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Job Description

Sr Product Manager-MES

Pune-India

Plex by Rockwell Automation is known for transforming manufacturing organizations through "top-floor-to-shop-floor" transformations, by replacing old-school legacy ERP applications. But what about those manufacturers that already have 'top-floor' capabilities and just need state-of-the-art shop floor capabilities? Plex has you covered there, as well. We are now offering our award-winning manufacturing execution suite to those who just need shop floor governance, analytics, and integration to their existing top-floor systems.

To support our ongoing growth, we are looking for a Sr. Product Manager to help set and execute our MES product vision and help grow Plex MES through the adoption and expansion of our products.

If you're someone who understands the MES landscape and has deep experience in bringing MES products to market, we're looking for you!

You will report to Group Product Manager and have a hybrid schedule working in Pune,India.

Your Responsibilities:

• Author and execute multi-year product strategy and roadmap for MES product
• Lead all aspects of MES growth including Product build, partnerships, and acquisitions
• Support GTM Team in creating Sales strategy and strategy for MES
• Lead marketing, sales, and technical Product Management through launch and continued expansion of our MES product
• Lead pricing and packaging activities
• Define outcomes and measures of success for the products and releases
• Work with Technical Team (Product Management and Engineering) to execute MES vision and deliver impactful product
• Customer and prospect engagement to facilitate adoption and new sales
• Present Executive team level presentations on current status, recommendations, vision, and strategy for our MES product
• Track and support all aspects of MES growth including pipeline, sales targets, new customer acquisition, and customer health/NPS
• Support Sales and Marketing in defining personas, problem statements, and crafting a compelling narrative for both
• Support Go-To-Market team in creating pipeline and qualifying opportunities
• Facilitate collaboration across Engineering, UX, Marketing, Sales, and Customer Success teams to ensure successful product adoption creating exceptionally happy and referenceable MES customers through full lifecycle engagement (pre-sales, implementation, and beyond)
• Engage directly with customers to gather feedback and validate the functionality of APIs, data management tools, and extensibility features.

The Essentials - You Will Have:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in the software industry, with experience in Product Management, Pre-Sales, Customer Support, or Services.

The Preferred - You Might Also Have:

• Experience in Product Management in the Manufacturing/MES space, including experience in all layers of the MES Stack (PLC, IIOT, Applications, and Analytics)
• Familiarity with APIs, XML, integration frameworks, and extensibility tools
• Experience authoring and implementing a Product strategy
• Experience working with Sales and Customer Success on prospect engagement and value messaging
• Experience in SaaS
• Fluidly navigate between business and technical concepts
• Present to all levels of an organisation from peers to C-Suite.
• Clear presentation of product value, benefit, proposals, and status to peers and management.
• Define requirements and prioritise requests based on qualitative and quantitative analysis.

What We Offer:

Our benefits package includes …

• Comprehensive mindfulness programs with a premium membership to Calm
• Volunteer Paid Time off available after 6 months of employment for eligible employees
• Company volunteer and donation matching program – Your volunteer hours or personal cash donations to an eligible charity can be matched with a charitable donation.
• Employee Assistance Program
• Personalized wellbeing programs through our OnTrack program
• On-demand digital course library for professional development

... and other local benefits!

At Rockwell Automation we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this or other roles.

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