Director, Product Management - Packaged Boiler

Location:  This is an onsite position based in our Milwaukee, WI office. Relocation assistance will be provided for the selected candidate.

Position Summary

The Director, Product Management - Packaged Boiler, leads the strategic planning, development, and lifecycle management of Cleaver-Brooks' packaged boiler product portfolio. This position is responsible for defining and executing the engineering product roadmap, ensuring alignment with business objectives, customer requirements, industry regulations, and emerging technologies.

The Director serves as the primary link between engineering execution and product strategy, leading cross-functional efforts to develop innovative boiler solutions that enhance performance, reliability, efficiency, sustainability, and customer value. The role provides leadership for new product development, product platform strategy, lifecycle management, and technology investment decisions while ensuring projects are delivered on schedule and within budget.

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Product Strategy

• Develop and maintain the packaged boiler technology roadmap and engineering product strategy.
• Establish product platform strategies that support long-term business growth and operational efficiency.
• Evaluate market trends, customer requirements, regulatory developments, and emerging technologies to identify future product opportunities.
• Lead product lifecycle management activities including new product introductions, upgrades, cost optimization initiatives, and product rationalization.

New Product Development

• Direct engineering product development programs from concept through commercialization.
• Establish product requirements, performance targets, and development priorities.
• Lead cross-functional teams to ensure successful product launches and achievement of project objectives.
• Drive innovation in efficiency, emissions reduction, alternative fuels, electrification, controls integration, and connected technologies.

Technical Leadership

• Provide technical leadership for the packaged boiler portfolio, ensuring products meet performance, reliability, quality, and compliance requirements.
• Guide engineering teams in the development of innovative and manufacturable solutions.
• Oversee validation, testing, and product qualification activities.
• Ensure compliance with ASME, UL, CSA, National Board, environmental regulations, and other applicable standards.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Sales, Marketing, Operations, Service, and Quality teams to translate customer needs into engineering solutions.
• Support strategic customer engagements and key account opportunities.
• Collaborate with partner and sister company engineering and product leadership teams to leverage technology advancements and support global initiatives.
• Align engineering priorities with business objectives and market opportunities.

Organizational Leadership

• Lead engineering product management resources supporting the packaged boiler business.
• Develop budgets, policies, processes, and performance metrics that support efficient product development, product management and align with the long term vision of the company.
• Mentor and develop technical and product management talent.
• Promote a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, or related), Business, or a related technical field required; MBA or master's in engineering strongly preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in product management or commercial/technical roles within industrial equipment, HVAC, thermal/combustion, or related capital-equipment manufacturing.
• 3+ years of people leadership experience directly managing product managers or comparable professional staff.
• Demonstrated success owning a product portfolio through the full lifecycle, including new product introduction and profitable growth.
• Working knowledge of boiler, burner, combustion, or thermal-systems technology strongly preferred; M&A or integration experience a plus.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Strong commercial and financial acumen — portfolio P&L, pricing strategy, business-case governance, and capital allocation.
• Proven people leadership: building, coaching, and retaining high-performing product teams.
• Technical fluency sufficient to set direction with engineering and translate between technical and executive audiences.
• Ability to lead and influence across a matrixed organization and operate effectively with senior leadership.
• Command of stage-gate / NPD governance and product lifecycle management (PLM) practices and tools.
• Understanding of manufacturing operations, ERP systems, supply-chain workflows, and engineer-to-order / configure-to-order environments.
• Awareness of relevant codes, certifications, and regulatory drivers (ASME, UL/CSA, emissions and efficiency standards).
• Excellent written, verbal, and executive-presentation skills — able to communicate from the plant floor to the boardroom.
• Strong strategic, analytical, and decision-making skills with sound judgment amid ambiguity and competing priorities.

  Key Competencies

Competency

What It Looks Like

Strategic Leadership

Connects product strategy to enterprise growth and makes resource trade-offs across the portfolio.

Builds & Develops Talent

Attracts, coaches, and retains a high-performing product team with clear accountability.

Portfolio & Commercial Judgment

Allocates resources and governs pricing to maximize portfolio value, growth, and margin.

Executive Influence

Earns trust across functions and credibility with senior leadership.

Technical Credibility

Sets direction with engineering and grounds decisions in real applications.

Drives Results

Holds the team and the portfolio accountable for measurable outcomes.

 Working Conditions & Physical Requirements

• Combination of office, manufacturing plant, and field/customer environments.
• Travel approximately 30%–50% to manufacturing facilities, distributors, trade shows, and customer sites.
• Personal protective equipment (safety glasses, hearing protection, steel-toe footwear) required in production and field areas.
• Occasional lifting and ability to navigate active industrial environments.

Benefits of Being a Cleaver-Brooks Employee:   

• Competitive salary 
• Comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, maternity support program, discounted virtual physician visits, voluntary medical benefits (Critical Illness, Hospital Care, and Accidental Injury), FSA, HSA, life insurance, short term and long-term disability 
• Cash matching 401(k) plan 
• Employee assistance program (EAP) 
• Pet insurance 
• Employee discount program 
• Tuition assistance 
• Paid time off and 11 paid holidays 

Who is Cleaver-Brooks: 

Cleaver-Brooks is the market leader in providing fully integrated boiler and burner systems. We lead the boiler/burner industry due to our unmatched distribution network’s ability to deliver the knowledge, service, training, and support that are essential to long-term performance. Our customers will tell you that we are the only equipment provider that manufactures boilers, burners, controls, and a full array of ancillary and aftermarket products. They will also mention that our unique single-source capability means that we can deliver fully integrated boiler room solutions that reduce overall costs and optimize space. It is our focus on products that deliver the most efficient, reliable, safe, and environmentally sustainable solutions that differentiate us in the marketplace. Cleaver-Brooks continues a 90+ year legacy of providing the customers we serve with extraordinary products designed to deliver unsurpassed performance through the power of commitment. 

This description indicates the general nature of the tasks and responsibilities required of positions given this classification. It is not intended as a complete list of specific duties and responsibilities. Nor is it intended to limit or modify the right of management to assign, direct, and control the specific duties of individuals performing this function. The Company reserves the right to change, modify, amend, add to or delete from any section of this document as it deems, in its judgement, to be proper. 

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