Product Manager - EcoStruxure Automation Expert

Schneider Electric has a challenging opportunity for a passionate, self-driven individual to assume to role of Product Manager for the EcoStruxure Automation Expert software offering.

This role is responsible for leading a functional area of the product development and acting as the "CEO" of that functional area.

As the leader for that area of the product you will be responsible for not only for driving technical product development but also supporting the commercial organization to generate revenue to EcoStruxure Automation Expert.

This is a very challenging role where you will need to wear multiple hats.


* Customer
+ First priority is to understand our customers.

This is where experience in industrial automation systems is key.

You will need to put yourself in our customers shoes and have a full understanding of the pain points and requirements that we can address to maximize value for our automation offering.


* Commercial
+ You will also need to support the global commercial organization in your functional area of the product.

Creating technical marketing and sales enablement material to ensure our sellers have all the information they need to push Automation Expert into the market.

You will also work with the commercial organization to understand their challenges and ensure those challenges are being addressed in our product backlog.


* Technical
+ You will also have to drive feature and user story grooming down to the Agile development teams.

You are responsible for translating the customer pain points and requirements into clear and concise acceptance criteria for R&D to ensure that product development is aligned with customer expectations.

EcoStruxure Automation Expert is Schneider Electric's open, software-defined automation platform for discrete, hybrid and continuous industrial processes where different hardware and software are orchestrated into one cohesive system.

To learn more about EcoStruxure Automation Expert please visit: https://www.se.com/us/en/product-range/23643079-ecostruxure-automation-expert/

Responsibilities:


* Responsible for creating, defining and adapting feature work items in Azure DevOPs.

Ensuring that acceptance criteria reflects core needs and requirements of target customers.

Working with Solution Management on alignment between Epic and Feature work items.

Working with Architecture team on technical implementation strategy.

Validating acceptance criteria and technical implementation strategy with target customers.


* Responsible for working directly with customers to generate exploratory feedback and validating customer satisfaction with delivered functionality.

This feedback is then driven as Voice Of Customer Azure DevOPs work items into feature grooming.


* Responsible for managing Voice Of Customer work items and ensuring they are addressed with product development in the backlog.


* Responsible for understanding the market trends and capabil...