Product Manager

The Golf Business Unit’s Controls Product Manager will execute strategies and help set priorities in our controls portfolio of industry-leading solutions for the world’s best golf courses. This opportunity is to drive and support product solutions that minimize water and labor use to the market, enabling consistent, high-quality play through the Intelligent use of Water™.

You will use your experience in product management to ensure your roadmap projects provide profitable growth and that current products satisfy the market according to Rain Bird’s standards. Your communication skills, analytical approach, initiative, and creativity will ensure that all team members understand what the market needs and why. You will lead the execution of product line strategies, including those related to new product and feature development, life-cycle management, product quality and positioning through the product lifecycle.

• Own the business of Golf Controls Products. This means you understand revenue sources and trends, competitive forces by region, application requirements, cost and quality variations, and then you develop and execute plans to profitably grow the business and support the Golf ecosystem.
• Generate and implement innovative product solutions by identifying customer needs, analyzing competitive information, and driving qualitative and quantitative research to justify line improvements.
• Collaborate with quality and operations managers to provide forecasts and ensure that current products are delivered according to Rain Bird quality standards and customer delivery expectations.
• Coordinate with channel marketing and other product managers to ensure that the value propositions of your products in the Golf ecosystem are clearly understood by channel and end users.
• Improve customer satisfaction by partnering with support teams on product field feedback, identify trends and execute on process improvement objectives.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree in business, engineering (electrical controls or mechanical), or related degree.
• 3-7 years of experience as a product manager providing industrial or commercial solutions.
• Ability to demonstrate an analytical, data-driven approach to drive decisions and execute projects.
• Innate passion to understand market needs, then innovate to provide value with technology solutions.
• Proficiency with common business and collaboration tools to illustrate market driven priorities.
• Experience with stage-gate engineering product development system(s) and project management.

Desired Qualifications:

• Master's degree or graduate level courses taken in business, marketing or appropriate technologies.
• Comfort with challenging the status quo and managing change in mature, global organizations.
• Experience in the golf maintenance market, irrigation technologies, or adjacent industries.