PRODUCT MANAGER: [Please note: This opening is not aligned with Business Analyst roles or experience]
About the Role
The Product Manager will drive the product lifecycle of i-TEK's platforms, Edgeware products and RFID/AIDC-enabled solutions. The role will be working closely with Product Leadership, Engineering, Device & Edge Systems, Sales, Delivery, QA, Marketing and Leadership teams to convert market needs, customer requirements, competitive intelligence and business strategy into clear product roadmaps, product requirements, release plans and product success metrics. The candidate should bring strong experience in Product Lifecycle Management, market research, competitor analysis, roadmap planning, product documentation and customer-focused product thinking. The role requires strong business understanding, product discipline, analytical capability and sufficient technical understanding to work with enterprise platforms, integrations, RFID/AIDC systems, edge devices, dashboards, APIs and industry-specific workflows.
Responsibilities
Product Lifecycle Management
- Deliver end-to-end product lifecycle management from concept, discovery, requirements, development, release, adoption, feedback and enhancement.
- Work with Product Leadership to define product vision, feature priorities, roadmap milestones and release plans.
- Maintain product-level documentation including product roadmap, product backlog, feature briefs and roadmap trackers.
- Convert market gaps, business inputs and field feedback into structured product requirements.
- Ensure configurability, scalability and extensibility of products across the industry domains.
Product Roadmap & Release Planning
- Own and maintain feature-level roadmap trackers for different products and associated RFID/AIDC solutions.
- Create quarterly roadmap with rolling 4-quarter visibility.
- Track feature status, product backlogs and ensure roadmap execution.
- Prepare monthly product roadmap updates for internal stakeholders.
Market Research & Competitor Analysis
- Conduct structured market research across RFID, AIDC, retail technology, supply chain technology, enterprise automation, IoT and platform ecosystems.
- Build competitor comparison models covering product capabilities, platform maturity, pricing, positioning, customer segments and technology direction.
- Create competitor capability maps / moon representations to compare i-TEK's current state, competitors and target future state.
- Identify market trends, emerging technologies and opportunities such as EPCIS, Digital Product Passport, object traceability and tracking.
- Provide insights for product positioning, differentiation and roadmap prioritization.
Customer, Use-Case & Industry Understanding
- Understand operational workflows across industries like retail, warehouse, logistics, manufacturing, defence, banking and other RFID/AIDC-led domains.
- Study market-wise spaces and translate them into product capabilities.
- Define reusable product features from project-specific implementations.
- Ensure product standardization while maintaining configurability across industries and customers.
Product Commercialization Support
- Support creation of product positioning notes, feature value propositions, ROI templates and product comparison documents.
- Work with Sales and Marketing teams to create product decks, brochures, case studies and demo narratives.
- Support pricing inputs by helping define product modules, feature bundles, add-ons and value drivers.
- Track customer feedback and adoption metrics to improve product-market fit.
Qualifications
- 4-6 years of experience in Product Management, Product Analysis, Solution Consulting, Technology Product Development, or Product Lifecycle Management.
- Experience in enterprise software, SaaS platforms, RFID/AIDC, IoT, retail technology, supply chain technology, warehouse automation, industrial automation, or related technology domains preferred.
- Strong understanding of product lifecycle management, roadmap planning, requirements gathering, product documentation and release tracking.
- Experience in competitor analysis, market research, product benchmarking and industry trend analysis.
- Ability to work with both technical and business stakeholders and translate business requirements into structured product requirements.
- Good understanding of APIs, dashboards, workflows, enterprise integrations, software release cycles and configurable platform capabilities.
- Exposure to hardware-integrated software products, RFID readers, IoT devices, embedded systems, or edge solutions will be an added advantage.
- Strong analytical, documentation, communication, presentation skills.
Required Skills
- Product Lifecycle Management
- Product Roadmap Planning
- Market Research
- Competitor Analysis
- Product Documentation
- SaaS / Platform Thinking
- Product Benchmarking
- Analytical and Presentation Skills
- Enterprise Software Understanding
- RFID / AIDC / IoT exposure is an added advantage
Preferred Skills
- Relevant product experience, domain understanding and ability to work across business, technology and customer teams will be considered more important than a single specific degree stream.
Equal Opportunity Statement
i-TEK is committed to diversity and inclusivity in the workplace.
