Product Line Leader - CADDY Electrical

nVent • Solon, OH

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions. We are seeking a Product Line Leader for our CADDY electrical business, a globally recognized portfolio of engineered electrical fastening solutions. This role sits at the center of the business, where success depends on influence, judgment, and commercial clarity rather than organizational control. You will work across engineering, operations, supply chain, and sales to align priorities, allocate resources, and drive sustained performance. It’s a senior leadership role for someone comfortable owning outcomes in a highly matrixed, global environment. This is a full time, direct-hire position with a hybrid work schedule of 4 days/week on-site in Solon, OH.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s (B.A. or B.S.) degree in engineering, business, or an equivalent area.
• 12+ years of experience in engineering and/or product roles, with demonstrated growth in scope or accountability, and direct responsibility for physical, electro‑mechanical, or hardware‑enabled products within product management, product leadership, or closely related commercial product roles.
• Proven P&L ownership or accountability for a product line or business, including pricing and profitability responsibility.
• Proven direct people management experience, including an ability to guide and mentor a team of global Product Managers.
• Strong analytical capability and experience applying data to pricing, portfolio simplification, and investment decisions; advanced Excel skills strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to lead through influence—working effectively across engineering, operations, supply chain, sales, and marketing in an interconnected organizational environment.
• Ability to travel up to 25%, including internationally, for business-related needs.

Nice To Haves

• Background in electrical, industrial, or adjacent engineered products, including industries where products are sold through distribution channels is highly valued.

Responsibilities

• Own full global P&L responsibility, with accountability for revenue, margin, portfolio health, and long‑term growth.
• Lead end‑to-end product line strategy, including product lifecycle management (PLM), portfolio simplification, SKU rationalization, and prioritization across a vast global catalog.
• Partner closely with engineering, operations, sourcing, and supply chain leaders to influence capital allocation, investment priorities, cost structure, capacity decisions, and execution tradeoffs—without direct line authority.
• Drive pricing strategy across regions in collaboration with sales and pricing teams, using analytics to improve margin, consistency, and governance.
• Guide product roadmaps across sustaining engineering, targeted innovation, new product development, and go-to-market (GTM) execution, balancing near‑term performance with longer‑term competitiveness.
• Identify and evaluate adjacent markets and product opportunities within the electrical pathway, collaborating with internal engineering and manufacturing capabilities to expand the portfolio over time.
• Serve as the senior business and product leader for product portfolio, influencing senior leadership and contributing to long-term, enterprise‑level goal setting.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a small team of Product Managers responsible for major segments of the global business.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability benefits, critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance.
• A 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan — both include a company match.
• Other supplemental benefits may include tuition reimbursement, caregiver, personal and parental leave, back-up care services, paid time off including volunteer time, a well-being program, and/or legal & identity theft protection.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level