Job Responsibilty
Within the Network Business Division( NBD) of ALE (Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise), under the management of the Wireless and Platform Business Unit leader, the Junior Product Owner/Product Line manager will have the responsibility to work with the senior Wireless LAN PLM. Omniaccess Stellar solution and portfolio is the main focus for the Junior PLM. The goal is to work on the Market analysis, competition, solution poistioning, business plan, Certification strategy, Documentation strategy and quality monitoring on a day to day to assist the existing PLM in his day to day tasks while ramping up on the skills development to become autonomous.
based on competency strategy, research, market and customer need, with the ultimate goal of developing revenues, profitability and customer satisfaction and quality adherence.
Key responsibilities to be developped with the support of senior Wireless PLM:
Design profitable services/products in line with customers’ needs and competitionDefine the “go to market” strategy, pricing strategy and respective DOADefine the delivery strategyManage appropriate service/product roadmapDefine the needed pre and post sales materialsAccountable for sales, tendering & delivery readinessContribute to internal knowledge ramUp of ALE staff (PreSales/Sales/…) through webinar animation, SE meetings,…
Skills and knowledge:
Requirements DefinitionIP NetworkingWireless TechnologiesHardware TechnologiesWire speed Traffic Management and Packet Processing (inc. DPI)Policy ManagementInnovation and change managementTechnical knowledge & experience related to the product/serviceProduct/service requirement managementMarket analysisProduct & solution life cycleAnalytics (Application/subscriber/network)Agile development processR&D Collaboration and Efficiency
Minimum 5 years experience in business development, product marketing or Wireless PreSales role
Minimum 5 years experience in networking or similar technology based industry
Communication skills – ability to communicate effectively with different organizational roles and different personality types, for example, majority of engineers tend to be “introverted”, while majority of sales/marketing folks tend to be “extroverted“, ensure positive relationships with Customer teamsLeadership skills – excellent leadership skills using a combination of influencing, negotiating, relationship building and other similar skills, when they have no formal authority in such areas as leading product strategy and roadmaps, leading cross-functional product initiatives, etc.Learning skills – has the ability to learn fast even in relatively new areas, less important to hire subject matter knowledge, hunger for knowledge and speed of learning more important as market is always changingBusiness Acumen – has a good understanding of the fundamentals of business, understand how to identify market opportunities, importance of competitive differentiation, creating winning product strategy, pricing and promotion, partnerships, analyzing P&L statements, and so onPassion for Products – inherent passion for products, delight in kicking the tires of new products in the market – as many as they can get their hands on, signing up for a ton of “betas”, check out the latest web sites, download trial versions of software just to check them out, etcEye for Details – focus on details is an essential pre-requisite to creating great products, focus on details not only when it comes to product features – but also in competitive analysis, project plans, and in pretty much every major activity for which responsibleProduct Management skills – skills needed to perform the routine tasks of a product manager job.; including writing MRDs & PRDs, performing competitive analysis, creating product roadmaps, creating presentations that communicate product features & benefits, defining user interfaces, etcTechnology skills – evaluates and drives new technologies adoption•Strategic Thinking – manages technical partnerships, including making build/buy/partner decisions, and identifying and developing partnership