Product Evangelist: Creator, Entrepreneur

San Francisco, CA - USA / Santa Ana, CA - USA
Advanced Technology – Product Management /
Full Time /
Hybrid
At UEI you will be part of a world class team that is working to innovate and revolutionize the meaning of ‘wireless control’. Whether it’s via chips, software licenses or turnkey products, we are continuing to reinvent how consumers interact with devices and services in their home.
 
 Each day we make the connected home smarter, easier to connect and use, and more sustainable. We delight our Fortune 100 customers such as Comcast, Apple, Samsung, Google, Vivint and Daikin with ground breaking wireless technology solutions such as advanced, voice-enabled remote controls, cloud control solutions, extreme low power Bluetooth silicon with energy harvesting capabilities, smart thermostats and sensors and many other IoT solutions.

As a member of this multi-disciplinary team you will be involved in every aspect of building our next generation of smart home products and services (concept, architecture & development, customer engagements, market positioning, technical marketing, etc.). This will require a can do attitude, and willingness to learn UEI’s core technologies as well as industry and technology trends. You will always be faced with a new puzzle to solve with current or new technologies with a single goal in mind, an unmatched user experience.
 
The role has responsibility for product definition, pricing, positioning and distribution through our different markets and channels.  The selected candidate will develop and communicate product direction and lead cross-functional teams from Engineering, QA, Marketing, Operations and Sales to build, launch and deliver disruptive products to the marketplace. 

More specifically, the position will perform competitive analysis and customer research in order to identify, specify and prioritize features and capabilities of the product; define and document market requirements; work with Engineering and Program Management to translate the product requirements into detailed product plans; and help launch these products into our business channels.  The selected candidate will develop and implement product go-to-market strategies and work with various internal groups to define and drive partner relationships for the products. 
 
This person will have a strategic function in staying abreast of the market; understanding consumer trends; as well as technology innovation.  They are expected to have a very hands-on approach to product delivery and be intimately involved with defining clear consumer benefits and unique selling propositions.
 
We are all students here, and we do what it takes to achieve the goal. We are looking for a hands-on self-starter to join the fun.

Responsibilities

    • Engage with strategic customers to define highly optimized solutions with special attention to user experience
    • Drive multiple cross department multiregional designs from concept through realization (hands on in every aspect of the process)
    • Study and benchmark market trends & emerging technologies to define product roadmaps

Qualifications

    • A multi-disciplinary creator, innovator, disrupter, and entrepreneur
    • Possess a strong technical background with a unique blend of business and technical savvy; able to learn & apply new topics quickly and efficiently
    • Knowledge of consumer product lifestyles and enthusiastic about smart home possibilities
    • Superior verbal and written communication skills to convey technical concepts and emerging technologies easily and simply to the marketplace
    • Highly comfortable with C-Level interactions
    • Passionate about consumer behavior and consumption, consumer electronics, human-machine interactions, internet of things and relevant technologies and trends

Education

    • Graduate from an accredited college or university with a bachelor’s degree

Compensation Range

    • 100-200k
Universal Electronics Inc. (NASDAQ: UEIC) is the worldwide leader in universal control and sensing technologies for the smart home. Its broad portfolio of patents includes QuickSet® software that utilizes the world’s most complete knowledge graph to detect and interact with thousands of entertainment and smart home devices. The company designs, develops, and manufactures innovative products that are used by the world’s leading brands in the audio, video, subscription broadcasting, connected home, home energy management, and mobile device markets. UEI’s many first-to-market innovations have helped transform the home entertainment control, home security, and home energy management and sensing industries.

Universal Electronics Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer. We are proud of our diverse workforce and we believe having diverse teams that everyone brings their whole self to work everyday is key to all of our success. We welcome all people of different experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and abilities.