Senior Product Solution Manager

**Description**

**Core purpose**: For the Product Families within the perimeter of the LoB Rail Control’s product portfolio, execute the project portfolio management, the definition of product roadmapping and the implementation of the product & solution portfolio strategy.

The Senior Product Solution Manager has a general understanding of the Rail Control market dynamics, key customers and competitive arena, with a significant business awareness concerning Europe and North America regions. In particular the Rail Control systems and components offering in US as domestic market. Knowledge of the raising standards, sector “game-changers” and the new potential solutions introduction, an open mindset, a critical and analytical attitude in proposing the “best” product strategy to pursue.

**Main Tasks & Responsibilities**:

- Analysis of the market needs, identification of the product/solution gaps & fits for each market and the translation into detailed product/solution requirements in terms of:

- Functional requirements
- Performance requirements
- Time to market (focus on implementation schedule)
- Define the product/platform, solution and technology roadmaps and Portfolio guidelines
- Initialization and Monitoring of R&D&I Budget/Plan up to whole life, including investments approval process (initiatives/projects, time schedule and budgets). Through the participation (and active collaboration) of progress meetings organized by Rail Control’s technical functions
- Support Market & Portfolio Management unit in maintaining the Standard Products and Applications Portfolio Database, providing updated information on time
- Develop competitor benchmarking or analysis aimed at identifying the pros/cons of existing and new technologies/products/platforms/solutions in the Rail Control portfolio
- Execute the project portfolio management of the R&D new strategic initiatives. Acting as the project manager ensures:

- The definition and development of a product/platform/solution roadmap
- Activity and resource planning
- Cost estimating and developing the budget
- internal customer satisfaction
- Analysis and management of project risk
- collaboration with R&D Cost Controlling
- Monitoring progress, organizing the Product Portfolio QPRs
- Develop business cases, defining the main options, requirements and preparing cost vs. benefits analysis, taking into account the inputs from global and local Sales, Procurement, Bidding and Technical Functions
- Ensure support to technical due diligence of product portfolio in potential M&A
- Support the Bidding Team, during each bidding stage, in identifying the most competitive Standard Technical Solution in compliance with Portfolio Guidelines (time, costs, functional and performance requirements.

**Skills & Experience**:

- Has a **spread knowledge and understanding of the industry standards, such as ETCS/ERTMS, CBTC and PTC**,
- Proven experience in design, development and/or delivery of Rail Control systems and
- Deep knowledge of multiple products in the Rail Control portfolio (incl. Supervisor systems and components) and a wide range of ICT systems for the railway's solutions.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Equivalent Technical background
- Minimum of 6 Years working experience
- Knowledge of Solutions and Products in the company Portfolio, as well as the competitive arena
- Knowledge of Life Cycle costing of products
- Financial & Economics skills
- Project Management skills
- Decision-making and communication skills
- Fluent in English (written and spoken)