Main Purpose of Job: The Assistant Product Manager role is ideal for a graduate with a technical degree and a blend of commercial acumen and customer understanding. The successful candidate will need to grasp the company's technology and translate it into compelling commercial product offerings. These offerings should be customer-centric, benefit-driven, and easily communicated both externally to customers and internally within the organization.
Responsibilities:
- Collaboration: Work closely with the Technical Product Manager and Commercial Product Manager to contribute to the development of the product portfolio. Engage with sales channels across the Group and key customers in various geographies.
- Subject Matter Expertise: Become an expert on all products and services, including those from manufacturers and satellite operators such as Cobham, Iridium, and Inmarsat. Keep sales teams and other company departments informed about current and future offerings.
- Content Creation: Translate technical content into customer-focused materials, such as white papers, brochures, application notes, user guides, and technical service updates. Collaborate with the Communications Manager for external messaging.
- Marketing Collateral: Work with the Marketing Communications Manager, Commercial Product Manager, and Marketing Executives to maintain up-to-date marketing and sales collateral, including user guides, FAQs, and sales fact sheets.
- Product Launch Support: Assist in launching new products and services by creating marketing literature, sales presentations, internal process documents, terms and conditions, and sales benefits fact sheets.
- Market Positioning: Contribute to driving new products or services across the company by understanding market requirements and positioning.
- Technical Evaluation: Collaborate with the Technical Product Manager, Commercial Manager, and Systems Engineering teams to evaluate new products and services. Provide technical expertise during internal launches.
- Sales Support: Support sales efforts through customer meetings, demos, and events.
- Requirements Capture: Participate in capturing requirements for internal and external software development projects.
- Project Management: Manage in-house projects related to product development and enhancements.
- Internal Training: Conduct training courses for sales, support, and other relevant back-office functions.