Industry Solutions Product Manager

The Opportunity

The Opportunity

To drive the strategy around serving the critical market of discrete manufacturing, including industrial equipment, components, automotive/assembly, high-mix manufacturing, aftermarket service parts, and related discrete environments.

The Role

The Role

• Own the “manufacturing POV” for product discovery and prioritization (what matters, why it matters, and what to build next).
• Map “day-in-the-life” workflows for planners, supply chain leaders, and operations stakeholders in discrete manufacturing.
• Translate manufacturing workflows into product bets with clear problems, measurable outcomes, and actionable roadmap candidates.
• Capture market needs, run structured feedback loops with customers and partners and translate insights into prioritized product requirements that drive development work.
• Partner with go-to-market teams (Sales, marketing, etc.) to shape value propositions and brand promise.
• Engage as a key subject matter expert in strategic customer conversations—discovery, value engineering, solution validation, and roadmap discussions.
• Operate hands-on with AI tools to accelerate discovery, prototype workflows, create user journeys, PRDs, acceptance criteria in partnership with design/engineering and validate solution direction with customers and internal teams.
• Create Repeatable “Manufacturing-First” Assets including product templates, demo storylines, and ROI narratives. Advise on complementary services offerings.
• Drive cross-functional execution to deliver market compelling value, support enablement and RFP/RFI inputs and customer-facing engagements.

What You Bring (Minimum Qualifications)

Experience (Required)

• 7+ years of experience either:
• A) Working in or with industrial/discrete manufacturing organizations in roles tied to manufacturing planning/operations (supply chain planning, production planning, materials, inventory, operations excellence, digital transformation), and you have reached a level where you were responsible for defining key processes/solutions used in core manufacturing workflows;
• B) Building enterprise SaaS products used by manufacturers for inventory optimization, production planning, APS, MRP, S&OP / IBP, or adjacent planning/optimization domains.

Product Craft + Communication (Required)

• Proven ability to translate messy, real-world workflows into clear product direction: problem statements, requirements, prioritization logic, and success metrics.
• Customer-facing confidence: you can lead discovery sessions, challenge assumptions professionally, and communicate value to practitioners and executives.
• Strong written and verbal communication—able to move between executive narratives and detailed workflows.

AI Comfort (Required)

• Comfortable using AI tools to accelerate product work (research synthesis, requirements drafting, prototyping, workflow exploration), while maintaining rigor and validation discipline.

Preferred / “Nice to Have”

• Experience with (or strong familiarity with) supply chain planning and APS ecosystems—how manufacturers integrate planning with ERP/MES and surrounding systems, S&OP, Inventory management/optimization.
• Background in implementing, supporting, or product-managing planning solutions across manufacturing contexts (production planning/scheduling, inventory optimization, S&OP/IBP).
• Comfort collaborating with Design on prototypes and with Engineering/Data Science on feasibility tradeoffs and instrumentation.