Director, Product Management

Allison Transmission•Indianapolis, IN

About The Position

Drives product strategy and initiatives for the designated end-market(s). This position is responsible for the product planning and overall assessment of product platform health throughout the lifecycle, including: understanding market trends and impacts, gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, defining product vision, and working closely with engineering, sales, and marketing to develop long-term product roadmaps supporting profitable end-market growth.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or demonstrated aptitude of relevance product management disciplines
7+ years of transmission or automotive industry experience with cross functional team experience and a proven record of driving results in a matrixed organization
Knowledge of business and management principles (budgeting, strategic planning, resource allocation)
Knowledge of New Product Development (NPD) processes and program management activities
Ability to influence at all levels of the business (from entry level through the CEO)
Must be able to travel 15% of the time
Must be a U.S. Person or individual otherwise eligible to be authorized to work with export-controlled items or data or perform services on military vehicles.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in engineering, Business Administration, or Management
3+ years in a product management or product launch capacity
People and/or program leadership management

Responsibilities

Defines and establishes the long-term product development roadmaps and strategies for the end-market portfolio.
Collaborates closely with the business segment product/ technology teams, customers, OEM tech days, technology symposiums, Engine Manufacturers and strategy teams to translate corporate strategy into product portfolio strategy and to identify roadmap gaps and needs.
Owns the creation, validation and internal publication of End Market Summaries and product roadmaps.
Utilizes tools and templates to drive a systematic disciplined approach to assessing new product development initiatives, guided by corporate portfolio strategy.
Conducts reviews to ensure strategic plans are successfully executed, establishing clear milestones and metrics to evaluate product strategies and related initiatives.
Identify relevant product and market trends affecting current and future products within the portfolio.
Facilitates prioritization of market and competitor intelligence mining, regarding new product development
Improve Allison Transmission’s relationships and influence over key OEMs and End Users by strengthening product management collaboration to understand customers’ product and technology roadmaps.
Support key customer engagements and industry trade shows.
Assesses product platform lifecycle health and product performance monitoring against value proposition.
Works closely with internal engineering, sales, and marketing teams to ensure information is gathered and utilized to drive decisions and action plans.
Works with internal functions of operations, purchasing, and engineering to develop cost profiles and CapEx estimates for business case analysis, integrating and optimizing customer and supplier requirements early in the process to drive profitable growth and product positioning.