Senior Manager, Portfolio Management (Hybrid)

Overview:

At Zebra, we are a community of innovators who come together to create new ways of working. United by curiosity and a culture of caring, we develop smart solutions that anticipate our customer’s and partner’s needs and solve their challenges.

Being part of Zebra Nation means you are seen, heard, valued, and respected. Drawing from our unique perspectives, we collaborate to deliver on our purpose. Here you are part of a team pushing boundaries today to redefine the work of tomorrow for organizations, their employees, and those they serve.

You’ll have opportunities to learn and lead in a forward-thinking environment, defining your path to a fulfilling career while channeling your skills toward causes you care about—locally and globally.

Come make an impact every day at Zebra.

What We're Looking For:

The Portfolio management team is responsible for determining Zebra’s service offerings and driving development, launch and adoption of services to positively impact the customers’ experience and market share.

Responsibilities:

• Oversees a team of subordinate Portfolio Managers, providing direction, coaching and support to ensure successful execution against aligned objectives for assigned service offers and product lifecycle programs including tactical enablement, managing custom requirements, Product Line transitions and discontinuations

• Recommend and oversee development and execution of a strategy for assigned portfolio, using comprehensive knowledge of market, competitive landscape, customer requirements, distribution channels, and Zebra offerings. Anticipates market and customer requirements for an assigned product line / portfolio. Oversees and approve subordinate VOC and competitive landscape activities, and beta planning. Monitors target markets and identify opportunities for innovation.
• May manage a portfolio directly, working autonomously to develop and present business case by completing supportive research, authoring slides and delivering presentations to internal and external audiences, routinely including senior management. Monitor and report business metrics against plan. Recommends metrics to assess business performance. Fully accountable for IBP inputs. Develops documentation of product and market requirements. Manages and approves development of documentation of product and market requirements for portfolio.
• Owns product lifecycle management for assigned Product lines / families of moderate to high complexity, including tactical execution, managing custom requirements, developing and driving end of life plans and execution of inventory objectives. Demonstrates full knowledge of development process. May delegate and oversee the work of Portfolio Manager 1 or 2 level team members in executing tactical objectives to support execution to strategy. Contributes to 3–5-year roadmap development process and makes recommendations on the long-term strategy for the product line.
• Approves pricing strategy and product price to maximize sales and profitability. Manages promotion strategy recommendations by working in collaboration with Product Marketing department. Approves recommendations to influence distribution strategy to meet reach market needs. Reviews and approves product training materials for use with sales, sales engineers, technical support and other internal and external stakeholders.
• Works closely with development teams and other key stakeholders to oversee new service development validating development is on spec. Identifies beta site targets, drafts and implements plans.
• Monitors financial performance of product lines and makes recommendations for pricing action against revenue and margin objectives. Sets target product costs for new products. Evaluates cost reduction initiatives working in concert with Sustaining Engineering, Finance and other internal partners.
• Approves and manages execution against cost reduction initiatives working in concert with Sustaining Engineering Contributes to innovation by generating ideas for new offerings.
• Directly supervises one or more Portfolio Managers

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree required
• 12 + years’ experience in portfolio management, or similar, including a minimum of 5 + years leading a team
• This role must be located in Canada with the ability to work a hybrid schedule (3 days in office/2 days remote) out of Zebra’s Mississauga office.

Preferred Requirements:

• Advanced degree preferred.
• Direct People Management & Coaching: Experience directly supervising, coaching, and developing subordinate Portfolio or Product Managers, with proven success delegating tactical objectives while maintaining strategic oversight.
• Strategic Portfolio & Roadmap Ownership: Proven track record of owning product/service lines of moderate-to-high complexity, including contributing to 3–5 year strategic roadmaps and translating market research (VOC) into formal product requirements.
• End-to-End Lifecycle & Transition Execution: Demonstrated experience managing the entire product lifecycle, with specific expertise in executing complex End-of-Life (EOL) plans, product line transitions, discontinuations, and managing associated inventory objectives.
• Financial Accountability & Margin Management: Strong financial acumen with direct experience monitoring revenue and margin performance, setting target costs for new products, and partnering with Finance and Sustaining Engineering to execute cost-reduction initiatives.
• Pricing & Go-To-Market (GTM) Strategy: Experience authoring and approving pricing strategies to maximize profitability, collaborating on promotional plans with Product Marketing, and approving technical training/enablement materials for Sales and Technical Support.
• Integrated Business Planning (IBP) & Executive Presence: Direct accountability for delivering IBP inputs and the ability to autonomously build business cases, author executive-level presentations, and report performance metrics directly to senior leadership.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Zebra is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability and protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law. If you are an individual with a disability and need assistance in applying for a position, please contact us at [email protected].

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Pay Range:

$140,240.00 - $190,240.00 Annual

Incentive Compensation:

In addition to base pay, Zebra offers this role the opportunity to earn a performance-based annual cash incentive, at a target equal to 20% of base pay, in accordance with the terms of the applicable incentive plan.

Total Rewards:

Zebra Total Rewards includes more than just pay and is structured to meet the needs of our changing global business and evolving talent. We are committed to providing our employees with a benefits program that is comprehensive and competitive – including healthcare, wellness, inclusion networks, and continued learning and development offerings. We offer community service days, in addition to the traditional insurances, compensation, parental leave, employee assistance program and paid time off offerings depending on the country where you work.

Salary offered will vary depending on your location, job-related skills, knowledge, and experience.

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