What are the responsibilities and job description for the VP, Product Management, Compression Systems North America position at Ingersoll Rand?
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Job title: VP, Product Management – CSS North America
Location: Davidson, NC
About Us
Imagine a company with technology leadership of over 160 years, yet it operates with the energy of a startup. Ingersoll Rand has dedicated itself to Making Life Better for its employees, customers, shareholders, and planets. We produce innovative and mission-critical flow creation and life science technologies – from compressors to precision handling of liquids, gasses, and powers – to increase industrial productivity, efficiency, and sustainability. Supported by over 80 brands, our products are used in various end-markets including life sciences, food and beverage, clean energy, industrial manufacturing, infrastructure, and more. Across the globe, we’re driving growth with an entrepreneurial spirit and ownership mindset. Learn more at irco.com and join us to own your future.
Job Overview
The Vice President of Product Management is a key member of the CSS North America leadership team and serves as the strategic owner of the product portfolio. This role is responsible for defining product strategy, shaping the long‑term roadmap, setting pricing and packaging, ensuring quality, and managing the full product lifecycle from ideation through retirement.
Working cross‑functionally with Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Customer Support, and Operations, the VP ensures that products meet customer needs, are competitive in the marketplace, and are launched on time with high quality. This leader must balance customer value, business value, market dynamics, and operational capabilities to drive profitable growth.
CSS North America is transforming how customers experience our solutions across a multi‑product portfolio. We’re seeking a Vice President of Product Management to own the portfolio strategy, shape a multi‑year roadmap, and lead cross‑functional execution that delivers measurable customer and business outcomes.
Responsibilities
At Ingersoll Rand, we embrace a culture of personal ownership — taking responsibility for our company, our communities, and our environment, as well as our individual health and well-being. Our comprehensive benefits package is designed to empower you with the tools and support necessary to take charge of your health, ensuring that together, we can continue to make life better. Our range of benefits includes health care options like medical and prescription plans, dental and vision coverage, as well as wellness programs. Additionally, we provide life insurance, a robust 401(k) plan, paid time off, and even an employee stock grant, among other offerings. These benefits are our commitment to you, so you can be your best at work and beyond.
Ingersoll Rand Inc. (NYSE:IR), driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and ownership mindset, is dedicated to helping make life better for our employees, customers and communities. Customers lean on us for our technology-driven excellence in mission-critical flow creation and industrial solutions across 40 respected brands where our products and services excel in the most complex and harsh conditions. Our employees develop customers for life through their daily commitment to expertise, productivity and efficiency. For more information, visit www.IRCO.com.
Job title: VP, Product Management – CSS North America
Location: Davidson, NC
About Us
Imagine a company with technology leadership of over 160 years, yet it operates with the energy of a startup. Ingersoll Rand has dedicated itself to Making Life Better for its employees, customers, shareholders, and planets. We produce innovative and mission-critical flow creation and life science technologies – from compressors to precision handling of liquids, gasses, and powers – to increase industrial productivity, efficiency, and sustainability. Supported by over 80 brands, our products are used in various end-markets including life sciences, food and beverage, clean energy, industrial manufacturing, infrastructure, and more. Across the globe, we’re driving growth with an entrepreneurial spirit and ownership mindset. Learn more at irco.com and join us to own your future.
Job Overview
The Vice President of Product Management is a key member of the CSS North America leadership team and serves as the strategic owner of the product portfolio. This role is responsible for defining product strategy, shaping the long‑term roadmap, setting pricing and packaging, ensuring quality, and managing the full product lifecycle from ideation through retirement.
Working cross‑functionally with Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Customer Support, and Operations, the VP ensures that products meet customer needs, are competitive in the marketplace, and are launched on time with high quality. This leader must balance customer value, business value, market dynamics, and operational capabilities to drive profitable growth.
CSS North America is transforming how customers experience our solutions across a multi‑product portfolio. We’re seeking a Vice President of Product Management to own the portfolio strategy, shape a multi‑year roadmap, and lead cross‑functional execution that delivers measurable customer and business outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Set strategy & roadmap: Define a multi‑year product vision and portfolio roadmap grounded in deep market, customer, and competitive insight; align priorities with growth, profitability, and quality goals.
- Own the lifecycle end‑to‑end: Lead products from concept to launch, growth, maturity, and retirement—including pricing, packaging, and go‑to‑market—with accountability for revenue, margin, and adoption.
- Lead across the matrix: Partner daily with Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Customer Support, and Operations to unblock delivery, optimize trade‑offs, and accelerate time‑to‑value.
- Champion the customer: Establish mechanisms for continuous insight (win/loss, VOC, usage analytics) and translate findings into clear product choices and messaging.
- Raise the bar on execution & quality: Drive a predictable operating rhythm (KPIs), risk management, and excellence in reliability, security, and customer satisfaction.
- Build a high‑performing team: Recruit, mentor, and scale a multi‑disciplinary product organization with clear standards and growth paths.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, or related field required; MBA or other advanced degree preferred.
- 15 years progressive product management/product strategy experience, including 7–10 years leading leaders in complex portfolios (B2B software/industrial/connected solutions strongly preferred).
- Demonstrated success shipping and scaling products with full lifecycle ownership—pricing/packaging, commercialization, and portfolio P&L impact.
- Proven effectiveness operating in matrixed, global environments and influencing across Engineering, Sales, Marketing, and Operations.
- Customer‑ and data‑obsessed, with strong analytical decision making; comfortable setting outcome metrics (revenue, adoption, NPS, gross margin, time‑to‑market) and reviewing them in executive forums.
- Establish clear operating mechanisms (portfolio reviews, quarterly business reviews, roadmap governance) and transparent trade‑off decisioning.
- Embed market‑backed practices (e.g., win/loss, segmentation, positioning) to tighten strategy‑to‑execution linkage across GTM and R&D.
- This position will be based at our corporate offices in Davidson, NC, with periodic travel to customer sites, operations, and R&D locations as needed to support roadmap and launches.
At Ingersoll Rand, we embrace a culture of personal ownership — taking responsibility for our company, our communities, and our environment, as well as our individual health and well-being. Our comprehensive benefits package is designed to empower you with the tools and support necessary to take charge of your health, ensuring that together, we can continue to make life better. Our range of benefits includes health care options like medical and prescription plans, dental and vision coverage, as well as wellness programs. Additionally, we provide life insurance, a robust 401(k) plan, paid time off, and even an employee stock grant, among other offerings. These benefits are our commitment to you, so you can be your best at work and beyond.
Ingersoll Rand Inc. (NYSE:IR), driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and ownership mindset, is dedicated to helping make life better for our employees, customers and communities. Customers lean on us for our technology-driven excellence in mission-critical flow creation and industrial solutions across 40 respected brands where our products and services excel in the most complex and harsh conditions. Our employees develop customers for life through their daily commitment to expertise, productivity and efficiency. For more information, visit www.IRCO.com.