Global Product Manager (f/m/x) - WILL Tablets / Displays Global

About the Position

Our client, the European subsidiary of an international company, is the world leader in interactive pen tablets, displays, digital pens, and solutions for saving and processing digital signatures. With over 1,200 employees worldwide and distribution partners in more than 150 countries, they support their customers in developing the European business, particularly in consumer products. The position is based in the greater Düsseldorf area.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the development and management of ink Software Development Kit (SDK) roadmaps and SDK requirements based on market and technical trends related to digital pen input and ink implementation as well as our clients technology roadmap and business units' strategies.
• Support the project's mission to become an industry standard by defining the right set of ink SDK features and ink service SDKs to achieve broad industry adoption of this ink framework standard, considering the impact on the pen technology products' sales.
• End-to-End lifecycle responsibility including planning and management of partners feature requests.
• Provide input for key stakeholders (mainly R&D, engineering, business units' product planning departments, and management) on market and technology trends and developments for strategy definition.
• Coordinate with R&D, HW and SW development/engineering to manage product features/specifications, time to release, and development cost.
• Collaborate with product management and marketing teams of other business units to define integration plans and integrated product value proposition.
• Collaborate with Partner Relations Teams during relations management and provide required documentation for partner inquiry.
• Plan marketing activities and events jointly with the Technology Marketing team.
• Support in building a long-term industry consortium approach.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related area or equivalent background and experience.
• Experienced global product management professional (3-5 years in the IT industry) or SW development professional (3-5 years in the IT industry).
• Excellent communicator.
• Creative thinker, out of the box, interested in new technologies and IT trends.
• Excellent technical understanding of hardware, system architecture, and applications.
• Experienced in managing software development projects.
• Ownership mindset.
• Fluent in English language.
• Frequent international traveling.
• Strong negotiation and conflict management skills.
• Achievement orientation.
• Conceptual thinking.
• Convincing others.
• Relationship building.
• Detail oriented.

We Offer

• You are working in an innovative, international, and multi-cultural environment within a consumer organization with an excellent market reputation.
• A very rare, cutting-edge infrastructure around the globe with an outstanding scientific network with strong growth and therefore a long-term perspective for you.
• Perfect conditions for your future career in an expanding international company.

About the Company

Our client is the European subsidiary of an international company with more than 1,200 employees worldwide and distribution partners in over 150 countries. It is the world leading manufacturer of interactive pen tablets and displays as well as of digital pens and solutions for saving and processing digital signatures. Millions of people worldwide use the wireless and battery-free pressure-sensitive digital pen technology to operate their smartphones, media tablets, or desktop computers. The interface technology is offered as OEM solutions and as an integrated solution for strategic partners. We support our customer in the development of the European business, especially in the field of consumer products. The position is based in the greater Düsseldorf area.