.Customer Assurance Product ManagerDescription -The CA (customer assurance) team is part of LF (Large Format Printing Division), a core business with a dynamic HP portfolio targeting graphics market for large format printers. The CA department, reporting to the LF Services and CA function within the GBU, is responsible for managing product post sales service, with a clear focus in continuously enhancing customer support experience through product & services improvements and serviceability strategy. The CA charter includes close interaction with customers and bridging with the Engineering and R&D teams to actively resolve field and customer issues, funnel customer feedback and drive product improvement. Finally, Customer Assurance is also responsible for continuously reducing the WW Warranty cost and keep delivering the best customer experience. Key ResponsibilitiesThis position as a Customer Assurance Product Manager will have the primary role to take over current product management processes and escalations for one of our products segments. Main responsibilities:Hold accountability for technical escalations to GBU that were not resolved by the regional service teams, looking for the quickest Time to Response. This involves providing high technical troubleshooting knowledge thru engagement with Ops Engineering & R&D as required to accelerate issue resolution. Setup and improve the processes to capture customer issues, providing a customer impact assessment for each problem and enabling a fast understanding of product failures. Lead the Voice of the Customer process to ensure current products are continuously improved and to ensure this feedback is captured by R&D in the design of future products. Lead the deployment of product hardware & firmware fixes & updates to the field with the objective of mitigating customer and warranty impact of product issues and improving customer experience. Technical communication to service & sales communities. Keep the training content and the product technical information updated. Drive product quality metrics & warranty data analysis as part of the product improvement exercise and to drive down warranty costs. This includes deep dive data analysis on warranty costs including spare parts consumption and service hours to identify warranty drainers and drive plans to correct and resolve them. Drive the CA PLC activities in NPD (New Product Development). Participate in the program development to ensure serviceability and diagnosticability requirements are considered in the product design. Drive the creation of the service manual and the contents of the service trainings. Define & manage the early capture programs to better collect customer feedback @Intro time. Job Requirements:1-2 years of applicable Work Experience in Printing Technologies or a similar technological environment
