Monday, January 14, 2008

Sr Prod Mgr, Device Testing Tools, Wind River, Alameda, CA, USA, relo=maybe

Sr Prod Mgr, Device Testing Tools, Wind River
Alameda, CA, USA
relo=maybe

Reports To: Director, Product Mgmt


 Sr. Product Manager – Wind River Lab Diagnostics

(This full-time position is based in Alameda, California or from a West Coast based home office)

Wind River Device Management products enable OEMs to streamline QA testing and support processes by shortening the time to resolution of issues encountered by development teams, and ultimately, by users of deployed devices.   Lab Diagnostics enables OEMs to deploy quality products to market faster and Field Diagnostics increases uptime of deployed devices.

Device Management is a major growth initiative for Wind River and the Product Manager for Lab Diagnostics will influence near- and long-term revenue growth.  A successful Product Manager must be customer focused, working to understand OEMs’ business and technical challenges during system integration, software verification and product validation testing.   He/she must clearly document the problems and solutions in product requirement documents (PRDs) and be the voice of the customer during the development.  Coinciding with product releases, he/she must develop and execute on the rollout and launch plans.  Broad skills will be needed to plan out the long-term product vision to win in the market as well as be able to execute on the day-to-day decisions to successfully deliver.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Develop requirements and plan roadmaps through direct customer interaction, market research, competitive analysis, and by working with the sales force.
  • Communicate and refine those requirements with the development team, and successfully guide product design, implementation, testing, and maintenance.
  • Prepare and execute on go-to-market plans, including sales training, ecosystem awareness and outbound marketing.
  • Support sales and corporate marketing efforts as required.  Some travel required.
  • Generate content for outbound marketing material - i.e. product literature, benchmark, white papers, web seminars, etc.

Required Experience and Skills:

  • BA/BS (computer science or engineering preferred) required, MBA or equivalent a plus.
  • 5-7 years experience in leading efforts in the device software tool market such as product management, technical marketing, or field engineering.
    • Prior experience in software testing applications a plus.
    • Familiarity with embedded software and server applications a plus.
  • Driven, with an entrepreneurial spirit and sense of urgency. Must be resourceful, proactive and aggressive.
  • Natural leadership skills and the ability to work with all teams in the company.
  • Highly organized, detail-oriented and possessing a high level of integrity.
  • Team player that works well in collaborative situations and start-up environments.
  • Exceptional written and oral communication skills required.

More about Wind River Systems…

Wind River helps you develop, run, and manage device software—faster, better, at lower cost, and more reliably—to accelerate your time-to-market for highly differentiated devices. Only Wind River can deliver on all of your requirements across the DSO life cycle, from development through deployment and management, from hardware optimization through middleware and application integration.

For more information please visit our website at www.windriver.com




If you're interested in this opportunity, please send a current résumé to:

Darren Bronson
Product Manager
Wind River
darrenbronson@yahoo.com


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