Senior Manager - Product

The Sr. Manager of Product is a leadership role focused on leveraging deep industry expertise, market vision, and customer understanding. The Sr. Manager Product successfully leads a portfolio of products and creates business value under their product lines that directly influences and aligns to targeted organizational outcomes. The Sr. Manager Product owns operational success metrics, staffing plans, resource allocation, and product vision. They are measured by equity value creation, market and thought leadership, and success metrics associated to implementation of their strategic bets. The Sr. Manager Product works with all levels of leadership from front-line users/customers through to the C-Suite ensuring that their products are feasible, viable, usable, and valuable. The primary responsibility of the Sr. Manager Product is to drive innovation in transportation, acquire-delight-retain customers, and ensure safety and performance of our users with high levels of satisfaction. They will lead the product development lifecycle of multiple products and position Werner as a leader in the broader transportation landscape.

Responsibilities:

Clearly understand the industry and industry trends that will drive future innovation in transportation and logistics

Know the financial impacts of the fiscally responsible decisions they are making and figure out how to win business

Understand the competitive landscape and market fit for new products/services that may be developed

Clearly articulate the value proposition, vision and strategy of products under their leadership

Serve as an evangelist, both internally and externally, for the industry and products they lead

Participate in variety of industry events and conferences, user and peer groups, and present at such venues on relevant industry and product topics

Research and bring potential partnership opportunities that may open new markets or enhance current product offerings

Create a culture of empowerment within their team, built on trust and transparency with clear expectations of ownership and accountability

Have strong people skills and build strong relationships with customers, stakeholders, team and cross-team members

Fully embrace and lead go-to-market planning from concept through delivery

Drive product innovation and excellence through strategic vision and planning activities

Create appropriate budget and staffing plans to support their investments

Take calculated risks to leverage emerging technologies through continuous experimentation

Deliver superior product and business results aligned to the key objectives of organization

Other duties assigned by supervisory personnel

Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience is required, Master’s Degree is preferred

10+ years of previous experience in a Product role

Previous technical experience, while not required, is advised

Previous transportation experience is highly desired

Self-starter with a hyper focus on KPI’s such as adoption, revenue, retention, compliance, savings, etc.

Curiosity, creativity and willingness to break out of constraints or the status quo

Willingness to take risks, experiment and prototype in a rapid fashion

Strong leadership and excellent verbal and written communication skills

Strong problem-solving, organizational and multi-tasking skills

Ability to make decisions and priority calls based on currently available information

Great people skills and ability to collaborate and successfully work in teams

Ensures expected outcomes are understood and measurable

Strong analytical skills and ability to run data queries to produce product related KPI reports and metrics

Ability to work independently and without supervision

Ability to learn quickly and adapt to constantly changing industry and company requirements

Ability to learn and understand technical concepts and tools necessary for their specific job duties

Time management skills and proven ability to work on time-sensitive deliverables

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