Product Line Manager

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Req. ID: 279723 

As a Product Line Manager for the Consumer Products Group, you will be charged with defining and executing Micron's storage vision. You will lead cross-functional teams that include engineering, sales, operations, and production to define leading storage solutions around the use of solid state technologies that solve our customer’s needs. 

The ideal candidate will have extensive technical expertise (with a focus on storage and solid state devices), combined with strong business acumen, allowing the candidate to provide deep analysis of new client computing hardware/software technologies and architectures while simultaneously judging the market potential of those emerging solutions. Candidates should have a proven track record of defining complex and cross-functional product strategies, along with extensive customer-facing experience. 

Day-to-day responsibilities will center on leading cross-functional efforts to define Micron's Consumer SSD storage solutions. This influential role requires outstanding skills in analytics, market understanding, the ability to develop/leverage relationships with industry analysts, outreach to Micron's customer base, represent Micron at key industry events, and driving related planning initiatives within the organization.

Responsibilities and Tasks include the following, but not limited to:

Market Trends and Analysis

• Understand the current & future trends in the personal computing space and evaluate which trends make commercial and economic sense for Micron to pursue including; business models, technologies, application areas, etc.
• Partner with leading personal computing eco-system providers to understand key technologies and innovation trends, and provide analysis to determine best fit for Micron's product plans
• Analyze the competitive landscape

Roadmap and Business Case

• Define Micron's long term roadmaps for Consumer SSD products, services, and solution offerings  
• Produce the business cases that drive the roadmap through a defined product line management process
• Determine when and how we bring the proposed solutions to market

Customer Needs Analysis and Outreach, Industry Trend Analysis

• Drive customer outreach activities and relationships to ensure customer and channel driven Marketing Requirements Documents and time-to-market products for placement on the Consumer SSD roadmap
• Drive relationships with industry analysts, developing and communicating Micron's storage direction
• Attendance and presentation at key client computing industry events

Internal Stakeholder Analysis

• Work with Micron product marketing managers, Micron account managers, and partners to understand customer demand and market segmentation to drive applicable forecasts to support the product line
• Develop cohesive go-to-market plans in conjunction with Product Marketing and other cross-functional teams for new product introduction
• Align with Non-Volatile Engineering organization to ensure client needs are represented in the R&D process
• Engage with Systems Architecture to ensure alignment of roadmap product within expected performance models
• Align and coordinate strategies across Micron's product, services, and sales divisions
• Work with Product Marketing, Outbound Marketing and Corporate Communications to define our market message for the Consumer SSD business and corresponding initiatives

Qualifications and Skills include, but not limited to:

• A BS or BA degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or Business/Marketing, MBA (Preferred)
• 8+ years combined of product development, marketing, and customer experience in storage or technology-related field. 
• Solid State Drive experience (Preferred).
• Ability to grasp complex financial, technical, and marketing information to develop product plans and strategies.
• Proven experience writing marketing requirements documents that bridge customer/technical needs into clearly defined features and benefits.
• Strong communication and presentation skills including to senior management.
• Demonstrated business acumen and critical thinking skills.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and working across multiple locations.
• Ability to travel both domestically and internationally.

About Micron Technology, Inc.

We are an industry leader in innovative memory and storage solutions. Through our global brands – Micron® and Crucial® – our broad portfolio of high-performance memory and storage technologies, including DRAM, NAND, 3D XPoint™ memory and NOR, is transforming how the world uses information to enrich life. Backed by more than 40 years of technology leadership, our memory and storage solutions enable disruptive trends, including artificial intelligence, 5G, machine learning and autonomous vehicles, in key market segments like mobile, data center, client, consumer, industrial, graphics, automotive, and networking. Our common stock is traded on the Nasdaq under the MU symbol. To learn more visit micron.com/careers

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