Summary
The Product Development job family consists of positions responsible for planning, leading, and executing the development and commercialization of new products and services. This includes defining the product strategy, roadmap, and requirements; leading cross-functional teams through the product development process; managing product launches; and post-launch analysis and optimization.
Job holders work closely with other functions such as Engineering, Marketing, and Sales to bring new products to market. They determine the form and function of the products, and they maintain an understanding of material costs and various construction techniques. They may utilize various data to assess product performance over time.
Typical activities
- Creates high-quality, relevant products.
- Develops working design specifications.
- Works within a set budget.
- Develops and manages product timelines.
Synonyms or related job titles
Product Designer, Product Engineer, Product Design Engineer, Product Design, Product Engineering, Product Design Engineering
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Summary
The Technical Writing job family comprises occupations responsible for creating, managing, and maintaining technical documentation in support of products, systems, or services. Technical Writers translate complex technical information into clear, accessible, and user-friendly documentation to ensure that users, customers, or internal stakeholders can effectively understand, operate, maintain, and troubleshoot products or systems. Professionals in this field work closely with engineers, software developers, product managers, quality assurance teams, and other subject matter experts to gather accurate information and ensure that documentation meets product development schedules, standards, and regulatory requirements. They often produce user manuals, online help systems, installation guides, training materials, technical specifications, release notes, FAQs and other documentation critical to product usability and success.
Typical activities
- Ensures that technical documentation adheres to established style guidelines, branding standards, industry best practices, and compliance requirements.
- Reviews, edits and revises existing documentation to ensure accuracy, readability and consistency across all documentation formats.
- Utilises documentation software, content management systems and authoring tools to efficiently create, publish and maintain documentation.
- Conducts usability assessments and works with user experience teams to improve the quality, accessibility and effectiveness of documentation.
- Coordinates translation and localisation efforts to ensure documentation meets the needs of global users and diverse markets.
Synonyms or Related Job Titles
Technical Writer, Technical Author, Documentation Specialist, Technical Communicator, Information Developer, Documentation Analyst