Product Manager-Hearing Industry

Johnson Health Tech North America Inc•Minnetonka, MN

1d•$125,000 - $165,000•Onsite

About The Position

Johnson Health Tech is a fitness equipment manufacturer serving customers in more than 60 countries through commercial and residential brands. The Product Manager will help build the company’s prescription hearing aid portfolio from the ground up. This hands-on individual contributor role works face-to-face with R&D, Clinical, Regulatory, Quality, Operations, Marketing, and Sales to define, test, refine, and launch hearing devices. The role involves daily product decisions, concept and prototype testing, feedback gathering, requirements prioritization, and practical problem-solving in an environment without reliance on established products, legacy processes, or large support teams. The position reports to the VP of R&D and is based on-site in Minnetonka, Minnesota, with domestic and international travel of up to 20%.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, audiology, marketing, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
At least 5 years of experience in product management, product development, audiology, clinical, engineering, sales, service, or another product-facing role within the prescription hearing aid industry.
Direct experience helping develop, launch, fit, support, or commercialize prescription hearing aids.
Demonstrated experience working directly with technical teams from early concept through testing and launch.
Ability to work on-site in Minnetonka, Minnesota, and collaborate face-to-face with R&D and cross-functional teams during daily product development.
Deep understanding of prescription hearing aids, fitting workflows, hearing care professionals, patients, and industry pain points.
Ability to challenge legacy approaches constructively and develop practical alternatives.
Working knowledge of regulated medical-device development, quality, and launch-readiness requirements.
Flexibility to collaborate across global time zones.
Ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 20% for customer research, product testing, launches, trade shows, clinical visits, and collaboration with global teams.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree in business, engineering, audiology, or a related field.

Responsibilities

Own day-to-day product definition, decisions, roadmap, and priorities for assigned prescription hearing devices and accessories.
Work side-by-side with R&D during development, prototype reviews, testing, troubleshooting, and product decisions.
Make timely trade-offs involving audiological performance, customer value, usability, technical feasibility, cost, timing, quality, and risk.
Maintain product briefs, requirements, use cases, priorities, and decision documentation.
Engage audiologists, hearing care professionals, patients, and channel partners to identify unmet needs and test ideas.
Apply knowledge of prescription hearing care and industry products and workflows to identify opportunities for new solutions.
Monitor current and emerging competitors.
Participate in prototype evaluation, field testing, market trials, and rapid learning cycles.
Identify issues early and help the team test, learn, and determine practical solutions.
Coordinate launch readiness for devices, accessories, packaging, labeling, documentation, training, and supporting materials.
Monitor product quality, adoption, customer feedback, revenue, margin, and other KPIs, and drive post-launch improvements.
Complete required training and ongoing education.
Perform other duties and startup initiatives as assigned.