Director Product Management & Development

Company: Crown Castle
Location: Chandler
Posted on: February 23, 2021

Job Description:

Director Product Management & Development Houston, TX 1220 Augusta
Houston, TX, USA
Crown Castle works around the country to build and maintain the infrastructure behind the world's most revolutionary technologies. Crown Castle owns, operates and leases more than 40,000 cell towers and over 80,000 route miles of fiber supporting small cells and fiber solutions across every major US market. This nationwide portfolio of communications infrastructure connects cities and communities to essential data, technology and wireless service - bringing information, ideas and innovations to the people and businesses that need them. Crown Castle is an S&P 500 company and one of the largest Real Estate Investment Trusts in the United States with an enterprise value of more than $80 billion.-- Position Title: Director, Wireless Product Management & Development (9E) Position Summary The Director, Wireless Product Management & Development will lead the development and management of wireless products within the shared infrastructure and shared network markets at Crown Castle. In this role, the Director, Wireless Product Management & Development will be responsible for the full product lifecycle including: define and communicate the product vision, gather market/customer requirements, understand the technical possibilities, analyze tradeoffs on cost/pricing, set clear product requirements, and support the building, integration and scaling of these products nationally. The ability and willingness to work cross functionally and collaboratively across the organization is essential. Your role will be to manage and evolve our existing wireless products that are sold by our sales team, deployed by our project delivery teams, and run by operations. In addition, you will develop product roadmaps for existing and entirely new products, prioritize that against resources to improve upon existing products, and drive new development. Essential Job Functions

• Lead the development and alignment of the wireless product vision and strategy
• Build, launch, enhance and support innovative products in service of the product vision and strategy
• Manage and maintain the wireless product portfolio and roadmaps
• Identify market need including market analysis and concept testing, collaborating with Corporate Strategy, Technology Strategy, and Data & Demand Planning
• Clearly define and own requirements for products, identifying minimum viable product as well as future product versions
• Mediate cost, functionality, and time to market trade-offs---
• Ownership of the product's entire lifecycle
• Participate in product promotion plan development including branding, packaging and go-to-market, in collaboration with Sales and Marketing
• Manage project plans along with PMO for product development and lead cross-functional teams to deliver innovative product ideas to the organization and wireless communication industry
• Partner with the sales, business development and strategy to conduct competitive market analysis and identify resolutions to meet customer specific or industry-wide network needs
• Maintains best in class product management staff by recruiting, selecting, and training employees
• Act as subject matter expert for wireless products and be visible at industry events, investor presentations and key customer relationship meetings
• Work closely with external customers, the sales department and the Senior Management Team to ensure services and product solutions meet internal and external objectives Education/Certifications
  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related science degree
  • Master's Degree preferred
  • Minimum of ten (10+) years of experience in wireless communication industry
  • Minimum of seven (7+) years of product management experience
  • Expert and working knowledge of 4G, 5G wireless technologies
  • Working knowledge of fixed wireless technologies covering sub 6GHz to 100GHz
  • Knowledge of radio wave propagation fundamentals, antenna theory, and optical transmission
  • Experience managing a team of 2-5 people, minimum
  • Proven experience in a product management lead role or similar experience
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills Other Skills/Abilities
    • Works well and creates clarity in fast paced ambiguous environment
    • Requires a professional demeanor with strong communications skills - verbal and written
    • Strong technical presentation skills (development and delivery)
    • Innovative with aptitude to understand new technology and its real-world applications
    • Strong management skills, including problem solving, decision making, planning, meeting management, and delegation
    • Experience in developing analytical and financial models applicable to wireless infrastructure products
    • Must possess excellent communications skills to interact with external customers, investors and senior management personnel
    • Strong customer service orientation (responsiveness, tactful, ability to manage expectations)
    • Ability to balance internal development schedule and resource constraints with customer expectations and market conditions
    • Demonstrated ability to define and implement products from feature definition through implementation. Must have proven experience leading and/or managing various teams to implement defined product strategy Organizational Relationship Reports to: VP Product Management & Development-Corporate Development & Strategy Title(s) of direct reports (if applicable): Senior Product Manager, Product Manager, Product Specialist Working Conditions: Works in a normal office setting with no exposure to adverse environmental conditions; extensive traveling and meetings with CCI, vendors and customers. During COVID19 conditions, this role will work remotely to mitigate risk.-- Additional Information: N/A Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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