Product Line Manager

Corning•City of Corning, NY

3d•$148,181 - $203,749•Hybrid

About The Position

The Product Line Manager is responsible for shaping and executing product line strategy for Gorilla Glass in support of growth, profitability, and long-term portfolio health of the full-sheet business. This role brings together market understanding, business analysis, and cross-functional leadership to guide decisions across the product lifecycle — from identifying opportunities and refining value propositions to supporting commercialization, lifecycle management, and portfolio simplification. The Product Line Manager plays a central role in connecting commercial opportunities, customer needs, manufacturing realities, and technical possibilities into a clear product line direction.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, or a related technical field
8+ years of business, product, strategy, operations, or management experience
Experience working across cross-functional teams to drive business outcomes
Experience using analysis and judgment to support strategic or commercial decisions
Demonstrated ability to turn quantitative analysis into meaningful business insights
Curiosity about technology and a willingness to learn quickly in a technical environment
The ability to work effectively across functional and geographic boundaries
Comfort operating in a fast-paced, matrixed environment with shifting priorities
A structured, process-oriented approach to problem solving
The ability to influence stakeholders through clarity, credibility, and sound judgment
Leadership presence and the potential to grow into broader business or commercial leadership roles
Demonstrated ability to interface and work in teams with people across functional and geographic boundaries
Demonstrated self-confidence, ability to effectively communicate and influence senior management

Nice To Haves

MBA or equivalent advanced degree
Experience in product line management, product strategy, commercialization, or market-facing business roles
Experience working with technical, manufacturing, or engineering teams
Experience in consumer electronics, advanced materials, or other fast-moving, technically complex markets

Responsibilities

Develop and execute product line strategy to support sales growth, profitability, and long-term portfolio health of the business: Identify product line priorities and critical initiatives required to deliver annual objectives; support planning processes including annual product line plans, long-range planning, and budget inputs (Green Book and Black Book); understand and manage key profit and loss drivers; and build business cases for new product opportunities, special requests, and portfolio decisions, including financial implications and pricing requirements.
Translate market and customer insight into action: Understand downstream market requirements, customer needs, and competitive dynamics to inform product decisions and lifecycle planning; articulate compelling value propositions, product positioning, and basis of competition; interpret customer needs to inform forecasting, demand management, and capacity planning; and partner with commercial teams on segmentation, prioritization, and product-level customer strategy.
Lead through cross-functional influence: Work closely with cross-functional partners across Development, Product Engineering, Applications Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Finance, Marketing, and Sales to align priorities and drive execution of product strategies.
Manage the product line through the lifecycle: Guide products through innovation, commercialization, and lifecycle management; collect and incorporate voice of customer feedback on new products and enhancements; identify opportunities to reduce complexity, improve margins, and support cost reduction; lead or support end-of-life and obsolescence decisions; support pricing strategy and key commercial decisions; and provide tools and resources to enable effective execution by customer-facing teams.
Support strong communication and execution: Create and maintain positioning materials, value proposition content, and sales tools; support internal and external communications related to product launches, updates, and messaging; partner with legal and sales on supply agreements and product-related commercial terms; and deliver clear training and communication on product changes, new offerings, and lifecycle decisions.