Officially launched in July 2023, PanasonicWELL is an innovation arm within Panasonic Holdings Corporation working to build fully scalable family wellness businesses. We're working to gain insight into families' goals and to use state-of-the-art AI and other technologies to help families achieve the universal goals we all share: caring well, eating well, sleeping well, moving well, working well, and aging well.
With families at the center, our intention is to build a series of interconnected products within this ecosystem to tackle challenges modern families face in today's world. "Well" describes the intersection of health and wellness including mental well-being, longevity, nutrition, sleep health, mindfulness, daily productivity, and many topics that enable people to live healthier and happier lives every day. Our definition of wellness is a combination of family harmony (as supported through our service experience) and healthspan (as supported through meeting emotional, cognitive, physical and mental wellbeing).
We recognize that our mission requires the intimate privilege of being welcomed into homes with utmost data privacy, and industry-leading Responsible AI with humans in the loop to deeply understand the needs of families and how to best service those needs.
About The Role:
Panasonic's new division, PanasonicWELL, is hiring an experienced Sr. Product Manager with a passion for IoT connected devices to join our Product team, which will enhance the technology platform for Panasonic's Business Units in Japan. You will engage with the Engineering, Product Design, UX, QA, and Planning teams both in Japan and US to shape platform technology and roadmap definition as an advocate for technology cost while enabling feature-rich, best-in-class connected hardware products. In this role, one will focus on Panasonic devices and advocate for their continuous technological and platform improvements. Knowledge of IOT consumer devices, connected products, cloud technology, and/or lifestyle/ health app industry experience would be helpful.
This position requires very strong interpersonal and relationship building skills with the ability to effectively influence peers and management especially in Panasonic Japan, as well as a solid understanding of consumer electronics architecture and cost structures. This role will work closely with Panasonic Corporate to leverage cross-company collaboration on Hardware, Technology and Consumer user stories development. Ideal candidates will bring both English and Japanese business expertise and have experience in consumer electronics companies.
The PanasonicWELL division was created in April 2023 to ideate, incubate, and scale new ventures inside Panasonic while building a comprehensive AI/Data/IoT Platform exposing "everything as a service". It is a growing team of 250+ employees both in the United States and Japan intent on delivering new growth opportunities in health and wellness for Panasonic.
PanasonicWELL is able to employ individuals who reside in (or that are willing to relocate to) the following states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, and Washington.
What You'll Do:
Define IoT technology and adoption strategy requirements by focusing on user-centered design, product research, technology pricing, and best in class technology for connected hardware product
Defines the strategy and executes on the business and financial results for a product portfolio through the leadership of team(s) managing new and existing products by creating a differentiated customer experience utilizing traditional and emerging capabilities in technology, operations, and data analytics
Collaborate closely with development/engineering, production, and business teams on the development, QA, demos and release of products and balance of resources to ensure success for the entire organization.
Deep knowledge of Matter protocols and cloud technologies related to IOT. Work experience to connect IoT devices to AI engines is a plus.
Collaborate, Train, and Gather product requirements from Panasonic corporate.
Work closely at all levels of the organization, both in the US and Japan
Determine specifications, industrial standards, and certificates such as Matter certification; production timetables, pricing, and time-integrated plans for product introduction; developing marketing strategies.
Manage and perform testing and qualifying procedures in existing and new products with an in-depth understanding of the product. Identify issues and propose improvements in both hardware, firmware, and software.
Deep knowledge of Agile and Epic story writing with product management skills
Recommend the nature and scope of present and future product lines by reviewing industrial applications, product specifications, and requirements, appraising new product ideas, and/or product or packaging changes. Introduces and markets new products by developing time-integrated plans with sales, advertising, and production.
Track, monitor, report, and improve product performance
Create product requirements for the engineering and support teams to refine, improve, or enhance existing features and quality
Hold regular executive forums to review/discuss trending cost vs targets and drive opportunities for cost & design optimization
Manage product cost to achieve pricing and margin targets; set individual cost targets for each component/module
Support product integration & feasibility scenarios, ROI analyses, supply chain optimization investigations, environmental implication assessments, etc.
What You'll Bring:
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information technology, or Product design.
5+ years of product management experience, marketing development, and successful product launches in Consumer Electronics companies.
Excellent Communication Skills -including communicating with strictly business-minded people and with strictly technical-minded people, comfortable getting into deep technical discussions with engineers (and users) about the pros and cons of different approaches.
User-Centric Attitude- must be able to identify the technical aspects that can contribute to the user's success.
Ability to translate user-centered concepts and product roadmap into a technical product requirements or product specifications document.
Systematic Thinker- must have experience determining the best course of action based on the whole picture.
Strong Business acumen, the ability to understand company strategy and economic drivers.
Work experience in Japan or fluency in Japanese is a plus.
Experience working within Panasonic or the Panasonic family of companies is a plus.
What We Offer:
The future of work at PanasonicWELL is flexibility. Like many other leading Silicon Valley based businesses, we follow a hybrid workplace model post-pandemic. We believe this model is consistent with our goals of fostering a highly collaborative culture, promoting employee well-being, and developing a workplace that is engaging, equitable, and innovative.
Local (Bay Area) employees are expected to come into the office on Mondays & Wednesdays and optional on the other days of the week. Fully remote (Work From Home) employment may be available for select positions.
This position may be eligible for participation in our employee bonus program. Grade level and salary ranges are determined primarily through the scope and complexity of the role along with a review of the applicant's experience and skills, as well as alignment with geographic market data and equity with other team members.
Employee benefits include:
Opportunity to join a hyper-growth startup on a mission to make well-being attainable for modern families
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by law or company policy. All qualified individuals are required to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation. Pre-employment drug testing is required for safety-sensitive positions or as may otherwise be required by contract or law. Due to the high volume of responses, we will only be able to respond to candidates of interest. All candidates must have valid authorization to work in the U.S. Thank you for your interest.