Senior Product Manager

<div class="content-intro"><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>Fictiv Exists to Enable Hardware Innovators to Build Better Products, Faster</strong></span></p> <p><strong>Fictiv exists
to help product innovators create.</strong></p> <p>Fictiv is a global manufacturing and supply chain company that enables organizations to scale globally across Fictiv’s four global manufacturing centers in India, Mexico, China, and the U.S.. Companies use Fictiv to access high-quality production, optimize supply chain logistics, and mitigate supply chain risk—ensuring they can move from prototype to full-scale manufacturing with speed and confidence. To date, Fictiv has delivered more than 35 million commercial and prototype parts for industries such as aerospace, robotics, automotive, climate tech, and more, helping them innovate faster, free up precious resources, and drive profitable growth.</p> <hr> <p>&nbsp;</p></div><h3><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">What’s in it for you?</span></h3> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><strong>Opportunity To Unlock Your Creativity</strong></span><br><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Think of all the times you were held back from trying new ideas because you were boxed in by bureaucratic legacy processes or old school tactics. Having a growth mindset is deeply ingrained into our company culture since day 1 so Fictiv is an environment where you have the creative liberty and support of the team to try big bold ideas to achieve our sales and customer goals.</span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><strong>Opportunity To Grow Your Career</strong></span><br><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">There are plenty of jobs out there. The question is whether any of them will help you grow in your career? Will you be challenged by teammates to achieve your potential? Or are they roles that will ask you to do more of what you've already mastered. At Fictiv, you'll be surrounded by supportive teammates who will push you to be your best through their curiosity and passion.<span style="font-weight: 400;"><br></span></span></p> <h3><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Impact In This Role</span></h3> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">As the Senior Product Manager, you will be responsible for the ongoing development and maintenance of Fictiv’s Manufacturing Quoting &amp; Fulfillment platform that interfaces with customers, operations teams, and a growing global manufacturing partner network. You will own the strategy, roadmap, and implementation of solutions related to your areas of responsibility without compromising customer satisfaction, growth, reliable delivery, and operational efficiency. The solutions you will contribute to are the primary strategic vehicle for providing differentiated value to our customers and manufacturing partners to deliver best-in-class manufacturing service offerings.In this role, you will serve as the domain expert in understanding the needs of our customers and manufacturing partners, bridging the potential of technology, operational process needs, and business goals into innovative solutions that will set new standards for speed and quality of quoting and fulfillment. You will report to the Group Product Manager.</span></p> <h3><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">What You’ll Be Doing</span></h3> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Business acumen and domain awareness</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">You will research and evaluate the needs of our customers to understand their priorities and their new product development challenges, as well as hear and assess their feedback on their Fictiv experience.</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">You will assess the needs of internal users, understand the relevant operational workflows, and be able to identify opportunities to meaningfully increase operational efficiency.</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">You will assess the needs of our growing network of manufacturing partners, understand their business goals, and capabilities, and be able to identify opportunities to deliver differentiated value.</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Develop a strategic vision for how to deliver on critical business goals and support Fictiv’s growth trajectory. Build and execute a product roadmap that will evolve the solution to realize this vision.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Roadmap work analysis, breakdown, and scoping</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Analyze, comprehend, and take ownership of the product roadmap related to your area of responsibility and translate high-level goals into detailed objectives and projects.</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Develop a robust framework for tracking input and output metrics, providing a quantitative assessment of the success and impact of each project.</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Build the business case for expanding capabilities and secure alignment on investments among the management team and stakeholders.</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Scope and define the requirements for each roadmap item to ensure clarity and alignment with overall product objectives.</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Navigate and manage trade-offs between speed of delivery and maintaining project scope for overall project success.</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Estimate project scope and timeline in collaboration with the engineering development team.</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Proactively identify potential risks associated with scope decisions and work collaboratively with teams to develop mitigation strategies that align with project timelines and business objectives.</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Establish a point of view of the problems to solve and bring those insights to the team.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Cross-functional collaboration</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Build and maintain strong working relationships with key stakeholders to understand their unique challenges and create a foundation for successful collaboration.</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Engage with teams to ensure a comprehensive understanding of the product roadmap, actively seeking input and insights.</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Foster a collaborative environment where input from various departments is encouraged, promoting a holistic approach to scoping and defining product requirements.</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Work with cross-functional stakeholders across software engineering, user experience design, operations, and sales and marketing to develop hypotheses and high-impact solutions.</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Lead cross-functional meetings to facilitate communication between teams, establish mutual understanding, build consensus on scope, align priorities, and break down work to deliver on goals.</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Actively seek feedback from stakeholders on project deliverables and adjust plans accordingly, fostering a responsive and collaborative approach to project management.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Execution and risk management</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Implement Agile methodologies to organize and manage upcoming sprints, ensuring a streamlined and efficient development process.</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Analyze metrics to measure success, adapting the product as needed to optimize for business outcomes and strategic priorities.</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Continuously refine and increase the fidelity of project timelines as the project progresses, leveraging collaboration with the development team to address issues that may impact the estimated timelines.</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Keep stakeholders apprised of project progress, providing regular updates on milestones achieved and potential deviations from the plan.</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Partner with development teams in India and the US to achieve successful outcomes through communication of business needs, requirements, and priorities while removing friction where needed.</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Drive product launches by ensuring that all parts of the organization are prepared at launch.&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Create trust and transparency by communicating team progress and results to stakeholders; help the organization celebrate successes and learn from failures.</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Travel 20% annually for team meetings, research, and training.</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Maintain a daily time overlap with the US hours to communicate with teams, stakeholders, and users.</span></li> </ul> <h3><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Desired Traits</span></h3> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Past Experience</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Proven track record of product lifecycle management with 5 years of experience as a product manager, preferably focused on B2B software applications, required minimum experience of product management of 15 years.</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Experience navigating systems with interdependencies and integrations, showcasing an ability to strategically manage complex technical landscapes.</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Experience developing and gaining agreement on business plans or roadmaps.</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">History of orchestrating complex end-to-end processes involving multiple roles, emphasizing a comprehensive understanding of cross-functional collaboration and workflow optimization.</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Experience in business analysis, showcasing proficiency in optimizing internal workflows and business metrics to enhance overall efficiency and performance.</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Experience in Agile methodologies and the ability to apply them to optimize development processes.</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Practical experience in leveraging customer insights and metrics to drive and strategic product decisions and nurture growth.</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Understanding of the business model as a manufacturing service provider.&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Desired</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Experience in manufacturing, supply chains, or industries where intricate processes and logistical considerations are important to product development and delivery.</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Some operating or technical knowledge in one or more manufacturing processes (3D Printing, CNC, Injection Molding, Sheet Metal, etc).</span></li> </ul> <hr> <h3><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><strong>Perks and Benefits</strong></span></h3> <ul> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Provident Fund</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Group Personal Accident</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Group Mediclaim</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">And much, much more!</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Interested in learning more?&nbsp; We look forward to hearing from you soon.</strong></span></p><div class="content-conclusion"><p>&nbsp;</p> <hr> <p><a href="http://www.fictiv.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>About Fictiv</strong></span></a></p> <p>Fictiv is transforming how the next rockets, self-driving cars, and life-saving robots are designed, developed, and delivered to customers around the world. People who succeed at Fictiv are talented, creative, and driven to achieve professional excellence and support our vision to help product innovators create.</p> <p>We’re actively seeking teammates who:</p> <ul> <li>Bring diverse perspectives and experience to our culture and company.&nbsp;</li> <li>Excel at being part of a strong, empathetic team.</li> <li>Thrive in an environment emphasizing respect, honesty, collaboration, and growth.</li> <li>Have an ‘always learning’ mindset that celebrates learning, not just wins.&nbsp;</li> <li>Help us continue to build a world-class organization that values the contributions of all of our teammates</li> </ul> <p>We encourage applications from members of underrepresented groups, including but not limited to women, members of the LGBTQ community, people of color, people with disabilities, and veterans.</p></div>