As a Senior Product Manager, you will be at the center of the product ecosystem, empowered to make decisions and resolve differences throughout the process with the support of the leadership team. The successful candidate will provide well-defined business case goals and create specification clarity for new product projects. Additionally, the Sr. Product Manager will establish new product project definitions that balance the voice of the customer, market price, competitive differentiation, targeted distribution channels, manufacturability, available technology, volume potential, and net margin. The Sr. Product Manager will also ensure that active products continue to meet profitability and customer expectations throughout their lifecycles.
Responsibilities:
- Serves as the leader and owner of assigned product categories, responsible for driving profitable growth by leading the cross-functional team and managing the 4Ps (Product, Price, Promotion, Placement) using a commercial, technical, financial, and operational mindset.
- Develops and defends business cases for new product proposals.
- Acts as the gatekeeper to the stage-gate pipeline and serves as the sponsor for projects.
- Actively engages in the new product development Stage-Gate process and contributes to deliverables for stage-gate decisions.
- Collaborates with engineering, marketing, sales, and operations to maintain a 3-year product roadmap aligned with corporate strategic objectives.
- Encourages cross-functional collaboration and refocuses project managers on delivering programs on time, on budget, and within scope.
- Ensures all product commercialization and launch support tactics are ready for launch.
- Seeks continuous improvement opportunities by analyzing competitors' value propositions, and quality data, conducting closure/lessons learned analysis, and monitoring point of sale activity.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications: - Education: Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, or a related field required.
- Experience: 5+ years of proven experience in product management of consumer durable or consumable products, including experience in a lead or senior-level role.
- Strong diplomacy and excellent communication skills with the ability to present and communicate effectively in front of leadership, board members, owners, and customers.
- Strong business P&L acumen and experience to achieve profitable growth using financial tools, forecasts, reports, data, and the Microsoft Office Suite to make decisions.
- A customer-centric approach with a focus on delivering products that meet customer and user needs.
- Skilled at conducting market research, gathering insights, and creating business cases.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a proven ability to improve business processes and practices to reduce costs and increase efficiency.
- Ability to identify and implement best practices and continual improvements.
