Product Manager II - Domestic Least Cost Routing at Broomfield

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Summary

Responsible for developing and launching new products within the assigned customers business group. Identifies medium or long term revenue growth opportunities that fit with the companys business model and strategy. Also responsible for the planning and execution of the overall product lifecycle, and serves as both a business and technical product expert. Drives results by leading cross-functional teams with sales, offer management, and support teams.
Essential Duties

* Manages specific customer opportunities as they relate directly to driving revenue for the product. Negotiates business terms and conditions of customer contracts. Gathers and prioritizes customer requirements. Benchmarks company products to competitor products. Evaluates customer requirements by working with engineering and factory to convert customer requirements.

* Develops vision and market strategy across product. Identifies market direction, whats important to customers, where technology and features are evolving and where the company can effectively compete.

* Contributes ideas and recommendations toward product, process and system improvements. Supports product team with business case development and projects as needed.

* Supports implementation of all aspects of the product marketing plan, including pricing, customer targeting, product positioning and channel policies/programs. Coordinates internal engineering, operational and process development requirements for product.

* Employs disciplined approach for developing back-office systems and quote to cash processes. Ensures supporting processes and systems associated with the product are current and optimized to reduce product cost basis.

* Handles internal requests for product training across all organizations.

Education and Experience

* Experience: 5 yrs

* Education Level: Bachelors Degree

* Field Of Study: Finance, marketing, business, or similar

* A combination of education and experience is acceptable: Yes

* Attention to detail with good organizational capabilities.

* Ability to prioritize with good time management skills.

Knowledge, Skills or Abilities

Bachelors degree (MBA preferred).

5-7 years prior product mgmt experience in a technical company.

Knowledge of telecommunications technology and/or marketplace.

Ability to drive results both individually and in a matrixed environment. Willingness to roll up the sleeves and drive projects to completion.

Ability to distill broad concepts and business strategies into structured product management/marketing plans.

Technical aptitude to understand product dynamics and recommend product enhancements.

Effective communication skills and ability to produce executive level reports.

Strong financial skills and analytic competence.

Experience with leading large cross-functional development teams.

Record of success and top-tier achievement in prior work and education experiences.

Managing Domestic Least Cost Routing (LCR) which will include all vendor rate updates, trunk inventories, managing vendor performance and capacity.

Maintaining all Routing Partitions to ensure we have proper solutions and footprints reflected to ensure optimal routing and risk of operational issues.

Trouble Shooting Routing /Operational Network issues that are resulting in customer impacting trouble tickets.

Complete various impact analysis tied to new vendor rates that will be loaded in the least cost routing system and updates made the Switch Network.

Providing vendor traffic forecasting/opportunities, Low performance destinations (Key Performance Indicators), and vendor targets to reduce costs to domestic voice.

Identify opportunities to be able to lower switched access costs and managing targeted VGM to the business.

Provide Pricing/Margin/Product with cost and Margin impacts when we need make routing changes to address performance.

Managing Penalty Cost reporting to ensure optimal cost routing.

Very strong analytical skills using Excel and Access

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Work Environment

* Government Security Required: No

Sits five to seven hours per day. Stands and or walks one to three hours per day. May bend, reach, stoop and crouch throughout the day. Should have the ability to hear, speak and see effectively to perform the necessary tasks of this position. Manual dexterity is occasionally required. The position may require frequent movement and activity relating to using keyboards, viewing data on computer displays, and communicating verbally and in writing to the needs of others. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Working Conditions: Work is performed in an office environment. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Lighting and temperature are adequate and there are no hazardous or unpleasant conditions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

The above job definition information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees with this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Job duties and responsibilities are subject to change based on changing business needs and conditions. Level 3 Communications is an Equal Opportunity Employer and unless it is an undue hardship, will make necessary reasonable accommodations upon notice that an employee or applicant requires an accommodation for a disability in order to perform the essential functions of the job.
Country: USA, State: Colorado, City: Broomfield, Company: Level 3 Communications.