Product Manager

Representative Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop and execute product strategies and roadmaps that align with company goals.
• Manage the global products portfolio, and product development and life cycle projects to maximize user value, application effectiveness, competitive differentiation and market share growth.
• Assist global sales teams in comprehending product offerings, ensuring that all regions and markets are equipped with the appropriate product mix and pricing strategies.
• Conduct market research and analyze industry trends and competitive landscape to identify customer needs, product/feature gaps and market opportunities.
• Collaborate with product development, marketing, sales, and other teams to ensure successful product launches and market adoption.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to ensure voice of customer integration, product differentiation and strategic price/cost positioning is incorporated into new product development specifications.
• Define product requirements and specifications, ensuring they meet regulatory standards.
• Manage the product lifecycle from conception to retirement, including product updates and enhancements, and timely end of life management.
• Monitor product market pricing and margin position to maintain strategic market positioning to maximize product value, revenue and profitability.
• Conduct customer presentation training for sales teams to effectively communicate product benefits and features.
• Provide marketing team with applicable product expert content to support effective market awareness and demand generation campaigns.
• Represent the company at industry summits, conferences, and trade shows to promote products and gather market intelligence.
• Collaborate with the marketing team to develop effective promotional strategies and materials.
• Collaborate with the sales team to create accurate product-based sales forecasts.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Effective and professional communication and presentation skills (both written and verbal, with a listening focus).
• Excellent organization skills, with the ability to manage multiple cross-functional projects through to completion.
• Ability to conduct market research and communicate effectively with customers, regulators, competitors and other parties of interest to develop strategic and tactical product revenue growth plans.
• Knowledge and awareness to understand and formally present test results and analysis related to product standards and performance requirements.
• Skilled in operation of MS Office.
• Ability to record, analyze and report market trends and product performance.
• Ability to make fact based recommendations and proactive decisions.
• Ability to adapt to situations quickly (think on your feet).
• Ability to work on your own and as a part of a cross functional team.
• Ability and willingness to learn.
• Ability to lead cross functional teams with effective and open communication and collaboration.

Minimum Education/Experience

• Education: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
• Experience: 3+ years product line leadership experience with revenue responsibility with a B2B manufacturing organization.

PREFERRED Education/Experience

• Education: Master's degree from an accredited college or university.
• Experience: 5 years product management experience with PPE or safety equipment.

Required Licenses/Certifications/Registrations

• N/A