Technical Product Manager

The Technical Product Manager must have a deep interest in technology as well as being team leader and drive projects forward. Along with the ability to quickly understand technical problems and solve them effectively. You will work in a diverse team with members from multiple time zones consisting of Integrators, Network Engineers and Solution Architects to deliver highly technical Wireless & Network environments that range from smaller standalone deliveries to full industrial end-to-end networks.

The Product Manager requires strong leadership and ownership to help drive the growing demand for the Industrial Wireless & Network group.

In collaboration with the Program and Project Manager, the Product Manager oversees the coordination and administration of all technical deliverables for a project including planning and staffing. The Product Manager is responsible for ensuring that all technical deliverables are fulfilled, and performance of end to end operations are meeting the expectations. Typically, this position will be managing over several projects of APMT and endorse the relationship with the local terminal.

Once a project is initiated, you will head the technical delivery, together with a team of project resources, until the complete fulfilment of the deliveries, ensuring the continuity from initiation to delivery, actively seeking to improve schedule and cost with consideration to terminals satisfaction and APMT’s business objectives since these programs often have visible impact on the terminal operations and corporate results.

We offer

Joining Maersk T&L will embark you on a great journey with career development in a global organisation. As a Technical Product Manager, you will gain broad business knowledge of the company’s activities globally, as well as understand how the com-plexity of IT supports the transport and logistics business.

At Maersk we value the diversity of our talent and will always strive to recruit the best person for the job – we value diversity in all its forms, including but not limited to: gender, age, nationality, race, sexual orientation, disability or religious beliefs. We are proud of our diversity and see it as a genuine source of strength for building high performing teams

Key responsibilities

•Manages the full product lifecycle to ensure that, over time, the needs of customers/users continue to be met and that financial and other benefits are achieved.
•Selects, adopts and adapts appropriate product development methods, tools, and techniques selecting appropriately from predictive (plan-driven) approaches or adaptive (iterative/agile) approaches.
•Prioritises product requirements and owns the product backlog. Anticipates changes in customer/user needs; adapts products, and creates product retirement and transitioning plans.
•Assess terminals technical/business needs in order to identify the appropriate products required for a given site.
•Plan the delivery of the technical deliverables and its interdependent activities.
•In collaboration with the project manager establish the overall project plan baseline: define the scope, secure the necessary resources and monitor all plans and activities until project completion/Closure.
•Drive technical delivery execution: track and prioritize activities, monitor and handle changes, address conflicts and critical issues.
•Supervise assigned technical staff by providing direction, support input and feedback as appropriate.
•Develop and promote a culture of repeatable outcomes and best practices across correlated deliverables as well as to ensure the knowledge learned is shared with the relevant groups.
•Identify and evaluate the risks associated with activities and take appropriate action to control the risks
•Oversee “customer” and stakeholder management.
•Manage the 3rd party suppliers for the assigned project.

Core Competencies:

•Exceptional problem solving, leadership skills, work ethic, and professionalism.
•Understand how to build and get the best out of multidisciplinary teams, ensuring that all voices are heard
•A strong track record in delivering transformation, ideally within an Industrial/Transportation & Logistics environment
•Understanding of technology in an industrial setting, preferably with automation experience
•Strong and informed influencing skills across varying levels of seniority based upon own experience and emotional intelligence.
•Possessing high level of analytical ability where problems are typically unusual and difficult
•Understand global program structure, launch plan, timing and global program ownership
•Preferably a background in Wi-Fi, LTE and other wireless technology implementations
•You can deal/work with people who aren't on board with your ideas/change and get everyone aligned
•Ensure all product/projects risks are understood and communicated
•Ability to communicate with senior stakeholder
•Experience of leading global and matrixed infrastructure teams, internal and 3rd parties

Desired competencies:

•Network skills across on-premise and cloud-based technologies including: Firewalls, VPN, NATting
•Knowledge of network security, best practices and technologies LAN and WAN technologies and protocols

We are looking for

•Bachelor’s Degree – Master’s preferred (Technology, especially telecom related)
•Minimum 4 years of experience in Industry managing teams. Project management experience is preferred.
•Experience in Industrial or Telecom would be preferred.
•Domain experience (knowledge of):
•Wireless technologies (Wi-Fi and 3G/4G/5G)
•Cisco Access Network infrastructure (general components, logical design, OSPF)
•PLC protocol communication incl. the different timers for PLC (Watchdog Timer, etc.)
•Automation categories in relation to safety levels
•General ability to identify and map technical use cases (high-level)
•Lead project team of architects, engineers, Business analysts, test managers, etc.
•Ability to participate in RFQ discussions with suppliers
•Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with strong ability to interact at the senior level; must have superior communication skills to influence others and meet deadlines while building strong relationships both internally and externally.
•Results oriented. Able to work independently and take a logical and orderly approach to analysing problems, organizing work, and planning actions.
•Good team player and with a can-do spirit
•Ability to multi-task, meet deadlines and problem solve in stressful situations.
•Able and willing to travel globally with 30% travel
•Fluent English in both written and oral