Product Manager – Portables

Role Overview

• Assess global and regional market trends, customer needs, and voice-of-customer insights
• Conduct market sizing, segmentation, and targeting across regions and applications
• Perform ongoing competitive, regulatory, and standards analysis for the global Portables portfolio
• Monitor regional differences in codes, certifications, and customer requirements, particularly across North America and Europe
• Develop and maintain the global product line strategy and roadmap for the Portables portfolio
• Define clear value propositions for individual products and configurations by region and customer segment
• Establish pricing and positioning guidelines that balance global consistency with regional flexibility
• Communicate product strategy, value propositions, and lifecycle plans across the global organization
• Contribute to and maintain a multi-year global product roadmap
• Lead new product development and major enhancements using a structured, multi-stage gated development process
• Partner with global engineering and manufacturing teams in the U.S. and Germany to define product requirements, including cost, quality, compliance, and timing targets
• Develop detailed business cases for new products, regional variants, and major enhancements
• Manage the global product portfolio with accountability for SKUs, pricing, profitability, quality, warranty, and regional sales performance
• Drive portfolio simplification, SKU rationalization, and harmonization initiatives where appropriate
• Analyze sales trends and proactively communicate product updates, transitions, and roadmaps to internal stakeholders and customers
• Interface regularly with end users, sales, marketing, engineering, manufacturing, and operations teams across regions

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, or a related field
• 3–5+ years of business experience
• Experience managing products through a phased-gate or structured product development process
• Strong customer-facing skills with experience engaging external customers and partners
• Proven ability to work effectively in a global, matrixed organization across multiple functions and regions
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills
• Strong financial and general business acumen
• Ability to travel approximately 10–20%, including international travel

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Paid vacation, holidays, and sick time
• Comprehensive benefits package including 401(k), pension, medical, dental, and vision care (available day one)
• On-the-job and cross-training opportunities
• Encouraging and collaborative team environment
• Dedication to safety through our Zero Harm policy