Job Summary
The product development specialist will facilitate the creation of efficient, high-quality products. In this role, they will be responsible for conducting research, crafting business plans, optimizing procedures, supervising workflow and performance, setting guidelines, monitoring market trends, boosting sales, managing deadlines, and ensuring team adherence to schedules.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Creates a prototype of a new IT product to iron out flaws in the final design.
- Determines the process for creating a new item
- Gathers the raw materials necessary to build or create the product being developed
- Performs research to determine the best way to produce a particular item.
- Prepares reports on the various procedures that have been tried to eliminate unsuccessful methods.
- Oversees product development amongst a team of individuals.
- Presents new ideas to corporate executives to gain permission to develop product lines.
- Prepares a cost analysis on the development of a new product
- Creates marketing campaigns designed to inform people about new product availability.
- Research patents, copyrights, and trademarks to make sure there are no infringement issues involved
- Ensures that every phase of a particular project proceeds as scheduled.
- Adjusts a development plan whenever the current idea is not working well.
Academic and Professional Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business IT, Software Engineering, ICT Project Management, Computer Engineering
- 3 years experience with IT Product Development
