Director, Product Management

Andersen Corporation•Cottage Grove, MN

23h

About The Position

Lead and manage product development, portfolio/lifecycle management and functional alignment of portfolio categories and sub-categories from a Marketing perspective. Lead the creation and development of market knowledge about customers, industry, competitors, and business performance. Lead and manage the understanding of end-use customer needs and the development and execution of go-to-market strategies. Collaborate with leaders from across the organization (Sales, Product Lifecycle Management, Business Units, IT, Marketing, Operations, etc.), to ensure customer requirements are understood and solutions to these needs pursued.

Requirements

Four-year college degree in business, marketing or engineering.
Minimum of 5 years’ experience in Business/Product Leadership.
3 or more years’ experience managing others.
High-level analytical, research, product knowledge, and project management skills.
Strong strategic thinking skills and the ability to set direction for the marketing decision support requirements and manage resources to achieve goals and objectives on schedule.
Leadership and team building skills to teach, train and develop department capabilities.

Nice To Haves

MBA preferred.
Experience identifying and implementing customer value projects.
Influence, management and negotiation skills to work cross-functionally with internal partners and clients.

Responsibilities

Lead product portfolio plans within the framework of overall enterprise goals, supporting customer-centric, segment-driven strategies.
Develop comprehensive business cases and business processes.
Integrate product management as members of multi-disciplined teams and provide technical liaison support and marketing representation through stage gate approval processes.
Lead development of product specifications.
Serve as key delivery partner to marketing function, for go-to-market strategies, launches, communications and positioning associated with relevant target segments.
Lead thorough understanding and communication of customer segment requirements across functions.
Manage the development and execution of comprehensive strategies to achieve solutions to targeted customer segment needs: including product positioning, marketing programs and services, sales promotions, channel needs, etc.
Serve as enterprise contact for portfolio inquiries from internal delivery partners, RbA Retail Locations and AW field sales.
Achieve customer segment volume and share, for new product launch and customer loyalty targets.
Develop metrics and reporting to gauge ongoing progress against strategic, business and tactical (i.e. promotion) initiatives.
Responsible for recommendations associated with product lifecycle management inclusive of portfolio, product positioning, pricing, quality, line extensions and product solutions.
Manage Product Management and Product Marketing Teams.
Works cross functionally with RDI, Mfg. and marketing teams.
Provide development plans, performance reviews, training, leadership, career development and conflict resolution.
Empower employees to perform assigned work by providing resources, tools and authority as necessary.
Also provide leadership toward accomplishment of personal, professional and corporate goals and encourage teamwork between groups.
Frequent presentations to senior and executive management.

Benefits

401 (k) Plan
Employer Fixed Contributions & Company Matching
Profit Sharing
Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), Health Savings Account (HSA) and Health Reimbursement Account (HRA)
Life Insurance
Paid Time Off & Paid Holidays
Paid Maternity Leave & Paid Parental Leave
Career Growth Planning & Nationwide Career Opportunities
Profit Sharing will be paid out in quarterly installments to provide eligible employees with payments throughout the year, with payment amounts tied to quarterly operating profit performance.