🚀 OVNG Product Line Mgr

Within the Network Business Division (NBD) of ALE (Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise), under the management of the Product Line Manager within W&P BU, the OVNG Product Line Manager will be responsible for driving the evolution of the new generation of OmniVista. The role involves market and competition analysis of management platforms to identify our solution positioning and create differentiation in the market to address current and future key customers. Close customer engagement is essential to understand their needs and translate them into detailed functionalities and UI for R&D. Additionally, the role requires significant investment in business planning, certification strategy, documentation, and quality monitoring.

The position is based on competition strategy, research, market analysis, and customer requirements, with the ultimate goal of increasing revenues, profitability, customer satisfaction, and ensuring quality adherence.

Key responsibilities include:

1. Understanding and following top management strategy
2. Designing profitable products/solutions aligned with customer needs and competitive positioning
3. Managing the product/solution roadmap
4. Defining go-to-market and pricing strategies, and DOA in collaboration with BLMs and Service PLMs
5. Defining delivery strategies aligned with Service PLMs
6. Creating pre- and post-sales materials
7. Ensuring sales, tendering, and delivery readiness
8. Contributing to internal knowledge sharing through webinars and meetings

Skills and knowledge required:

• Requirements definition
• IP networking
• Wireless technologies
• Hardware technologies
• Traffic management and packet processing (including DPI)
• Policy management
• Innovation and change management
• Technical knowledge related to the product/service
• Market analysis
• Product and solution lifecycle management
• Analytics (application, subscriber, network)
• Agile development processes
• R&D collaboration and efficiency

Minimum 5 years of experience in business development, product marketing, or Wireless PreSales roles, and at least 5 years in networking or similar technology industries.

• Effective communication skills for diverse organizational roles
• Leadership skills in influencing and negotiating without formal authority
• Fast learning ability in new areas
• Business acumen in market opportunities, differentiation, pricing, and P&L analysis
• Passion for products and market exploration
• Attention to detail in product features, analysis, and planning
• Product management skills including MRDs & PRDs, competitive analysis, and roadmaps
• Technology evaluation and adoption skills
• Strategic thinking in partnerships and build/buy decisions