Manager, Product Strategy – Holemaking
Job Summary
The Manager, Product Strategy will lead the product direction for the holemaking category at Harvey Performance Company. This role requires ownership of the roadmap, competitive positioning, and product priorities, as well as translating customer and market insights into clear product requirements and business cases.
About the role
This is a newly scoped role with strong cross-functional reach across engineering, sales, operations, and marketing. The ideal candidate should be based in New England.
Responsibilities
- Owning the product strategy, long-range roadmap, and investment priorities for the holemaking category, including competitive positioning and portfolio structure.
- Driving active product development initiatives forward, confirming customer requirements, competitive benchmarks, and business targets with sales, AEs, and customers.
- Translating customer, application, and market insights into clear product requirements, value propositions, and business cases.
- Serving as the primary business and customer voice across product development, partnering with engineering, project management, operations, and marketing from concept through launch.
- Supporting brand growth and positioning the category for expansion into Europe.
- Owning lifecycle management for the category, including refresh, rationalization, and end-of-life decisions.
- Tracking SKU, category, and market performance to inform roadmap updates and feed post-launch learnings back into prioritization.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree.
- 5+ years of experience in product management, product strategy, or an adjacent commercial/technical role.
- Strong background in customer-driven product strategy, market analysis, and business case development.
- Demonstrated ability to influence decisions and drive direction in a matrixed organization without formal authority.
- Analytical, structured thinker with strong commercial acumen, financial fluency, and the ability to distill disparate inputs into clear strategy and recommendations.
- Strong cross-functional communication skills — able to work out front with sales, customers, and marketing, then bring insights back and turn them into documented direction.
- Aptitude for mechanical or industrial products and the ability to engage credibly with technical teams, AEs, and customers.
Qualifications
- Direct experience with cutting tools, drills, or precision machining products.
- Background working with sales, application engineering, or technical service teams in an industrial setting.
- Experience supporting product expansion into international markets, particularly Europe.
- Exposure to aerospace, medical device, or tool and die end markets.
Benefits
Harvey provides a fun, rapid-growing environment with regular opportunities for new roles. Training and development opportunities are available, including tuition reimbursement. Comprehensive benefits include PTO, paid holidays, health, dental, vision insurance, and a 401k match program, along with profit sharing.
Pay
Details on pay are not specified in this posting.
Schedule
The role is fully remote, with headquarters in Rowley, MA, offering flexibility to work from anywhere that works best for you.