Product Manager - Open Architecture

Company: Chatsworth Products
Location: Georgetown
Posted on: May 9, 2022

Job Description:

Chatsworth Products is a global manufacturer of products and solutions that protect our customer's ever-growing investment in information and communications technology for IT and industrial automation applications. CPI is a 100% employee-owned company. This means that when you join CPI, you are not just an employee, you are an employee owner.

Where do you fit in?
If you've ever wondered what owning your own business is like, just ask an Employee Owner of Chatsworth Products (CPI). Better yet, become one! CPI has an immediate need for a Product Manager - Open Architecture in CPI's Georgetown, TX location or remote. As a CPI Product Manager - Open Architecture, you will occupy a key role in working with and for a company that builds the physical infrastructure that powers, protects and secures the world's digital technology. Day to day, you will, serve as product expert combining domain knowledge, market analysis, and end-user feedback to establish a distinct product vision, multi-year solution roadmap, and an effective engineering partnership to deliver an industry leading portfolio of solutions. Position will be responsible for product management, marketing and sales collaboration from product conception to launch and to drive growth and margin strategies. This position will interface with cross functional teams including program management, sales, application engineering, marketing, engineering, procurement, and manufacturing personnel. The Product Manager is responsible for managing an assigned portfolio of products including open racking systems, cable management, cable pathways, and grounding and bonding products, ensuring a profitable and growing portfolio. This position is responsible for product strategy, product planning, product line positioning, and product life cycle management for the assigned portfolio of products. This position is also responsible for identifying operational excellence initiatives and quality enhancement requirements to drive growth and improvement in the product line

As CPI's Product Manager - Open Architecture, you'll support the company's success by:

--- Plans, directs, and coordinates a cross-functional team's (Core Team) activities to manage and implement product development programs from team assignment through product introduction.
--- Determines, monitors, and reviews all project/program economics to include costs, operational budgets, staffing requirements, sub-contractors, resources, and risk
--- Identifies and assembles the appropriate blend of resources to meet project/program needs and requirements, including internal and external resources.
As a CPI, Product Manager - Open Architecture, you will also enjoy the unique benefits of becoming a CPI Employee Owner. These include having an equal share and stake in the company's success and revenue-whether through annual profit sharing, vested ownership shares or a long list of standard benefits that remind our Employee Owners they're valued, respected and trusted to help guide the company's future.

QUALIFICATIONS
Core Competencies
--- Teamwork: collaborates with others, builds positive relationships, adaptable to change
--- Leadership - motivated self-starter able to effectively lead within a cross-functional management/team environment
--- Management - disciplined, organized and fair
Technical Competencies
--- B.A./B.S. in Engineering/Technical field or equivalent
--- Minimum seven (7) years' experience in Data Center, Cabling Infrastructure or High-Tech Industry, two (2) years Product Management experience in a strategic/leadership position
--- Data Center and cabling infrastructure product application knowledge
--- Strategic outsourcing experience - knowledge of make/buy decisions for existing, new or outsourced technology decisions and potential sources
Physical/Environmental Requirements
--- Travel Required.
--- Working with a computer

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