Milwaukee Tool · 1 day ago
Associate Tool Platform Manager
Brookfield, WI
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expMilwaukee Tool is seeking a Platform Product Manager to lead the growth of their platform portfolio. The role involves driving strategy, collaborating with partners, and ensuring a user-centered design approach to enhance product solutions that deliver value to users and the business.
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Responsibilities
Define clear user problems or opportunities that lead to product features and capabilities, emphasizing measurable usability, productivity, and value
Consult with partners in business to fold platforms into our existing business cases and proformas
Responsible for driving platform initiatives from inception to execution and iteration
Be a subject matter expert in the product market and provide vision and leadership to your product team
Work closely with engineering and product design, building viable platforms that can scale while delighting our customers
Work closely with platform team members, internal stakeholders, and external clients to deliver a user experience that includes industry best practices
Prepare, maintain, and evangelize the product roadmap defining product enhancements for short- and long-term releases
Develop and deliver concise and meaningful presentations to promote your platform to internal and external stakeholders/users
Work with cross-functional teams to enable your platforms success and create customer demand for further enhancements
Act as a Platform Champion within the organization
Operate with a holistic perspective: balancing the top-down strategic view within the context of a bottom-up detail focus to ensure program efficacy within the context of the business objectives
Make recommendations for primary research including surveys and focus groups
Perform end user interviews, job site visits and field testing. Provide customer input throughout the platform development process
Draft launch materials for assigned platform that build awareness, adoption, and education
Integrate user feedback into product requirements to ensure products satisfy user needs as well as wants
Collaborate with cross-functional partners in commercializing platforms, including attendance at trade shows and industry events
Perform other related duties as required and assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in marketing, business, product development, or another customer-oriented related field is recommended
A minimum of 5-7 years of experience in platform or product management or product leadership
Knowledge of design thinking strategies, instructional design, resource creation, and communications for optimal adoption
Strong consultative, relationship-building, interpersonal and influence skills, and effective at quickly establishing credibility and collaborating with others
Previous experience working with and impacting user experience
Possessing a strong analytical mindset; able to understand and communicate large data sets to a variety of audiences
Solid customer orientation, core understanding of the user lifecycle journey and user needs, and how user insight and user strategy drive experience
Experience in Agile frameworks, phase-gate processes framework
Strong planning and organizational skills required with the demonstrated ability to balance competing demands
Basic technical understanding of power tool technology
Ability to travel 25-30% of the year
Proficiency in PC skills including MS Office and Internet usage is required
Benefits
Robust health, dental and vision insurance plans
Generous 401 (K) savings plan
Education assistance
On-site wellness, fitness center, food, and coffee service
And many more, check out our benefits site HERE.
Company
Milwaukee Tool
Milwaukee Tool manufactures electric power tools and accessories.
5001-10000 employees
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