Product Manager, Seating Solutions (Healthcare Hardware)

What You’ll Do

Lead new product development initiatives for key product areas, taking products from initial concept through market-ready launch.

Drive next-generation updates to existing products, balancing customer needs with technical feasibility and business objectives.

Define product roadmaps and prioritize features based on market research, customer feedback, and business impact.

Make critical resource allocation decisions across multiple product lines in collaboration with leadership.

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Collaborate closely with engineering and production teams to ensure technical specifications align with market requirements and manufacturing capabilities.
• Focus on design for manufacture by including key stakeholders from Production & Sewing team members to engineers to Finance, and everything in-between.
• Partner with sales, marketing, and business development to support go-to-market strategies and customer acquisition.
• Ensure that product roadmap meets business, innovation, and brand requirements.
• Coordinate with finance, sales, and executive teams on product profitability analysis, pricing strategies, and investment decisions.

Customer & Market Focus

Conduct regular customer visits and interviews to ensure product updates and new products truly lead the industry.

Gather and synthesize customer feedback to inform product decisions and identify new market opportunities.

Represent the company at industry events, trade shows, and customer meetings (travel :10% of time, approximately one trip per month).

Stay current on market trends, competitive landscape, and regulatory requirements across target industries.

Essential Experience

• 5 - 7 years of product management experience with demonstrated success bringing hardware or connected device products to market, including understanding of all key constraints.
• Confidence to bring your ideas to the table while having the humility to consider the expertise of others.
• Able to read the room and capably share your perspective.
• Capable of deep empathy and compassion for key stakeholders, and able to discern the why behind the why.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and able to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Experience recruiting and mentoring team members and establishing product processes.

Personal Attributes

• Willingness to travel up to 10% of time for customer visits, trade shows, and industry events.

Preferred But Not Required

• Startup experience preferred, with understanding of scaling challenges and limited resource management.
• Familiarity with regulatory environments, particularly in medical devices or government contracting.
• Experience with seating, furniture, or ergonomic products is a plus, but not essential - we are a team of diverse backgrounds, let us know how your background would contribute to novel products and approaches.