Associate Product Manager (273520)

Job description

General Description
Samsung is one of the most popular brands in the world. Samsung is tops in almost every category of the electronics products, still it is a day ONE for us. We never stop innovating. We are top-level Software Engineers who can make the exciting vision a reality. We are building an e-Commerce platform from the ground up to provide great customer experience and also help Samsung grow the overall business by supporting OmniChannel efforts of key retailer partners. At Samsung you will have opportunity to work with some of the smartest people on the planet in defining and launching great products. This role demands extremely customer centric mind-set, strong analytical mind, with appetite for innovation and can do attitude. Sounds Interesting? What you'll be doing • Internalize and deeply understand Samsung's mission and strategies, as well as the mission and objectives of the E-Commerce team • Distill vision and strategy for the team, get all members of cross-functional team excited • Be data centric to make informed product direction, whether in the form of competitive intel, customer behavior or other business metrics. Solicit and embrace critical feedback. • Drive innovation, definition, deliverables planning (roadmap) and design of entirely new products and features to deliver against team and company goals. • Drive cross-functional team to set qualitative objectives and quantitative goals • Drive definition of and execution against product go-to-market plan, including phasing and marketing. • Monitor and measure launched products and feed learnings back into product development process. • Clearly communicate product plans, benefits and results, as appropriate, to both internal stakeholders and external stakeholders.
Company Information
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA BIG THINGS HAPPEN HERE. The amazing products for which Samsung is known world-wide are the results of the amazing people who work here. Their talent, creativity, dedication, and commitment to innovation are what make us who we are. To continue to be a world leader in technology, we focus on attracting the best talent available and offer a corporate culture in which every individual can challenge themselves to discover how good they are, and how great they can become. Headquartered in Ridgefield Park, NJ, and with offices in Bellevue, WA, Richardson, TX and Palo Alto, CA, Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (SEA) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and a world leader in technology. We market a broad range of award-winning consumer electronics, smartphones, information systems, and home appliances. Samsung's philosophy is based on our strong determination for growth, perpetual innovation and responsibility to corporate citizenship. As a result of our commitment to innovation and unique design, the Samsung organization is one of the most decorated brands in the electronics industry. Our company is currently ranked #7 in Interbrand's "100 Best Global Brands," and named #3 on the Boston Consulting Group list as one of the world's most innovative companies in 2014. At Samsung we work hard – every day. It is a fast-paced and challenging work environment, and we are a nimble team that constantly pushes ourselves to be the best. If you have energy, passion, dedication and drive, and you thrive in a fast-paced workplace, the rewards at Samsung are many. Imagine working for a global company that is a world leader in innovation, in an environment where exciting things happen every day. Imagine working with an amazing group of visionaries/ individuals who make products that bring joy to millions of people across the globe every single day. Imagine where you want to be, and who you want to be. At Samsung...the possibilities are limitless. Apply today and find out why LinkedIn ranked us as one of North America's Most InDemand Employers in 2014. To this end, we follow various protocols during the recruitment process, including but not limited to, avoiding the inadvertent disclosure of confidential information of the applicant's former employer. Samsung Electronics America provides Equal Employment Opportunity for all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, status as a protected veteran, genetic information, status as a qualified individual with a disability or any other characteristic protected by law.

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Necessary Skills / Attributes
What we're looking for • A computer science undergraduate degree or equivalent plus hands-on software engineering experience. Technical understanding must go from the highest abstractions down to the metal. • 2+ years of experience delivering highly successful and innovative consumer Internet products with your fingerprints all over them which you're extremely proud of what you've accomplished • Stellar design instincts and product taste • A high bar across the board - from your own contributions to the people you work with to the products you work on. • A “leader” personality - biased toward action, great collaborator and master disambiguator/simplifier - constantly pushing toward clarity and delivery. • Grittiness. You never hesitate to roll up your sleeves and tackle something hands-on, you persevere when others fall away. • Finger-tippiness with data: you just go get the data you need with no muss/fuss and can whip it into an insightful story with no help. You know how to leverage data to make decisions without getting stuck in analysis paralysis. • Having prior experience on the e-Commerce space is a huge plus • A never-ending desire to grow and learn