Occupation Atlasproduct development manager
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/1488589a-7b83-471d-b094-492f5616f4e0
product development manager
Product development managers coordinate the development of new products from beginning to end. They receive briefings and start envisioning the new product considering design, technical and cost criteria. They conduct research on market needs and create prototypes of new products for untapped market opportunities. Product development managers also improve and boost technological quality.
Job Zone
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Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
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Occupational interest profile
IERInvestigative · Enterprising · Realistic — the three strongest interests, in order
- I Investigative5.84
- E Enterprising4.70
- R Realistic4.16
- C Conventional3.51
- A Artistic2.11
- S Social2.10
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Managers (11-9041.01): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a narrower O*NET occupation within this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (19)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- analyse consumer buying trends
- analyse data about clients
- calculate design costs
- calculate production costs
- combine business technology with user experience
- define technical requirements
- design customer experiences
- design management
- design prototypes
- develop new products
- develop product design
- draw conclusions from market research results
- follow company standards
- industrial research and development
- manage budgets
- market research
- perform market research
- plan product management
- product life-cycle
Optional (37)
- analyse cultural trends
- analyse economic trends
- apply systemic design thinking
- chemistry
- conduct metallurgical structural analysis
- consult with technical staff
- cost management
- create technical plans
- design drawings
- design metal components
- develop promotional tools
- engineering processes
- ensure compliance with environmental legislation
- ensure products meet regulatory requirements
- identify market niches
- improve business processes
- innovation processes
- lead a team
- legal requirements of ICT products
- liaise with engineers
- liaise with industry experts
- liaise with managers
- maintain relationship with customers
- manage product testing
- manage the customer experience
- marketing mix
- marketing principles
- measure customer feedback
- optimise financial performance
- perform product testing
- physics
- prepare market research reports
- quality standards
- speak different languages
- troubleshoot
- types of metal manufacturing processes
- work in metal manufacture teams
O*NET equivalents
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