Product Manager, Commercial Applications

Summary/Objective 

Are you ready to steer innovation and shape the future of our commercial and respiratory products? We are on the hunt for a dynamic and visionary Product Manager to join our talented team. Imagine a role where you are at the epicenter of creativity, strategy, and execution, collaborating seamlessly with Sales, Engineering, Operations, Regulatory, and Finance teams. 

In this pivotal position, you will inspire cross-functional teams to create and maintain an innovative and profitable product portfolio. Your strategic decisions will be fueled by deep, data-driven insights and a profound understanding of the market landscape, customer needs, and competitive dynamics. 

If you are passionate about driving innovation and making a tangible impact, we want you on our team to help us reach new heights! 

 Essential Functions
 
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• Responsible for full life-cycle management of products from new product development to end of life, including voice of the customer, setting strategy, market opportunity, positioning, and value propositions. 
• Drive the product roadmap for product development. Lead regular product road-map reviews with key stakeholders. 
• Work closely in a cross-functional team to shepherd product sustaining, enhancements and new product development efforts. 
• Provide marketing deliverables to the product development process. 
• Define user needs and product requirements and align business and technical strategies. 
• Lead the development of go to market plans and execute Phase-in\Phase-out. 
• Responsible for product launches, pricing & positioning, launch training, sales & marketing tool development at time of launch in coordination with Downstream Marketing.   
• Drive product line profitability through proactive work with sales, engineering, operations, regulatory and finance.  
• Develop and maintain business cases for Commercial and Respiratory product development projects.  
• Visit customers and conduct market research to validate marketing requirements.  
• Provide on-going product expertise to operations and sales teams.  
• Excellent communications skills with regular communications to customers and sales teams around the world.  
• Strong customer facing skills including being comfortable presenting to large audiences. 
• Ability to travel up to approximately 30%, including internationally. 

Competencies/Success Factors  

• Business or Job-Specific Knowledge
• Organizational Savvy 
• Personal Energy/Enthusiasm
• Autonomy/Self-Direction
• Emotional Intelligence
• Sales/Persuasion/Influence Skills
• Customer Focus
• Leadership

Supervisory Responsibility
 
This position has no supervisory responsibilities

Work Environment
 
This job operates in a professional office environment.

Physical Demands
 
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Frequent standing, sitting, walking, bending, stooping, twisting and occasional crawling.
• Occasional lifting up to 50 lbs., occasional heavier lifting.
• Occasional pushing, pulling and handling of materials.

Travel
 
Ability to travel up to approximately 30%, including internationally. 

Required Education and Experience

Bachelor’s degree in marketing, engineering, business or management  

Preferred Education and Experience

• Minimum 5 years of demonstrated successful experience in product management, new product development and product launch. 
• The desired candidate will have a background in a manufacturing environment. Experience in commercial oxygen & nitrogen generation or medical devices is a plus.  
• Demonstrated cross-functional leadership abilities and capability to lead through influence. 
• Experience in change management / process improvement. 
• Demonstrated business planning skills.  

Additional Eligibility Qualifications
 
None required for this position.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. 

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