Products Development full_time

A Joint Venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), Thales Alenia Space is a global space manufacturer delivering, for more than 40 years, high-tech solutions for telecommunications, navigation, Earth Observation, environmental management, exploration, science and orbital infrastructures. Thanks to our diversity of skills, talents and cultures, our customers (governments, institutions, space agencies, telecommunications operators), therefore have Space to Connect, Secure & Defend, Observe & Protect, Explore, Travel & Navigate.

In the framwork of Thales Alenia Space (TAS), Country & Equipment Italy team (CCHEI) needs a resource fully dedicated to the identification of specific CCHEI products, their cost breakdown and their positioning on the market. This resource will interface  TAS Country & Equipment PLM, the product Managers in CCHEI, the S&M organisation.    

Main task:
– Review the set of strategic documents prepared in the frame of Go-To-Market process to verify the matching with DEQ-I strategy (SBP, MYB,…)
– Review the Product Policy and the Products Life Cycle (at C&E and CCHE-I) to match the products policy with the market trends
– Review/Elaborate S&M information about market trends and competitors positioning and evaluate TASI products competitivity
– Recommend the use of DEQ-I R&D funding
– Support C&E VP or DEQ-I director in Gate 0 and Gate 1 decisions

MISSION:
The mission of this position is the coordination between the Sales and Marketing (S&M) organization, the Equipment Product Line Manager (at C&E level), the Hardware Engineering CC organization in Italy with the aim of improving the efficacy of the Equipment Italy (DEQ-I) in the contracts acquisition, through a continuous and rigorous

matching between the market opportunities and the positioning of TASI products.
The PD Manager in the Equipment Italy organization (DEQ-I) reports to DEQ-I director.
ACTIVITIES:
 Review the set of strategic documents prepared in the frame of Go-To-Market process to
verify the matching with DEQ-I strategy (SBP, MYB,…)
 Review the Product Policy and the Products Life Cycle (at C&E and CCHE-I) to match
the products policy with the market trends
 Review/Elaborate S&M information about market trends and competitors positioning and
evaluate TASI products competitivity
 Recommend the use of DEQ-I R&D funding
 Support C&E VP or DEQ-I director in Gate 0 and Gate 1 decisions
REQUIRED SKILLS
 Specific knowledge (solutions, technologies, costs, competitors) of the TAS-I H/W
Engineering CC products portfolio
 10+ years-experience on the previous point
 Good knowledge of the product policy process
 Good Knowledge of the Manage Bid process
 Accountability
 Customer orientation
 Team spirit
 Good English Language level

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