Product Manager

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The RoleWe seek a dynamic individual with strong commercial skills and motivation to make an impact on our product and company strategy.
The Product Manager will define strategic direction, lead the product & technology strategy and develop plans to accelerate customer adoption and business growth. The Product Manager of Integrated Solutions will contribute towards development of the overall commercial and technical strategy for AspenTech’s family of Production Optimization solutions as a whole.
As Product Manager Integrated Solutions, you will be working across the AspenTech Product Portfolio which includes Manufacturing and Supply Chain, Performance Engineering, Asset Performance verticals of product management, marketing and R&D teams, as well as other AspenTech product teams, such as Data Sciences.Your Impact

Align the business strategy for your product line with evolving market needs, engaging with users and stakeholders at all levels in customer organizations to research market needs and create the business case for new products and enhancements

- Shape and champion synergy initiatives and directions across product line

- Evaluate and drive strategic product management processes: ensure the right blend of trade-offs to maximize the product impact in the marketplace (competition, release timing and pricing)

- Analyze commercial impact of synergy initiatives - Support senior staff with research, development, and presentation of new product concepts

- Collaborate with Product Marketing to develop and implement go-to-market plans for product line

- Market Insights: Understand the market and the competitors who play in this market, develop commercial and product insights from product usage data to produce quantitative analyses covering market size, growth rate, and other key success factors

- Services Delivery and Scaling.Internal Services resources and Services from Independent Service Providers and Partners must be designed so that they can scale with appropriate training etc.This will be a critical part of the Aspen Unified business strategy, and the Product Manager will need to play a key role in developing and executing on this strategy

- Positioning: With the Marketing team, develop competitive positioning strategies for current and future market offerings

- Value Proposition: Develop and maintain market-oriented value propositions for target customers and target industries

- Sales Engagement: Provide strategic and tactical support for Marketing and Sales teams as a result of detailed commercial/product analyses and business modeling

- Synergies: Through collaboration with other Product Managers, for example, within the overall Production Optimization area or within Performance Engineering, drive synergies between Unified Scheduling and other applications.

What You'll Need

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering or related technical field.
• 8+ years of hands-on experience using Planning / Scheduling Optimization software is required.
• Working knowledge of Modeling Software and exposure to with data integration would be added advantage.
• Experience of real time software environments, exposure to VBA, working knowledge of SQL & SQL queries.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Effective, clear, and concise presentation skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively and maintain excellent colleague and peer relationships.
• A focus on execution.

Preferred

• MBA, or other advanced management training.
• Strong understanding of customer needs and objectives in the Petroleum and/or Chemicals industries.
• Exposure to sales, product management, and marketing.
• Knowledge of APC, SCM, and/or MES solutions.
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