Senior Portfolio Manager leading Zebra’s service offerings and product lifecycle strategy. Overseeing teams, pricing, financial performance, roadmaps, and market-driven innovation.
Responsibilities
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
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
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)
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