Associate Product Manager
Summary
Early-career product role at Tempo Communications, which builds test instruments and tools for electricians, fiber technicians, and network installers. Day to day you own a product category (pricing, margin, forecasting, lifecycle), analyze market and sales data, and support new product development with Engineering, Marketing, Sales, and Operations.
About Tempo Communications
Tempo Communications builds test instruments and tools used by electricians, fiber technicians, and network installers. We are a focused team where product managers have meaningful ownership and the opportunity to see their work move from concept to the customer’s hands.
About the Role
Tempo Communications is looking for an early-career technical professional who wants to build products, not just test them. The Associate Product Manager is a developmental role with real ownership from day one. You will manage a defined product category while developing skills in market analysis, pricing, margin, business cases, product roadmaps, and new product development.
You will work closely with Engineering, Marketing, Sales, and Operations and spend time with the electricians, fiber technicians, and other customers who use our products in the field. This role is designed for someone who is technically curious, analytical, hands-on, and eager to grow into a Product Line Manager role.
What You’ll Do
- Own an assigned product category, including forecasting, pricing, margin, inventory, lifecycle, SKU accuracy, and obsolescence.
- Analyze market, competitive, customer, and sales data and turn findings into actionable product recommendations.
- Gather customer and field feedback through customer visits, distributors, trade shows, service and warranty information, product reviews, and technical conversations.
- Translate customer needs into product requirements and work with Engineering throughout development.
- Support business cases involving pricing, costs, margins, volumes, and payback.
- Support new product introductions and Stage Gate/NPI activities, including specifications, part numbers, packaging, pricing, launch materials, and channel readiness.
- Build and maintain product performance dashboards and reporting.
- Evaluate competitive products and provide product comparisons and technical support to Sales and Customer Service.
- Spend at least 15% of your time in the field with end users and distributors.
- Perform other duties as assigned.