Director, Product Innovation

Company: American Tower
Location: Cary
Posted on: February 25, 2021

Job Description:

As an organization focused on mutual respect and inclusion, American Tower endeavors to make reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants with a disability. Applicants needing an accommodation during the recruitment process or who have questions regarding website accessibility should contact us at (617) 687-7911 or recruiting@americantower.com. Job Description The Team Open to hiring this role based out of our Cary, NC or Woburn, MA office.-- Our Core Principles are the foundation of our culture, and we're focused on achieving continued success by thinking long-term, leading with values, and creating value with decisions . Come grow your career with us!-- Job Qualification WhatYou Can Offer Us--

• Builda substantial pipeline of product opportunities, identify product developmentinitiatives, and generate ideas that have significant potential to grow theCompany's market share, improve customer experience, and drive revenue growth.
• Developand manage business plans for new products that reflect the market opportunities,competitive challenges, product requirements, pricing, pipeline, forecasting,and organizational resources to achieve success.
• Developand establish strategic partnerships, recommend inorganic acquisitions, determineinvestment priorities, and define product evolution roadmaps.
• Gatherand assimilate a wide variety of research and data for product requirements;define the unique features and functionality of new products to meet customerneeds and market opportunities.
• Identifyand secure necessary competencies and resource levels to support approvedproduct plans.
• Proactivelycommunicate and deliver product vision to all internal organizational levelsand externally.
• Specifymarket requirements for current and future products by conducting researchsupported by ongoing visits to customers and others.
• As a Director,Product Innovation you are responsible for the recruitment, performancemanagement, and career development of Senior Innovation Analysts. You'll beexpected to cultivate a collaborative team dynamic that enables us to meet ourbusiness objectives.
• Otherduties as assigned. What You Need to Succeed
  
  • Bachelor'sdegree required; Master of Science or MBA preferred.
  • Between7-9 years of relevant experience required, with a minimum of 3 years in aproduct management role, managing and reporting on products through all stagesof a product lifecycle.
  • Solidtechnical background with an understanding of and experience with wirelesstechnology (e.g., 4G/LTE, Wi-Fi, Small Cells) strongly preferred.
  • Approximately30% travel may be required in support of the position's responsibilities.
  • Excellentstrategic product management skills and a proven track record of productmanagement achievement in a cross-functional environment.
  • Strongorganization, planning, and project management skills; ability to prioritizetasks for self and team to meet requirements and deadlines.
  • Abilityto work with different functional groups and levels of employees to achieveresults effectively and professionally.
  • Strongleadership skills; ability to drive and motivate team to achieve results. AmericanTower is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminateagainst an applicant or employee based on age, sex, sexual orientation, genderidentity, race, color, creed, religion, national origin or ancestry,citizenship, marital status, familial status, disability, military or veteranstatus, genetic information, pregnancy or any other characteristic protectedunder applicable law. Why Work Here Our Culture is based on our Core Principles - the values that guide how our employees communicate with our customers and each other, drive solutions, hire and grow our talent, play to win, and of course, have fun! We look for motivated individuals to join our team who care about their colleagues, our customers, and the communities where we live and work. Join us and become part of our team of diverse, talented thinkers and doers! What We Can Offer You (Benefits) We're proud of the high quality of our benefits that help support the varied lifestyles of our employees. About Us Our vision is to make wireless communication possible everywhere. American Tower provides the wireless infrastructure needed to enable a connected world - outdoors, indoors, and in urban and rural locations. We are one of the largest global Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), and a leading independent owner, operator and developer of wireless and broadcast communications real estate. Our global portfolio includes approximately 180,000 sites, with more than 40,000 in the U.S., and is experiencing steady growth. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, American Tower has offices across the United States and in 19 countries around the globe. We are a dynamic organization in a rapidly changing industry. Accordingly, the responsibilities associated with this job will change from time to time in accordance with business needs. More specifically, the incumbent may be required to perform additional and/or different responsibilities from those set forth above. The above declarations are not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job described, nor are they intended to be such a listing of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Rather, they are intended only to describe the general nature of the job. The incumbent must be flexible as there may be workweeks that require more than 40 hours to ensure the positions expectations and responsibilities are met. American Tower (the "Company") is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Company is committed to a policy of equal employment and will not discriminate against an applicant or associate based on his or her age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, color, creed, religion, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, marital status, familial status, physical or mental disability, handicap, military or veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy or any other category protected under federal, state or local law, regulation or ordinance. In order to ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veterans' Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants that require accommodation in the job application process can contact us at (617) 587-7911 for assistance.

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