Global Product Manager

The Global Product Manager is responsible for developing marketing-leading innovation and growth strategies that increase market share and deliver incremental net sales growth for their products. They use their market, customer, and business knowledge to develop a well-aligned 5-year product roadmap supported by compelling business cases; they partner closely with Research & Development (R&D) to align development with market expectations; and they work closely with divisional Marketing teams to successfully launch new products into the market. They are responsible for the product P&L and are experts in the gross sales, net sales, gross profit, and operating profit of their product.

The Global Product Manager can operate strategically and execute to achieve results. They develop and maintain strong relationships across divisional Marketing teams, R&D, sales, and regularly interact with customers to stay ahead of trends within existing markets; and they maintain a detailed understanding of macro trends, adjacent markets, emerging technologies, competitive landscape, and other trends to inform innovation and growth opportunities. They are disciplined about understanding addressable market sizes, developing business plans to support their strategies, and maintaining focus on the most impactful opportunities; and skilled at effectively gaining stakeholder input and buy-in. This role is considered a HYBRID position with periodic onsite work at our North American headquarters in Apple Valley, MN.

What will you do? 

• Product Strategy & Roadmap: Responsible for developing a product strategy and 5-year roadmap, securing alignment and funding, business case development, defining product requirements and cost targets, managing customer feedback process and feature trade-offs, and ensuring successful launches in close collaboration with divisional teams.
• Financial Acumen and Ownership: Manages product P&L; including ownership of gross sales, net sales, gross/operating profit; and effectively uses this knowledge to inform product strategy and roadmap.
• Market Intelligence: Maintains an intimate understanding of macro trends, existing business trends, competitive landscape, addressable market sizes, and other market information that will inform the product strategy and roadmap.
• Collaboration: Builds and maintains productive relationships with key stakeholders; and can effectively influence at all levels across the organization.
• Communication: Serves as the product evangelist and effectively communicates product strategy and roadmap, as appropriate, to ensure organizational excitement.
• Seek out opportunities to contribute to business success through proactive involvement in team initiatives. 

What will you need?

• Requires a Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing, Engineering, or equivalent degree.
• 5 years of professional work experience, preferably with an emphasis on product management, channel management, or industrial product sales
• Cross-functional leadership; experience in leading complex projects involving stakeholders across multiple functions and regions.
• Successful track record for problem-solving idea generation and program execution.
• Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the industry and related products.
• Effective and approachable communication style to engage others and build credibility and rapport.
• Must be a self-starter, goal-oriented, and take initiative to achieve objectives.
• Ability to stay organized and prioritize workload with attention to detail.
• Must be a strong team player with excellent interpersonal skills.
• Proven success in leading product line(s) and working cross-functionally to ensure collaboration on shared goals.
• Demonstrated ability to drive innovation.
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Proficient with MS Office tools: Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc. 

What will you get?

• Best-in-class health benefits (medical, dental, vision)
• 160 hours paid time off (combination of PTO and Employee Safe and Sick Time accruals- MN Based Employees)
• For more information: https://www.uponorcareers.com/en-us/employee-benefits

Disclaimers

Applicable to US job postings only (not Canada): The expected compensation range for this position is $88,298-$132,447/year. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s relevant knowledge, training, skills, work location, and/or experience. Internal equity among current employees will also be considered. Please note that this range represents the full base salary wage for the role and hiring at or near the top of the range is uncommon to ensure room for future pay advancement.

Uponor is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, disability, marital status, national origin, citizenship, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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