Vacancy: Manager: Product Management

Closed for Applications
Remuneration:
Market-related
Department:
Product Management
Reporting to:
CRO
Position:
Full-time
Location:
South Africa

Short Summary

Responsible for leading the development, lifecycle management, and market strategy of the company’s Radio Frequency (RF) antenna products. This is a highly technical role and requires working cross-functionally with engineering, marketing, sales, and customer support teams to deliver innovative offerings aligned with business objectives.
Note: To view the company’s products, see: https://poynting.tech/

Key Responsibilities

Product Strategies

  • Defining the short, medium, and long-term vision, strategy, and roadmap for the company’s Radio Frequency (RF) products.
  • Identify market needs and customer pain points via research and competitive analysis.
  • Understand customer needs through close contact with internal as well as external customers.
  • Create new products, product lines, and evaluate new ideas for market uptake potential.
  • Analyse Product Business cases (financial & strategic).
  • Communication of the above strategy to all the relevant internal and external stakeholders.

Technology Research

  • Research and analysis of current and emerging technologies that may impact the company’s product lines and potential strategies.
  • Advise internal and external stakeholders regarding the impact of the product on the market.

Competitor Product, Market and Landscape Research

  • Research competitor products (strengths & weaknesses) and product comparisons (market, technical and pricing)
  • Translate the external landscape and product positioning into a strategy for the rest of the organization, internally.

Product Lifecycle Management

  • Develop internal and external product plans (roadmaps)
  • Collaborate with engineering and operations to design and launch new products or features.
  • Translate business requirements into technical specifications and user stories.
  • Defining of Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) across the sales regions.
  • Monitor product performance (e.g. adoption, sales, technologies) and initiate improvements.
  • Manage product upgrades, end-of-life transitions.
  • Ensure compliance with regional and technology regulations.
  • Manage the introduction of new products.
  • Monitoring and creation of short-term and longer-term product sales/production strategies.

Marketing

  • Create product marketing communications objectives.
  • Create product presentations and marketing materials together with the marketing team.
  • Market new and evolved products to internal and external customers.
  • Provide inputs and steer the product strategy at trade shows, and online including social media and other forms of online marketing.

Product Training & Support

  • Provide product overview training to internal and external sales stakeholders.
  • Present Product webinars, workshops, seminars, etc.
  • Provide technical advice to customers and detailed responses that will reflect the company brand.
  • Provide technical inputs and responses to tenders (RFx) to present the products accordingly.

Skills & Knowledge

  • Excellent written, verbal and listening skills (English)
  • Strong administration skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Solid understanding of the relevant technologies, antennas and RF principles.

Personal Attributes

  • Leadership without authority, Assertive
  • Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
  • Communication
  • Collaboration & Teamwork
  • Customer-Centric Mindset
  • Adaptability & Resilience
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Organized, Time Management Skills & Prioritisation
  • Technical acumen

Administration and Reporting

  • General correspondence and administration completed accurately and timeously.
  • Email, inbox, and data managed timeously and effectively.
  • Professional image maintained in all communication.
  • All reporting and feedback requirements met, and reports completed accurately and timeously, according to company requirements.
  • Adheres to departmental processes and standard operating procedures
  • Supply statistics and information as requested.

Values

  • The Poynting brand: We value the promotion of the brand by maximizing exposure of brand symbols and colors on products in marketing. We ensure our behaviour and products embody the brand with the promises outlined here.
  • Innovation, use of MVPs, and agile development methodologies are core values to create user-relevant products. We value similar methodologies to streamline internal functions and to galvanise and empower sales partners, and provide creative marketing support.
  • Fearless Initiative and Risk-Taking: We cherish bold and assertive employees and teams who dare to take initiative and embrace calculated risks. We celebrate failures as steppingstones to progress and forgive mistakes that result from genuine efforts to advance our business.
  • Teamwork and Synergy: Vulnerability, honesty, mutual trust, and integrity are nurtured and demanded as these are key drivers of team excellence.
  • Diversity and Inclusion: We embrace diversity and strive to provide equal opportunities to all, recognizing the substantial commercial and internal benefits it unlocks. We actively eliminate biases that hinder company diversity.
  • Global citizens: We value and take care of our environment, employees, and other stakeholders, and want to enrich societies around us. We welcome and immerse ourselves in different world cultures since this is key to achieving our Vision.

Qualification & Experience

  • B.Eng/BSc Engineering or Master’s degree (advantageous).
  • RF, Electronics, or related experience (5 to 8 years).
  • Leadership experience (min 2 years).

How to Apply

Please send applications to:
Poynting Antennas (Pty) Ltd
Attention to: Human Resources Department
Please mention in the subject: APL/PA-HR01– Your Name
This service is provided by an organisation whose Quality Management System is certified to ISO 9001 by DEKRA Certification GmbH.
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