Product Manager

Broan-NuTone•Hartford, WI

12d•Hybrid

About The Position

Broan-NuTone is a leader in the residential ventilation industry, focused on innovation and quality to shape the future of the market. With a presence in over 110 million homes, the company moves nearly 13 trillion cubic feet of fresh air annually. Broan-NuTone employs over 2,000 individuals across four countries, operating three manufacturing facilities and a network of trusted partners, bringing to life brands such as Broan-NuTone, Zephyr, BEST, and Venmar. The company fosters a collaborative, high-energy culture guided by its Core Values: Safety, Trust, Entrepreneurial Spirit, and Bias for Action. Their purpose is to improve lives through better air, creating products that enhance home health, comfort, and longevity. Broan-NuTone is part of Madison Air, a rapidly growing company in the air industry, which went public on the NYSE in April 2026. Madison Air comprises over 8,000 employees worldwide, has an enterprise value of $10 billion, and operates 42 manufacturing facilities in 11 countries, united by a mission to make the world safer, healthier, and more productive through air.

Requirements

3-5 years of product management and technical experience is required.
The ideal candidate will have a bachelor’s degree in marketing or business is required.
Effective communicator with very good written and verbal communication skills.
Highly motivated, well organized and detail oriented.
Ability for effective and efficient project management skills.
Creative individual who demonstrates good problem-solving skills.
Ability to market technical product features as customer benefits.
Intellectually curious with a firm understanding of general business and financial principles.

Nice To Haves

Experience in the big box retail is preferred.
MBA from a reputable business school is a plus.
Potential to demonstrate experience of entrepreneurial, futuristic, and advanced thinking capabilities. Ability for creative, non-conventional ideas and concepts.
Potential to demonstrate experience in new product development processes and projects with a track record of success in new product launches is a plus.
Possible direct, global work experience and demonstrated experience in working with people in other countries and understanding regional differences is a plus.
Potential leadership, interpersonal and persuasion skills – able to define a vision/direction and motivate internal and external stakeholders to achieve objectives.
Powerful teamwork and team building skills, as well as empathy and intuition for both team members and target markets alike.
Potential to demonstrate ability to conceive, develop and launch new products using a cross-functional, stage gate approach.
Proven ability to influence others within function and cross-functionally.

Responsibilities

Support and manage in developing long-range strategic plans for assigned category, including category growth strategies (both organic and inorganic) and product portfolio roadmap, and present to management.
Support and manage in delivering business results for assigned category, monitor performance, recommend, and implement course correction actions as needed. Build KPI’s for key product programs and associated measurement approaches to gauge success during the year.
Support and manage in Lead Product Lifecycle Management of assigned categories.
Support and manage in leading entire team and project or provide marketing representation to cross functional new product development teams as assigned. Utilize communication skills to drive accountability and responsibility, as assigned.
Support and assist in establishing the strategy for product marketing and provide input on new product “go to market” plan, digital marketing, market research, business intelligence, trade shows, advertising, promotional, merchandising, public relations, and marketing communications recommendations as it relates to category.
Design and implement voice of customer systems to understand customer and consumer feedback, and track continuous improvement metrics to fuel ideation, validation, and verification of product strategy.
Manage in defining and presenting for approval the marketing requirements and business case justification for new product development scopes incorporating market dynamics, performance features, pricing, voice of customer, forecast and cross-functional team input where needed.
Support and manage in creating and presenting, with Channel Marketing, product training programs internally and externally to key customers related to the assigned categories.
Lead as subject matter expert on assigned category to create product content and recommendations in support of key account management, line reviews, new account development both in person and with content as needed.
Support and manage to ensure the new products are successfully managed and launched within the Stage-Gate process on time, on budget, and in scope in conjunction with the assigned Project Manager. Lead or provide marketing representation to cross functional new product development teams as assigned.
Support and manage with facts, data, and input to provide product input for annual marketing strategies, budgets, and plans and overarching brand and channel strategies; needed for approval of product marketing components of plan.
Support and manage with maintaining continual surveillance and evaluation of competitors’ products/programs, market, and industry trends. Trends such as demand drivers, product, design, technology, and pricing. Allows Product Manager to develop data into business recommendations and strategies.
Support and assist the Global Marketing Director and other business segment associates in developing and executing other key projects, as needed.