Job Information
COX CORPORATE SERVICES INC. Product Readiness Manager in ALPINE, Utah
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
Does shaping the future by helping launch a brand-new innovative product excite you? Do you have a passion for tackling challenges and finding creative ways to solve them? Are you looking to work with an amazing group of product and business leaders who insist on having a little bit of fun along the way? If you answered yes to all of these, then read on!
Cox Automotive is currently looking for a Product Readiness Manager to join our dynamic Product Operations team working on a new large-scale product launch and establishing Product Readiness for an existing product. The Product Readiness Manager will partner closely with the Product Readiness Director to assist with the development and execution of the go-to-market, launch, and post-launch plans for the products. This role will work with the Product and Business teams as well as the broader Cox Automotive organizational boundary partners, to ensure all team members are equipped and working in alignment towards a successful product launch.
To be successful in this role, the candidate must have a combination of knowledge in product management, change management, operational execution, stakeholder engagement and consultation, user experience, and project management skills. They must also be a strong people influencer and driver for a shared future vision, collaborating and guiding the work of teams of product managers, professional services and project teams, and implementation teams to ensure a successful launch occurs for our clients.
PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES
* Product Launch Leadership: Assist in development, communication, and execution of comprehensive product launch strategy; including go-to-market and post-launch plans. * Product Launch Tracking and Communication: Responsible for tracking and managing communication of business outcomes related to the product launches including launch announcements and release notes across the entire product portfolio. This includes integrations from other Cox Automotive solutions. Will also be responsible for tracking and communicating any ongoing product enhancements impacting the products. * Product Readiness: Work across organizational boundaries to ensure that all go-to-market goals and critical milestones are met. Participate in commercialization stakeholder meetings and communicate status, drive accountability and decision making. Manage program risk by identifying and communicating issues as well as mitigation plans and recommending solutions. * Define and Measure Success: Work with Business and Operational Leadership, Product Management, and Product Marketing to ensure success of product launches can be measured and achieve business goals. Define and build processes to track product performance using KPI's, metrics, analytics, dashboards etc. Suggest ideas for improvement. * Voice of Client: Keeps the voice and perspective of the customer present throughout the entire lifecycle of the product. Facilitate, capture and use of team member and client feedback. Promote client-centric value propositions and positioning to inform commercialization strategy. Tie product launches back to impacts to client journey in partnership with UX research team. * Change Management: Leverage change management principles to drive change with our internal stakeholders and clients. Sees the connection point across... For full info follow application link.
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