THE JOB
A premium US architectural lighting manufacturer is seeking a Product Manager to drive new product strategy and new product introduction initiatives and provide essential ongoing maintenance to product portfolios. This role is ideal for a design-oriented, technically-minded, analytical, and highly organized individual who excels at generating results.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Build and Maintain New Product Roadmap
- Conduct collaboration sessions with key company stakeholders, sales agents, and design professionals to create a product roadmap that guides the new product plan.
- Create Product Line Scope Documents
- Create product line scope documents that include product design, performance, cost, and price criteria to drive the new product engineering process.
- New Product Program Management The Product Manager will be a key project leader of each strategic new product program.
- This includes driving the new product program process from concept to product design and engineering, facilitating the hand-off to procurement and operations, and ultimately delivering technical content to the Marketing Communications team.
- Marketing and Sales Launch Support
- Assist marketing in the rollout of new product lines by providing technical content for product data sheets, installation instructions, price guides, and website technical information.
- Work with engineering in the creation of photometric and BIM files for the website
- Collaborate with sales, marketing, and new product development in the creation of sales sample kits.
- Attend tradeshows and rep shows occasionally to demo new products and acquire feedback from agents and designers.
- Product Training and Technical Support
- Serve as the subject matter expert on new and existing products, providing technical support and training for sales, marketing, and customer service.
- Additionally provide direct technical support to sales agents and designers and occasionally assist designers in the specification process as necessary.
- Product Life Cycle Management-Monitor and maintain the health of the existing product portfolios updating and discontinuing as necessary.
- Collaborate with sustaining engineering to identify trends and repeated non-standard requests.
- Stay connected to product quality issues.
- Identify cost-saving projects and opportunities.
- Product Reporting and Business Analytics
- Create monthly product reports that illustrate sales input and profit margin trends to drive product-related business decisions on strategy, cost, and inventory management.
QUALIFICATIONS Education
- An undergraduate degree (BA or BS), preferably in Mechanical Engineering, Architectural Engineering, Industrial Design, Interior Design, or Lighting Design.
- Experience:
- Ideal candidates will have a minimum of 2-3 years of industry experience in professional design or product management.
Skills
- Strong technical aptitude and design acumen.
- Strong technical software skills in engineering, architecture, and multimedia.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously.
- Strong project management skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Personal Attributes:A creative problem-solver with a strategic mindset
- Highly collaborative and team-oriented
- Willing and able to travel up to 30% of the time
- Location: On-site in Denver, CO
Salary Range
$95k - $110k
