Product Manager, Hardware

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Colorado, +7 more states.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of PAR's Hardware portfolio across its entire product lifecycle, from inception to end-of-life.

• Create business cases and proposals for new hardware products, accessories, and opportunities for portfolio expansion.

• Track metrics related to revenue, margin, adoption, quality, and customer satisfaction.

• Collaborate with Finance and Operations to enhance pricing, profitability, inventory management, and lifecycle planning.

• Contribute to both short-term and long-term product roadmaps.

• Assess market trends, emerging technologies, customer needs, and competitive offerings.

• Convert customer and business requirements into prioritized product specifications.

• Coordinate with stakeholders in Engineering, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, Sales, and Marketing.

• Facilitate alignment and execution during product development and launch phases.

• Lead readiness initiatives for product launches, updates, and lifecycle transitions.

• Collaborate with software product teams to enhance hardware/software integration.

• Gather customer feedback, field intelligence, and market insights.

• Work with sales teams on strategic customer initiatives and hardware recommendations.

• Assist in customer advisory sessions, product demonstrations, and executive briefings.

• Aid in developing product positioning, messaging, sales enablement materials, and launch content.

• Monitor product KPIs, launch milestones, risks, and dependencies.

• Promote continuous improvement focusing on product quality, reliability, and customer satisfaction.

• Support engagements with suppliers, ODMs, and partners.

• Maintain product documentation, competitive analyses, and portfolio reporting.

⛳️ Requirements

• 3–7 years of experience in Product Management within hardware, technology, retail technology, hospitality technology, or similar fields.

• Proven experience managing products throughout the complete product lifecycle.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

• Ability to collaborate effectively across both technical and non-technical teams.

• Exceptional communication and presentation skills.

• Experience in developing business cases and product specifications.

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline.

• Willingness to travel 5–15% of the time.

• Preferred: experience with POS systems, restaurant technology, kiosks, mobility solutions, payment hardware, or enterprise hardware products.

• Preferred: background in IoT products.

• Preferred: understanding of manufacturing, supply chain, hardware development lifecycles, and quality processes.

• Preferred: experience collaborating with ODM/OEM partners.

• Preferred: knowledge of financial modeling, pricing strategies, and product P&L management.

• An MBA or advanced degree is a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• Additional compensation may include bonuses, commissions, and/or equity, as applicable.

• Flexibility for remote work arrangements.

• Commitment to equal employment opportunity and reasonable accommodations.