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Senior Product Manager

Motorola Solutions · Schaumburg, IL

Posted Sep 14, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Sep 20, 2026

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Likely interview questions for this role

Written from this job description, not a generic list. Each one notes what the interviewer is really checking.

Behavioral

Walk me through a hardware or software product you owned from concept through launch. What was the problem you were solving and how did you know it was worth solving?

whether the candidate has actually run a full product lifecycle, not just contributed to pieces of one

Tell me about a time you had to build a business case or financial goal for a new product initiative. How did you arrive at the numbers and who pushed back?

comfort with the strategic and financial side of product management, not just feature work

Tell me about a time you had to convince a cross-functional team, maybe engineering or finance, to prioritize something they didn't think was important. How did that go?

influence without authority, since this role has no direct reports over the departments it depends on

Tell me about a product or feature you had to sunset or kill. How did you make that call and how did you communicate it internally and externally?

willingness to make unpopular calls and manage the fallout, not just launch new things

Tell me about a time you disagreed with engineering or senior management about product direction. What did you do?

how they handle conflict with people they can't simply outrank or overrule

Technical

How would you go about gathering voice of customer input from North America sales and field teams, and how do you decide which of that feedback actually becomes a feature versus gets shelved?

a real process for triaging noisy, high-volume field feedback into a defensible roadmap

What do you know about how two-way radio systems like MOTOTRBO fit into a customer's broader critical communications environment, things like Radio Manager or CPS?

actual domain familiarity versus generic product management knowledge

Describe how you'd write acceptance criteria and KPIs for a new device feature aimed at, say, a hospital or logistics customer.

whether they can translate a vague customer need into something engineering can actually build and measure

You're managing a release with dependencies across hardware, software, and enablement teams like training and support. How do you keep track of what's actually on schedule versus what people are telling you is on schedule?

practical release management discipline across multiple workstreams, not just a tools answer

Situational

Say you are three weeks from a MOTOTRBO hardware release and a supplier tells you a key component is delayed by two months. What do you do?

how they manage hardware-specific release risk and cross-functional fallout when supply chain is involved

A regional sales director insists a specific customer's custom request needs to be built into the core roadmap, but your data says it's a one-off. How do you handle that conversation?

whether they can hold a strategic line under commercial pressure without damaging the sales relationship

How would you run a demo of a pre-release feature for a skeptical enterprise customer who's had reliability issues with your devices in the past?

customer-facing judgment and ability to represent the product honestly under pressure

This role is about 10 to 25 percent travel and is the main link to North America sales and customers. How do you decide when a customer conversation needs you in the room versus a call or a written brief?

judgment about time allocation and prioritizing customer-facing work against internal roadmap responsibilities

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The full job description

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Company Overview At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future. Department Overview We are the MOTOTRBO Devices product planning team - a diverse and global team of passionate, driven and innovative individuals working on developing products and solutions that are used to solve for safer in critical communications & workflows worldwide. As part of Motorola Solutions' PCR (Professional and Commercial Radio) business, our solutions are omnipresent in many verticals important in everyday lives such as healthcare, public safety, transportation, logistics, education, hospitality, energy, manufacturing and retail. Job Description We are looking for a passionate, driven and innovative leader to join our team. You will be responsible for leading the development of new and innovative products and solutions for MOTOTRBO devices at an exciting and critical junction of our journey. In addition, we will look to you to be the key interface to the North America Sales team and our Customers in North America, as well as a key leader in customer research worldwide. Detailed responsibilities include: The Product Manager is the mini-CEO of their product/offer. They analyze customer environment, market and competitive conditions and lay out product vision that solves the market problem and delivers value to the customer. They will do this by defining the ‘why’, ‘what,’ ‘where’, and ‘when’ of the product that the development team will build. They are the owner of their product -- which means they lead cross-functional teams from a product's conception through to its launch. Their responsibilities will span many activities from strategic to tactical and provide cross-functional leadership — bridging gaps within the company between different functions, especially between development, supply chain, finance, sales and marketing, and service and support. Post-launch, product managers monitor their portfolio and identify and implement actions to boost the performance of the portfolio. This includes sunsetting products if required. Product Strategy The product manager is responsible for setting a product vision and strategy. Their job is to clearly identify the problem the product is solving and the value to the customer and to Motorola Solutions. They will need to be able to articulate this to the cross functional team including sales and senior management so they understand the intent behind the new product or product release. They own the strategy behind the product along with its roadmap and must work with development to define, prioritize and build what matters. - Create and manage the product portfolio, roadmap, vision and backlog - Identify customer needs and market requirements - Evaluate competitive intelligence - Define financial goals - Create business plans and proposals for new initiatives Product Releases Product managers must plan for what their teams will deliver and when they will deliver it. The product manager owns the HW and SW release aspects of the product. Release responsibilities include managing HW and SW features and dependencies in and across releases, product and support teams; and managing releases with phases and milestones. - Establish vision and goals for releases - Define market offer and structure - Work with enablement organizations to make products orderable and deliverable - Define and support implementation of training, support and deployment requirements - Manage risks and resolve issues that affect release scope, schedule and quality - Coordinate overall release project and schedule Product Vision Collecting, curating, and promoting the most relevant ideas into features. Defining which ideas should be promoted to features to achieve key objectives for the product line and business. Soliciting feedback and requests from customers and field teams and ensuring this is seamlessly integrated into the product planning and development processes. - Gather customer and sales feedback - Gather voice of customer input - Feature Definition - Create user stories and scenarios - Direct and approve UI/UX activities - Define acceptance criteria, KPIs and SLAs Go-to-Market Support Responsible for making product decisions and often is the lead resource for the rest of the organization when deep product expertise is required. This includes supporting the organizations that help bring the product to market and work directly with customers including marketing, sales, training and support services. - Facilitate sales and channel training - Assist pre-sales with custom project requests - Define and ensure implementation of GTM assets including demo environments, training materials, and presentations - Demonstrate new pre-release features We are looking for the following skills and qualifications • able to drive discussions with customers, ask proper questions to solicit feedback and requests from customers • excellent communication and collaboration skills • fluent in english (spoken, written) • ability to influence team members external to their department • ability to interface and communicate effectively with multi-discipline, cross-functional teams • works independently and can manage deadlines The following will give you an additional advantage • knowledge of MOTOTRBO systems and products • understands how Radio Manager and CPS work from a user side • engineering background and/or technically savvy relative to 2-way radio systems #LI-JM2 Target Base Salary Range: $72,700  - $85,400  USD Consistent with Motorola Solutions values and applicable law, we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Pay within this range varies and depends on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate. Basic Requirements • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field Travel Requirements 10-25% Relocation Provided Domestic Position Type Experienced Referral Payment Plan Yes Our U.S. Benefits include: • Incentive Bonus Plans • Medical, Dental, Vision benefits • 401K with Company Match • 10 Paid Holidays • Generous Paid Time Off Packages • Employee Stock Purchase Plan • Paid Parental & Family Leave • and more! EEO Statement Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic.  We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team. We’re committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience for candidates with disabilities, or other physical or mental health conditions. To request an accommodation, please complete this  Reasonable Accommodations Form  so we can assist you.

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