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Our technology is helping save lives and making the Smart City a reality. If you want to be at the forefront of this intelligent technology revolution, we want to talk to you about being part of our team. Econolite is committed to employing the best talent that will make significant contributions to building a safer, connected world.\nEconolite's ITS solutions ease traffic congestion, provide safer mobility, and improve quality of life. As the one-stop-shop leader for traffic management systems, sensor products, and services, Econolite is committed to the advancement of connected and autonomous vehicles, smart cities, and cybersecurity.\nAbout the Role\nAs a Product Manager at Econolite, you own the complete product lifecycle-from strategic vision through market success. You are the connective tissue between customer needs, market opportunities, and what our engineering, operations, and go-to-market teams build and deliver. You combine business acumen with technical depth, market intelligence with customer empathy, and strategic thinking with execution discipline.\nThis is not a single-function role. You will work across product discovery and research, drive requirements and prioritization, shepherd products through design and delivery, and then lead launches and drive ongoing market success. You own the outcomes.\nDuties and Responsibilities\nProduct Strategy and Market Insight\nOwn product strategy and maintain a rolling 12-24-month roadmap aligned with customer needs, market trends, competitive intelligence, return on investment (ROI), and company priorities.\nConduct market research, customer interviews, competitive assessments, and usage analysis to identify unmet needs, emerging opportunities, buyer requirements, and purchasing criteria.\nCreate annual product business plans and track progress against revenue, profitability, adoption, and other agreed business objectives.\nEstablish and evaluate product pricing, margins, and business cases; recommend investments and changes that improve product value and commercial performance.\nProduct Discovery and Development\nLead product discovery with customers, engineering, design, and other stakeholders to define problems, evaluate solutions, and validate priorities.\nTranslate customer needs and product strategy into clear, prioritized requirements, acceptance criteria, and measurable success criteria.\nPartner with engineering to scope releases, evaluate technical trade-offs, prioritize competing requests, and align delivery plans with product goals.\nWork with engineering, design, operations, and support throughout development to ensure product quality, usability, manufacturability, delivery readiness, and supportability.\nCoordinate cross-functional decisions and handoffs from discovery through development and release, maintaining accountability for product outcomes.\nLaunch and Market Success\nPlan and lead product and feature launches, coordinating readiness across operations, support, sales, marketing, and channel partners.\nDevelop differentiated product positioning, messaging, and value propositions that address customer needs and competitive alternatives.\nPartner with marketing to develop demand-generation programs and create product collateral, presentations, demonstrations, and other sales tools.\nTrain sales teams and channel partners on product capabilities, customer value, competitive positioning, and buying considerations.\nSupport strategic customer opportunities through presentations, demonstrations, technical product guidance, and market insight.\nBuild relationships with customers and channel partners to gather feedback, resolve product concerns, support retention, and identify growth opportunities.\nRepresent Econolite at trade shows, conferences, and customer meetings; serve as a credible product advocate and industry resource.\nMonitor product adoption, customer satisfaction, revenue, margins, and ROI; use results to improve the roadmap, positioning, and market performance.\nRepresent Econolite professionally, support its Brand Promise, and promote customer service and product quality. Perform other duties as assigned.\nMinimum Qualifications\nBachelor’s degree in engineering, business, marketing, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.\nFive or more years of relevant experience in product management or closely related technical product roles, with demonstrated responsibility for product strategy, development, launch, and market performance.\nDemonstrated ability to develop product roadmaps, prioritize requirements, and translate customer and market insights into actionable product decisions.\nExperience working directly with engineering and other cross-functional teams to deliver technical products or meaningful product releases from discovery through launch.\nTechnical aptitude in electronics, software, or connected systems, including the ability to discuss product architecture, deployment, integration, and technical trade-offs with engineering teams. Coding experience is not required.\nWorking knowledge of product economics, including pricing, revenue, margins, business cases, and ROI analysis.\nExperience supporting product positioning, launches, and sales enablement, including explaining technical capabilities in terms of customer value.\nStrong written, verbal, and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with executives, engineers, customers, and channel partners.\nAbility to influence cross-functional teams without direct authority, manage competing priorities, and follow through on commitments.\nWillingness and ability to travel up to 30%.\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience in intelligent transportation systems (ITS), traffic management, infrastructure technology, industrial technology, or another complex technical market.\nExperience with traffic signal control, traffic controllers, or related transportation hardware and software.\nExperience managing products that combine hardware, embedded software, and connected or cloud-based capabilities.\nExperience working with government agencies, distributors, resellers, or other channel partners and understanding their buying processes.\n\nPRE-EMPLOYMENT\nAll candidates who accept employment will be subject to a background investigation and drug screening. For applicable roles, candidates who accept employment will also be subject to a motor vehicle/driving record screening.\nCOMPENSATION\nThe base pay range for this full-time exempt position is $120,000-$135,000 per year plus benefits. Pay ranges are determined by various factors, including role, experience, and location. The pay range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire base pay rates for this position. Within the range, actual individual compensation is determined by various factors, including location, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.\nBENEFITS\nThis role is eligible for the following benefits: weekly pay, weekly PTO accrual, paid holidays, various medical plans, dental and vision coverage, flexible spending accounts, direct deposit, basic life insurance, long-term disability (LTD) insurance, and a discretionary 401(k) match. Other voluntary benefits include identity theft protection.\nDISCLAIMER\nThe above statements are intended to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. They are not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, skills, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.\nWe conform to all laws, statutes, and regulations concerning equal employment opportunities and affirmative action. We strongly encourage women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and veterans to apply to all of our job openings. 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