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Sr. Product Manager- Windows Consumer Products


About the Role and Responsibilities

Location: Santa Clara, CA

About the Role:


At McAfee, we live for the challenge of protecting and liberating our customers by staying ahead of the bad guys in our relentless search for safe. And in a world where computing devices are everywhere, delivering on this mission has become imperative. There has never been a better time to be part of McAfee! We are working on new and exciting products & services that are built on cutting edge technologies being co-developed by McAfee and Intel. No other security company can deliver end-to-end solutions that protect our customers from the user experience all the way down to hardware components within the devices they use.

Do you want to work in a fun and challenging area with passionate and creative people dedicated to protecting end-users as they enjoy their digital life? Are you energized by the thought of competing with the bad-guys and delivering products that are secure, trustworthy, and truly make a difference in people’s life? Do you want to work with and be recognized by multiple McAfee & Intel product teams for your outstanding cross-team collaboration abilities? Are you passionate about delivering experiences that delight end-users and have a broad impact on McAfee’s bottom-line? If the answer is yes, then this role is for you!

The McAfee Consumer product management team is looking for an accomplished Senior Product Manager that will be responsible for defining the vision, strategy, and objectives for McAfee products and features across all disciplines and sales channels. This PM will drive one or more Windows consumer products with a focus on innovative user experience and integration with breakthrough Intel technologies and will report directly to Director of Product Management.

He/she interacts with customers and channel partners to understand user problems, obtain feedback on existing products and competitive products, and identify solutions. The PM synthesizes these inputs into roadmaps, business plans, and product requirements and socializes these with management, partners, and McAfee employees. The Sr. Product Manager works closely with other product managers, engineering, marketing, sales, support, and partners to execute on requirements and to position and launch new products and suites.

Key Responsibilities:

- Lead product strategy, design, development, and release process for assigned Windows-based products, with a focus on new user interfaces & experiences and Intel integration opportunities

- Utilize strategic insight and organizational skills to identify unmet consumer needs and opportunities; develop product roadmaps and business plans; define and prioritize product-level scenarios, requirements, and features

- Coordinate the collection, description, analysis and prioritization of requests for new product functionality from internal business owners, partners, and customers

- Develop hands-on, in-depth knowledge of competitive products and maintain technical analysis of competitive strengths and weaknesses

- Support marketing, sales, and support by leading the development and maintenance of appropriate collateral including user guides, presentations, marketing content and demos

- Serve as a product expert and evangelist for McAfee Consumer products

- Act as a liaison between engineering, marketing, sales, partners, and support

Qualifications

Required Experience/Skills & Education:

- 5+ years of experience in product management, preferably in consumer, web, and/or mobile

- Demonstrable experience in delivering successful consumer-focused applications, with background in user-focused design processes

- Strong technical, process, and cross group collaboration skills

- Strong business skills with demonstrated experience in creating business plans that include revenue opportunities and projected sales for the product. Requires effective collaboration with the sales and finance teams

- Hands-on experience interacting with customers and channel partners

- Strong problem solving skills along with excellent verbal and written communication skills

- Must have experience with cross-functional teams that include engineering, sales, and marketing staff, plus demonstrated effectiveness in interacting and communicating with executive management, partners, and customers

- Proven experience driving numerous parallel initiatives

- Must have managed one or more products/feature areas through an entire software development lifecycle

- Security / Windows Security experience is definitely a plus (i.e. AV; AM; AS; DLP; crypto; dig sig; Identity; Access Control; AuthZ; AuthN)
- BA/BS degree or equivalent, MBA a plus

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Job: Product Management
Primary Location: NA-USA-CA-Santa Clara
Position Number: 882738
Schedule: Full-time

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