Product Manager - Fire Suppression, Firefighter Air Replenishment Systems (FARS) - Remote

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Assess the market, product trends, and voice of customer information.
• Conduct sizing and segmentation of markets.
• Perform regular competitive and regulatory research and analysis on the product line.
• Develop the product line strategy based on relevant data and insights to meet customer needs.
• Determine the value propositions of individual products in the product line.
• Communicate the strategy, value proposition, and pricing guidelines, and align with the organization.
• Define the multi-generational product line roadmap.
• Develop new product concepts in existing and new markets/channels following the JCI phase-gate process and running multi-stakeholder development teams.
• Define product requirements including cost, quality, and timing targets.
• Deliver detailed business cases for new products and enhancements.
• Participate as the Subject Matter Expert for tradeshows, customer events, industry and regulatory associations.
• Collaborate with nonprofit organization leadership and business development teams to set annual new targets based on intelligence gathering.
• Lead cross-functional teams through the product lifecycle process, including introductions, analysis, value assessment, and SKU rationalization.
• Understand the product portfolio at a global level, including SKUs, pricing, profitability, sales by customer/channel, quality, and warranty.
• Analyze sales trends and communicate updates to end customers.
• Interface with end-users, sales, engineering, marketing, and operations.

Requirements

• Four-year degree in business or an engineering field.
• Minimum of 7 years of business experience, with at least three years in a product management role with hard good/tangible products.
• Experience in product management and product development within a phased-gate process.
• Comfort and experience interacting with external customers.
• Success in scaling business from North America into global markets.
• Experience working in a matrix business structure and collaborating across functions on joint programs.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
• Strong financial and general business acumen.
• Ability to travel to customer sites 10-20% of the time.

Nice to Have

• Previous experience within a fire protection, fire service, or infrastructure-related industry.
• MBA qualification.
• Experience in New Venture Integrations (acquisitions) to incorporate small businesses into corporate entities.
• Advocacy for non-profit organizations in the fire service industry.
• Proven ability to drive results via disciplined execution amidst organizational ambiguity.