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• Be the voice of customer

• Drive grouping and prioritization of customer requirements

• Work with the sales teams and customers to ensure products continually meet market requirements while maintaining business objectives

• Gather and analyse all available research and data sources to continually refine and improve all aspects of the product

• Coordinate with Sales and Marketing teams to develop go to market plan for assigned products or industry segments

• Work with Marketing to create product positioning and messaging for marketing activities

• Identify new market and product opportunities and define target market requirements, which create the foundation for the overall product strategy and roadmap

• Create business case and revenue projections for new features, products and services.

• Assist the finance department with pricing strategy for products and services based on growth and profitability objectives

• Monitor competitor capabilities, anticipate market conditions and present strategies for enhancing our leadership position

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• Overall 15+ years of experience with 5+ years on product portfolio management.
• Atleast 5+ years of relevant experience in defining Portfolio & Product Strategy catering to Telco’s & Enterprises for SDN/NFV solutions
• Strong telecommunications knowledge with Proficient understanding of Virtualization, NFV/SDN, Network Slicing, Open stack, Kubernetes & Public Cloud Networking environments, etc.
• Exposure to AI technologies, and application of AI in networking
• Ability to manage all associated activities throughout Product life cycle in collaboration with other functional groups (Sales, marketing, Finance, Engineering, Services, Partners etc)
• Experience in generating Product collaterals – whitepapers, technical product marketing, development of pricing models, Market research and competitive analysis
• Product Management expertise with ability to build internal and external relationships at all levels.
• Creation of Business Plans and Investment Justification

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