About the Role
The Senior Manager, Cellular Solutions is responsible for formulating Aviat’s Cellular portfolio strategy, including LTE 5G and other cellular products, related solutions, and services. This involves considering revenue, profitability, competitiveness, and sales performance throughout the product life cycle. The role requires making strategic and tactical decisions based on a deep understanding of customer economics to build the most attractive economic value proposition for Aviat’s solutions, and it encompasses responsibility for the entire Aviat software portfolio.
Responsibilities
- Defines product roadmap, pricing strategy, distribution, and product performance.
- Drives strategy required to grow product business.
- Owns new product introduction, including market opportunity analysis and validation through the voice of customer (VoC) process, technical requirements, product launch, and end of life.
- Defines market needs for solution launch and increased growth through VoC.
- Ensures risks associated with market needs are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled.
- Aligns key roles and key performance indicators (KPI) with strategic marketing initiatives.
- Builds pricing models by segment for new products to enable sales to drive revenue.
- Manages tradeoffs and resource allocation to meet overall portfolio objectives.
- Drives portfolio revenue and margin objectives.
- Manages technology, cost, quality, and other operational aspects of the product portfolio.
- Accomplishes department objectives by planning and evaluating department activities.
- Develops and coaches cross-functional team members to establish an industry-leading product management competency.
- Stays informed about industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices related to the product domain.
- Continuously assesses and improves internal product management processes to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
Requirements
- Minimum of 5 years working in high-tech global B2B marketing, lead generation, and digital marketing.
- Understanding of AI potential.
- Good technical understanding of cellular networking and typical customer use cases.
- Ability to translate opportunities into product strategy and roadmap.
- Experience in telecommunications or closely related industry preferred.
- Exposure to and understanding of wireless transmission, 4G/5G mobile, and related technologies is desirable.
- Strong analytical skills and data-driven thinking.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite is essential.
- Experience with Microsoft Bi, Jira desirable.
- Excellent communication skills to effectively convey technical information to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Able to work with cross-functional engineering and design teams by aligning technical execution with user data and business value.
- Ability to create documentation and reports to communicate project status, technical requirements, and other relevant information.
- Strong problem-solving skills to address technical challenges and make informed decisions.
- Analytical skills to assess data and trends related to the product lifecycle.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities and directions.
- Manage challenging situations and stakeholders, including vendor/contractor relationships.
- Creative thinker with good writing and communication skills, with attention to detail.
- Strategic thinker, striving for constant improvement and able to work independently with minimal supervision.
- A genuine desire to drive product and services successfully and implement the goals of Aviat Networks.
- Requires flexibility to often work outside of typical business hours, including mornings and evenings.
Skills
- Cellular portfolio strategy
- Product life cycle management
- Market opportunity analysis
- Voice of Customer (VoC)
- Product roadmap definition
- Pricing strategy
- Distribution strategy
- Product performance analysis
- New product introduction
- Risk assessment and management
- Key performance indicators (KPI) alignment
- Pricing model development
- Resource allocation
- Revenue and margin objective management
- Technology management
- Cost management
- Quality management
- Operational aspect management
- Cross-functional team development and coaching
- Industry trend analysis
- Emerging technology assessment
- Process improvement
- B2B marketing
- Lead generation
- Digital marketing
- AI potential understanding
- Cellular networking
- Customer use case analysis
- Product strategy development
- Telecommunications industry knowledge
- Wireless transmission knowledge
- 4G/5G mobile technology knowledge
- Analytical skills
- Data-driven thinking
- Microsoft Office Suite proficiency
- Microsoft Bi proficiency
- Jira proficiency
- Technical communication
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Technical documentation creation
- Reporting
- Problem-solving
- Trend assessment
- Adaptability to fast-paced environments
- Stakeholder management
- Vendor/contractor relationship management
- Creative thinking
- Writing skills
- Attention to detail
- Strategic thinking
- Independent work
- Product and services drive
Location
- Remote
Work Type
- Full-time
- Remote
- Office environment
Experience Level
- Senior Manager
- 5 years
Benefits
- Competitive benefits package
About the Company
- Aviat Networks is the world’s largest independent supplier of wireless transmission systems.
- We are recognized worldwide for cutting-edge 5G, backhaul, networking solutions and services.
- Customers in more than 135 countries depend on Aviat Networks to build, expand, and upgrade their voice, data, and video solutions.
Equal Opportunity
- Aviat Networks provides equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees.
- The Company does not discriminate against applicants or employees on the basis of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran or military status, disability or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local law.
