Director of Global Product Management

About the position

The Director of Product Management is responsible for the development and execution of product lifecycle roadmaps that enable sustainable differentiation for the business, while ensuring a balanced portfolio of investments in core products through the identification of new product development in top customers or markets utilizing the 80/20 principle. This position requires close collaboration with cross-functional teams in engineering, sales, marketing, operations, and business leadership. As a leader, this position is responsible for developing a team of product managers who thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and are driven to excel and perform at their highest potential. This position is also responsible for driving activities and decisions focused on maintaining a high level of customer satisfaction and growing market share.

Responsibilities

• Foster a culture of acting with a high sense of integrity, inclusion, engagement, responsibility, transparency and performance with a sense of urgency.
• Attract, develop, and retain talent within the department to ensure the competency level of all employees is enough to be fully effective in their roles.
• Establish a results-oriented management style that measures and evaluates individual performance against clearly defined accountable competencies, responsibilities and objectives.
• Manage the product line P&L and the entire life cycle of all product lines within the business from strategic planning, product definition, tactical launch activities and end of life.
• Develop and implement product IoT initiative and strategy.
• Operate as the internal voice of our customers across development teams, primarily Engineering, Sales and Marketing.
• Develop and implement a cohesive short- and long-term product line roadmaps.
• Implement a robust product line simplification and platforming process that delivers cost savings and efficiencies.
• Coordinate and lead the on-going Innovation/VOC exercises.
• Manage new product development initiatives, return-on-Investment analysis, business cases and new product applications.
• Own the NPD funnel and use CFI process to drive NPD projects in partnership with cross-functional teams.
• Develop core messaging and positioning for all products within the business based on the established value proposition.
• Define pricing and sales strategy/policies for all products within the business and drive these through the division.
• Maintain a high level of expertise in the competitive landscape including competitive product and pricing strategy.
• Collaborate with other segment and division Product Managers to develop effective divisional product line development opportunities.
• Analyze potential partner relationships that can either enhance current offerings or fill necessary gaps in offerings.
• Leverage 80/20 and continuous improvement in all aspects of product management.
• Consolidate divisional annual sales plans for all products, promotional and advertising efforts, and other meaningful data.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Coverage
• Spending accounts (HSA, Health Care FSA and Dependent Care FSA)
• Paid Time Off and Holidays
• 401k Retirement Plan with Matching Employer Contributions
• Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
• Paid Leaves
• Tuition Assistance