What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Product Line Manager position at MSA - The Safety Company?
Overview
Are you someone who is passionate, motivated, and driven to make a difference? If so, MSA Safety is the perfect fit for your career.
At MSA, SAFETY is who we are AND it is what we do. We are a purpose-driven company committed to deploying innovation and technology to deliver on our Mission to help protect people and assets all around the world. We continue to be relentless in our pursuit of solving our customers greatest problems so they can go home safe each and every day.
Are you in? Read on for more details about this particular role.
Responsibilities
In this role, you will be responsible for managing our fire service respiratory protection equipment for the NFPA market through the full product lifecycle.
This role requires excellent listening, problem-solving, business acumen, and communication skills. To be successful in this position, you are expected to deeply understand our customers’ needs and NFPA market dynamics so that you can translate those learnings into best-in-class, differentiated fire service respiratory protection experiences.
You will work collaboratively and cross-functionally across all levels of the organization to ensure the health of the product group and the team, helping to balance long-term strategic considerations and product development with near- and mid-term opportunities and challenges in a high-pressure, opinionated environment.
Qualifications
Qualifications
Required
Experience
Are you someone who is passionate, motivated, and driven to make a difference? If so, MSA Safety is the perfect fit for your career.
At MSA, SAFETY is who we are AND it is what we do. We are a purpose-driven company committed to deploying innovation and technology to deliver on our Mission to help protect people and assets all around the world. We continue to be relentless in our pursuit of solving our customers greatest problems so they can go home safe each and every day.
Are you in? Read on for more details about this particular role.
Responsibilities
In this role, you will be responsible for managing our fire service respiratory protection equipment for the NFPA market through the full product lifecycle.
This role requires excellent listening, problem-solving, business acumen, and communication skills. To be successful in this position, you are expected to deeply understand our customers’ needs and NFPA market dynamics so that you can translate those learnings into best-in-class, differentiated fire service respiratory protection experiences.
You will work collaboratively and cross-functionally across all levels of the organization to ensure the health of the product group and the team, helping to balance long-term strategic considerations and product development with near- and mid-term opportunities and challenges in a high-pressure, opinionated environment.
Qualifications
Qualifications
- Experience developing products in industries that are subject to regulatory requirements.
- Displays exceptional customer-facing and organizational communication skills
- Serves as the go-to product expert for critical customer engagements and presentations
- Demonstrates global business acumen, identifying and executing upon product and business model opportunities across a multi-national landscape
- Collaborates with key stakeholders to establish, monitor, and achieve performance goals that align with the project plan and company goals
- Drives the front end of innovation through VOC efforts and market expertise
- Displays a willingness to take informed risk, drive consensus and influence the long range portfolio
- Manages and influences peers without direct authority
- Business Acumen
- Customer Focus
- Driving Execution
- Passion for Results
- Strategic Decision Making
- Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills
- Communication
- Coaching
- Building a Successful Team
Required
- Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Engineering, Business Administration or related discipline
- 4 years of relevant work experience may be substituted for a Bachelor’s Degree
Experience
- 9 - 12 years of experience in marketing, sales or product development (engineering)
- MBA or related graduate degree may be substituted for up to 2 years of experience