New Product Development Specialist

Daimler Truck•Fort Mill, SC

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Inside the Role Execute at the U.S. and Canadian market level the strategic product development initiatives. This role requires a balanced blend of visionary thinking and analytical rigor to identify commercial opportunities across the intersection of DTNA vehicles, DTFS financing, insurance, and aftermarket services, and translate those opportunities into scalable business cases and measurable KPIs and deliverables for a sustainable rollout and operation. The Product Specialist is responsible for originating integrated product and bundle initiatives in the U.S. and Canadian markets, and delivering comprehensive implementation packages to the Revenue and Marketing teams for execution. The role operates as a key bridge between strategy, commercial execution, credit, operations and customer value creation. Success in this role requires strong adaptability, influence without authority, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment with ambiguity, competing priorities, and organizational resistance.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance or IT.
Working knowledge of OEM parts programs, warranty products (extended warranty, full-service contracts), and service contract economics as bundle components
Expertise in commercial vision and idea origination
Minimum of 3 years of experience: ability to identify bundle / product opportunities at the intersection of multiple products and partners
Minimum of 3 years of experience: ability to land ideas with rigorous business cases and KPIs
Minimum of 3 years of experience: navigation of unstructured and change-intensive environments
Minimum of 2 years of experience: Credit, Finance, Remarketing and Strategy
Minimum of 2 years of experience: Commercial truck parts and warranties
Minimum of 2 years of experience: Telematics and connectivity services: working knowledge of fleet telematics, connected vehicle services, and how data-driven services integrate into commercial finance bundles
Minimum of 2 years of experience: Leading cross-functional projects
Minimum of 2 years of experience: Embedded cross-organizational collaboration with OEM partners
Analytical; presentation; facilitation; problem solving; project management

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in Business Administration or Finance
Minimum of 2 years of experience: Daimler internal systems (ALFA, eCredit Pro, eFunding Pro, FIPRO, ProCollect, Pega).
Minimum of 2 years of experience: Agile / PRDs / JIRA
Minimum of 2 years of experience: Product Manager designing bundled propositions
Minimum of 2 years of experience: Strategy or Business Development Manager in OEM or captive finance environment

Responsibilities

Identify and originate bundled product opportunities at the intersection of DTNA vehicles, DTFS financing, insurance, extended warranty, service contracts, telematics, and other aftermarket programs for the US and Canadian markets.
Combine commercial instinct, customer/dealer empathy, competitive observation, and DTNA programs/product knowledge and market understanding to generate proposition ideas and maintain a living concept pipeline.
Define, scope, and execute market pilots in US and Canada to validate the most promising propositions; establish clear success criteria and KPIs upfront; capture pilot learnings; author detailed rollout plans; and deliver a complete deliverables package (rollout plan, business case, pricing structures, operational requirements, KPIs, dealer enablement, and customer-facing collateral inputs) to the Revenue, Marketing, Operations and Credit teams for implementation.
Build and champion the strategic product roadmap for DTFS bundled offerings in the US and Canadian markets; prioritize initiatives based on revenue potential, strategic fit, and implementation feasibility; present pipeline updates and recommendations to senior leadership on a regular cadence.
Serve as primary New Product Development interface with DTNA leadership for US and Canadian commercial vehicle programs; operate as liaison between DTNA CSG, New Truck Pricing, Parts & Warranties teams and NPD teams; use that proximity to detect emerging program signals and bundle opportunities early.
Translate each concept into a defensible business case (NPV, IRR, sensitivity analysis, multi-entity margin projections) and clear KPIs.
Direct the Analyst to perform detailed financial modeling; review, integrate, and challenge the outputs; partner with Finance, Treasury (discount/hurdle rate, cost of funds), Tax, Risk/Credit (loss assumptions), Remarketing (residuals), and Pricing (rate strategies) to source and validate inputs; challenge assumptions where they constrain bundle viability.
Perform continuous competitive benchmark analysis of captive finance, commercial banking, insurance, and aftermarket competitors in the US and Canadian markets; catalog competitive DTFS products, white-space opportunities, and emerging propositions from competitors; translate benchmark insights into specific concepts for the pipeline.
Manage, coach, and develop one direct report (Product Analyst); set goals, conduct performance reviews; foster a culture that pairs analytical rigor with commercial creativity and entrepreneurial ownership.
Partner with IT, Operations, Engineering, Credit, Risk, Compliance, Legal to translate pilot designs into technical business specs and operational readiness plans; engage DTNA and Mexican Product Lead counterparts on US/Canadian regulatory implications.
Use the DCI/CSI surveys to research and develop an instinct for unmet needs that fuels new bundle or product ideas; partner with Canadian Product Lead on tri-country synergies and provide backup coverage as required.

Benefits

annual bonus program
401k company contribution with company match up to 6% as well as non-elective company contribution of 3 - 7% depending on age
starting at 4 weeks paid vacation
13+ calendar holidays
8 weeks paid parental leave
employee assistance program
comprehensive healthcare plans and wellness programs
onsite fitness (at some locations)
tuition assistance and volunteer paid time off
short-term and long-term disability plans