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Product Management Director - Consumer Devices at NETGEAR | LAYIQ

End-to-end ownership — Lead the full product lifecycle from ideation and validation through launch and iteration across hardware and complementary embedded apps.
Product strategy — Define long-term vision, maintain a coherent roadmap, and establish product-market fit by prioritizing based on data, restraint, and measurable impact.
Requirements & trade-offs — Craft high-quality PRDs, user stories, and functional specs while managing trade-offs that balance technical constraints and user needs.
Go-to-market readiness — Coordinate with Marketing, Manufacturing, Distribution, and Support to ensure successful launches and feature rollouts.
Data-driven decision-making — Define and monitor key metrics including NPS, device activation, feature adoption, and network performance, iterating based on insights.
Customer advocacy — Represent and resolve diverse stakeholder needs, from engineering teams to channel partners and global customers.
Technical collaboration — Influence technical architecture and participate in engineering discussions on embedded systems and wireless protocols.
Leadership influence — Present roadmap updates, product value, and key results to executives and global functional leaders.
Coach and mentor — Develop and grow other product managers on the team, expanding their scope and capabilities.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
10+ years of product management experience in consumer hardware, networking devices, or smart home categories.
Proven track record of shipping successful physical products in markets with technical complexity and UX sensitivity.
Ability to write clear, structured documents including PRDs, user stories, MRDs, and business cases.
Strong technical literacy in wireless technologies such as WiFi and Bluetooth, as well as embedded software.
Experience leveraging AI tools to accelerate product management work across research, writing, prototyping, analytics, and monitoring.
Exceptional collaboration and influence skills across cross-functional teams including Engineering, Industrial Design, and Marketing.
Strong data orientation with the ability to define OKRs, KPIs, and key metrics and make decisions based on quantitative and qualitative insights.
Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment with multiple stakeholders and evolving priorities.

Product Management Director - Consumer Devices

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