Product Manager - Valves Strainers Filters

Responsibilities

• Develop and update 3-year product line business plans and 5-year product portfolio plans aligned with company objectives.
• Manage the product development pipeline, champion new product development, and lead successful market introductions for assigned product lines.
• Conduct market and competitive analyses and develop strategies to maximize Hayward’s position in the market while delivering on sales, profit, and market share goals.
• Represent Hayward to our markets as the expert for assigned product lines and capture the Voice of Customer through research and customer engagement.
• Collaborate with sales, marketing, and engineering to ensure that product strategies are aligned with company objectives.
• Guide the creation of collateral marketing campaigns and website presence to support product line strategy and new product launches.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree. (Engineering, Marketing or MBA preferred.)
• Minimum 5 years of product management experience.
• Experience in the industrial sector, preferably in the flow control industry.
• Experience in new product development and new product introductions.
• History of successful product introductions that met or exceeded company financial objectives.
• Strong business acumen and reporting skills, with knowledge of marketing, engineering, sales and operations functions, and a history of working with cross-functional teams.
• Strong presentation skills with the ability to communicate within all levels of the organization, as well as to customers.