. We engineer our products from start to finish and manufacture them in-house. We're known for low volume and high capability with focused specialization in areas including software-defined radios, advanced antenna solutions, artificial intelligence and machine learning, reverse engineering, cybersecurity, signals intelligence and more. We can't tell you much more about what we do, but we can tell you it's amazing.
Job Description

As a Product Manager you will be responsible for the strategy, roadmap, and feature definition for new products, interfacing with engineering, business development and support teams to define and deliver compelling products. This position reports to the Head of Development Engineering. 

The Product Manager is the person responsible for defining the ‘why’, ‘what,’ ‘where’, and ‘when’ of the product that the development team will build. The role of the Product Manager spans many activities from strategic to tactical and provides cross-functional leadership — bridging gaps between development, sales/business development, operations, and support.

The role is highly visible within AT and is highly technical -  the ideal candidate will have an engineering background in the technology aspects of hardware and software systems along with a strong business and customer focus. 

Scope of Responsibilities

• Lead product management, including product roadmap, feature prioritization, and release planning.

• Document customer and product requirements to drive engineering projects.

• Develop business cases, financial justifications, and goals for new products.

• Define product specifications and acceptance criteria.

• Analyze customer needs, market trends, and competitive landscape to drive innovation.

• Evangelize products, communicating roadmaps and value to stakeholders, customers, and partners.

• Maintain system-level expertise across functional areas.

• Track project progress, milestones, and deliverables.

• Manage release risks, scope, and quality.

• Coordinate with enablement teams for product launch and delivery.

• Support go-to-market activities and training.

Requirements

• Solid understanding of hardware and software development processes.

• Ability to distill complex requirements for technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Fast learner with strong grasp of technical concepts and business impact.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Proactive, independent, and focused on solving complex problems.

• Strong cross-functional collaboration and networking skills.

• Skilled in requirements analysis, trade-off management, and MVP definition.

• Proficient in analyzing market trends, financial data, and competitive intelligence.

• Ability to build consensus to drive product launch decisions.

• US Government procurement experience a plus.

• Ability to travel (5-25%).

• Candidates must be able to work on site 5 days a week at the Schaumburg office.

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Target Base Salary Range: $110, 100  - $170,200  USD

Consistent with Motorola Solutions values and applicable law, we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Pay within this range varies and depends on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or Business with a strong technical background.

• 2+ years of Product Management and 5+ years of technology industry experience.

• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain required security clearance.

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.

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