Product Manager
- Manage the product roadmap and market strategy, that includes analyzing and understanding drivers in the P&Ls, managing profitability, margin improvement projects, planning and presenting product line reviews with minimal oversight.
- Define the product offering, identify gap closures, and exceed customer needs by creating vision, strategy and requirements for products; utilizing available studies (i.e., market research and internal data) and competitive analysis to identify customer needs; identifying relevant components of a competitive analysis.
- Understand and manage product/service life cycles, profitability, demand planning, new product/services development ideation and process management, competitive offerings.
- Lead and influence cross-functional teams to execute on product development, integration, and commercialization plans to deliver on business case.
- Demonstrate expertise at the product level, build partnerships with relevant stakeholder teams, and make trade-off decisions for products.
- Provide direction to cross-functional teams, including engineering teams and business functions, communicating the product roadmap and keeping the team informed of updates and changes.
- Face-to-face communication with external customers to influence and pursue new business opportunities, while driving complex private label or branded launch strategies.
- Bachelor's degree
- 2+ years of team management experience.
- 5+ years of relevant experience in marketing, product management, project management, engineering. Preferably in aftermarket automotive.
- Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition.
- Experience with stage gate product management.
- Experience communicating with VP-level decision makers.
- 5+ years’ experience with Product strategy.
- Excellent communication (written and verbal), presentation and interpersonal skills.
- Strong collaboration ability with engineering, sales, marketing, supply chain and operations.
- Ability to understand P&L, cost structures and margin drivers.
- Ability to establish strong relationships with customers and partners in commercializing new products.
- Proficiency with a CRM system and SAP
- Detail-oriented with exceptional follow-up, critical thinking, project management and time management skills.
- Develop product strategy aligning with roadmap including defining market opportunity, competitive landscape, and product KPIs.
- Travel domestic and international up to 30%.
- Strong leadership skills, with the ability to influence and drive alignment across executives.
- Comfortable being out-front within the organization and interacting at all levels with multinational teams.
- Passion for building products at scale with a focus on customer experience.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with proven ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional partners and deliver strong results.
- Demonstrated ability in benchmarking and assessing competitive landscape.
- Ability to work in ambiguous environments and overcome challenges with a high degree of flexibility and professionalism.
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