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Senior Manager, Portfolio Management
Zebra Zebra. Oversee a team of subordinate Portfolio Managers, providing direction, coaching, and support .
Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in portfolio management, product lifecycle management, and strategic roadmap development, with a strong focus on team leadership and performance metrics. Proven ability to translate market research into actionable product requirements and oversee complex product transitions.
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Portfolio ManagementProduct Lifecycle ManagementTeam LeadershipMarket Research TranslationStrategic Roadmap Development
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Hard Skills
Product Requirements DocumentationEnd-of-Life PlanningCost-Reduction InitiativesRevenue MonitoringPricing Strategy DevelopmentBusiness Case DevelopmentPerformance Metrics ReportingTactical Objective DelegationInnovation Opportunity IdentificationBeta Planning Activities
Soft Skills
CoachingTeam DevelopmentStrategic OversightCollaborationPresentation Skills
Certifications & Qualifications
Bachelor's DegreeAdvanced Degree Preferred
Industry Keywords
Voice of Customer (VOC)Product Line TransitionsMarket RequirementsPromotional PlansHybrid Work Schedule
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Oversee a team of subordinate Portfolio Managers, providing direction, coaching, and support
- Ensure successful execution for assigned service offers and product lifecycle programs
- Oversee tactical enablement, custom requirements, Product Line transitions, and discontinuations
- Recommend and oversee portfolio strategy development and execution
- Anticipate market and customer requirements for assigned product lines or portfolios
- Oversee and approve VOC, competitive landscape, and beta planning activities
- Monitor target markets and identify innovation opportunities
- Manage portfolios directly when needed
- Develop and present business cases using research, authored slides, and presentations
- Monitor and report business metrics against plan
- Recommend metrics to assess business performance
- Provide IBP inputs
- Develop and approve product and market requirements documentation
- Own product lifecycle management for assigned product lines/families
- Develop and drive end-of-life plans and inventory objectives
- Delegate and oversee tactical objectives for Portfolio Manager team members
- Contribute to 3–5-year roadmap development and long-term product-line strategy
- Approve pricing and promotion strategies to maximize sales and profitability
- Approve distribution strategy recommendations
- Review and approve product training materials for internal and external stakeholders
- Oversee new service development and validate development against specifications
- Identify beta-site targets and implement beta plans
- Monitor financial performance and recommend pricing actions
- Set target product costs for new products
- Evaluate and manage cost-reduction initiatives with Sustaining Engineering, Finance, and other internal partners
- Generate ideas for new offerings
- Directly supervise one or more Portfolio Managers
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor’s degree required
- 12+ years’ experience in portfolio management, or similar
- Minimum of 5+ years leading a team
- Must be located in Canada
- Ability to work a hybrid schedule (3 days in office/2 days remote) out of Zebra’s Mississauga office
- Advanced degree preferred
- Experience directly supervising, coaching, and developing subordinate Portfolio or Product Managers
- Proven success delegating tactical objectives while maintaining strategic oversight
- Experience owning product/service lines of moderate-to-high complexity
- Experience contributing to 3–5 year strategic roadmaps
- Experience translating market research (VOC) into formal product requirements
- Experience managing the entire product lifecycle
- Expertise executing complex End-of-Life plans, product line transitions, discontinuations, and associated inventory objectives
- Experience monitoring revenue and margin performance
- Experience setting target costs for new products
- Experience partnering with Finance and Sustaining Engineering on cost-reduction initiatives
- Experience authoring and approving pricing strategies
- Experience collaborating on promotional plans with Product Marketing
- Experience approving technical training/enablement materials for Sales and Technical Support
- Accountability for delivering IBP inputs
- Ability to build business cases autonomously, author executive-level presentations, and report performance metrics to senior leadership
Benefits
Comp & perks- Performance-based annual cash incentive at a target equal to 20% of base pay
- Healthcare
- Wellness programs
- Inclusion networks
- Continued learning and development offerings
- Community service days
- Traditional insurances
- Parental leave
- Employee assistance program
- Paid time off
- Hybrid work schedule (3 days in office/2 days remote)