Product Manager Job Description Sample

Oftentimes our clients ask us if we have sample Product Manager job descriptions for use in hiring or defining job roles and responsibilities. We've put together these feel free to modify the samples and use them for recruiting purposes.

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Product Manager Job Description Sample #1 (Primarily inbound)

Job Description
The Product Manager is responsible for the product planning and execution throughout the product lifecycle, including: gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, defining the product vision, and working closely with engineering, sales, marketing and support to ensure revenue and customer satisfaction goals are met. The Product Manager's job also includes ensuring that the product supports the company's overall strategy and goals.

The Product Manager is expected to:

1. Define the product strategy and roadmap
2. Deliver MRDs and PRDs with prioritized features and corresponding justification
3. Work with external third parties to assess partnerships and licensing opportunities
4. Run beta and pilot programs with early-stage products and samples
5. Be an expert with respect to the competition
6. Act as a leader within the company

Required experience and knowledge

1. Minimum of N years experience as a Product Manager
2. Demonstrated success defining and launching excellent products
3. N+ years of experience in a job in the XXX market
4. Excellent written and verbal communication skills
5. Bachelor's degree (MBA preferred)
6. Technical background, with experience in XXX
7. Excellent teamwork skills
8. Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority
9. Must be able to travel XX% of the time
10. Examples and at least one sample of an effective document delivered in the past

Product Manager Job Description Sample #2 (inbound and outbound)

Job Description
The Product Manager is responsible for both product planning and product marketing. This includes managing the product throughout the product lifecycle, gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, defining the product vision, and working closely with engineering, tod deliver winning products. It also includes working with sales, marketing and support to ensure revenue and customer satisfaction goals are met. The Product Manager's job also includes ensuring that the product and marketing efforts support the company's overall strategy and goals.

The Product Manager is expected to:

1. Define the product strategy and roadmap
2. Deliver MRDs and PRDs with prioritized features and corresponding justification
3. Work with external third parties to assess partnerships and licensing opportunities
4. Be an expert with respect to the competition
5. Develop the core positioning and messaging for the product
6. Perform product demos to customers
7. Set pricing to meet revenue and profitability goals
8. Deliver a monthly revenue forecast
9. Develop sales tools and collateral
10. Propose an overall budget to ensure success
11. Brief and train the sales force at quarterly sales meetings
12. Brief press and analysts and go on press tours
13. Act as a leader within the company

Required experience and knowledge

1. Minimum of N years experience as a Product Manager or Product Marketing Manager
2. Demonstrated success defining and launching excellent products
3. N+ years of experience in a job in the XXX market
4. Excellent written and verbal communication skills
5. Bachelor's degree (MBA preferred)
6. Technical background, with experience in XXX
7. Excellent teamwork skills
8. Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority
9. Must be able to travel XX% of the time
10. Examples and at least one sample of an effective document delivered in the past

Places to post Product Manager job descriptions:

• pm_jobs Yahoo group. Joining and posting are free.
  
  

  Subscribe to pm_jobs
  
  
• 4marketeers.com (list of 10k marketing professionals - you can send your job description for only $175).
  
  
  
• Kitlist - a job listing group on Yahoo
  
  
• Silicon Valley Product Management Association (www.svpma.org). Postings are free on the job forum, and it gets a high volume of qualified traffic. Here are the instructions for creating a free posting:

1.) Go to: http://www.svpma.org/forum/

2.) Click on "Register" at the top and create an account (username, email, password are all that are required)

3.) Go back to http://www.svpma.org/forum/ and click on the "Job Postings" section

4.) Click on the "New Topic" button on the left hand side

5.) Create and submit your Product Manager job description

The sample Product Manager Job Descriptions listed here are copyright 2007, the 280 Group LLC. You may use the samples and/or modify them for recruiting purposes only.

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