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Senior Manager, Product Management

Markforged

Waltham, MA
Full Time
Senior
17 days ago

Job Description

About the Role

Markforged (NYSE: MKFG) is reinventing the $1 trillion+ worldwide manufacturing industry so that engineers can build anything they imagine while reducing environmental impact. With the market's most robust 3D printing hardware, software and material solution, a world-class team, great customers and abundant capital, we're well placed to continue our growth and innovation. Our mission is to bring industrial production to the point of need, empowering the creation of robust, high-performance parts that solve real-world problems. The Digital Forge—our integrated platform of advanced 3D printers, materials, and intelligent Eiger software—transforms product design and production, enabling critical tooling, fixtures, and end-use parts with unparalleled strength and precision for leading manufacturing and aerospace organizations.

Key Responsibilities

  • Shape & Execute the Roadmap: Own key portions of the product roadmap across hardware, software, and materials. Translate strategy into actionable plans and deliver them in partnership with Engineering, R&D, and Operations.
  • Champion Disruptive Innovation: Help identify and validate disruptive product opportunities—new technologies, business models, or workflows—that offer step-change benefits to our customers and business.
  • Market & Customer Insight: Lead customer interviews, market research, and competitive analysis to identify unmet needs and guide tactical and strategic decisions. Partner with Applications Engineering to understand customer challenges.
  • Business & Financial Modeling: Build models to size market opportunities, evaluate ROI, and support pricing and investment tradeoffs.
  • Cross-Functional Execution: Partner closely with Sales, Marketing, Application Engineering, Operations, and Support to ensure successful launches, clear messaging, and strong product-market fit.
  • Customer-Centric Thinking: Advocate for user needs throughout the product lifecycle, and continuously iterate based on feedback and performance metrics.
  • Drive Product Metrics: Define success criteria, track KPIs (adoption, usage, satisfaction, revenue), and use data to inform future development.
  • Build and Nurture Talent: Recruit, mentor, and lead a world-class product management team. Cultivate a culture of high performance, learning, ownership, and collaboration.

Requirements

  • 8-10+ years in product management, with 2+ years of people management experience.
  • Experience with product management of complex electromechanical hardware and/or full-stack systems.
  • Experience delivering products in industrial or B2B settings preferred.
  • Bachelor's in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Materials Science, etc.) strongly preferred. MBA or equivalent business experience.
  • Demonstrated success identifying and championing innovative or disruptive solutions that significantly shifted product or market direction.
  • Comfortable shaping roadmap priorities and business models while staying close to execution and delivery.
  • Able to engage deeply with Engineering and R&D teams on electromechanical and materials-related topics.
  • Skilled at market sizing, opportunity evaluation, and financial modeling to support strategic tradeoffs.
  • Strong data orientation, with an ability to balance intuition, experimentation, and evidence.
  • Clear and persuasive communicator across technical and non-technical audiences. Excellent collaboration skills and ability to influence others.
  • Deeply curious about user problems and motivated to build products that solve them effectively.
  • Proactive, self-motivated, with strong ownership and focus on impactful, measurable results.
  • Highly preferred experience in advanced manufacturing, robotics, industrial automation, or complex electro-mechanical systems. Experience in aerospace, defense, automotive, or manufacturing equipment is a significant plus.
  • Ability to travel approximately 15% for customer visits, industry events, and internal collaboration.

Nice to Have

  • Experience with product management of complex electromechanical hardware and/or full-stack systems.
  • Experience delivering products in industrial or B2B settings.
  • Relevant industry background in advanced manufacturing, robotics, industrial automation, aerospace, defense, automotive, or manufacturing equipment.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Materials Science, etc.) strongly preferred.
  • MBA or equivalent business experience.

Benefits & Perks

  • Competitive compensation package and full suite of benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • 401(k) plan, parental leave, commuter benefits, open PTO policy, and more.
  • Casual work environment, fully stocked kitchen, bike storage, free parking, weekly catered lunches, and fitness perks.
  • Unlimited access to our 3D printers for professional and personal parts.

Working at Markforged

Help us reinvent manufacturing. We are one team that wins together! You will be engaging every day with passionate and dedicated individuals in a collaborative environment working towards making best-in-class products. We foster purposeful innovation, collective success, empowered ownership, unwavering customer focus, and continuous growth through curiosity, professional development, and career progression.

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Job Details

Posted AtJun 5, 2025
Job CategoryProduct Management
SalaryCompetitive salary
Job TypeFull Time
Work ModeHybrid
ExperienceSenior

About Markforged

Website

markforged.com

Company Size

251-500 employees

Location

Waltham, MA

Industry

Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing

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