Product Manager

ALKEGEN•Tonawanda, NY

4d•$95,000 - $110,000

About The Position

Alkegen is hiring a Product Manager to define and own product vision, roadmaps, investment priorities, and portfolio strategy in alignment with corporate growth strategy. The role leads annual product strategic planning, portfolio optimization, resource allocation, and product return-on-investment tracking. It represents the voice of the customer and turns market and competitive insights into differentiated product strategies, value propositions, and coordinated go-to-market execution. The Product Manager owns product lifecycle management from concept through launch and end of life. This includes prioritizing features and investment trade-offs, coordinating engineering, operations, sales, and supply chain, supporting commercialization, and ensuring products receive appropriate certifications across relevant geographies. The role also enables Sales, sets pricing strategy and governance, leads cost-down and standardization initiatives, and manages line extensions, SKU rationalization, and product phase-outs. The position establishes tools, processes, and metrics to drive execution and product performance, fosters a data-driven and customer-centric product environment, tracks decisions and risks, and escalates issues to meet commitments. The role involves monthly travel to customers, suppliers, or manufacturing sites and working across time zones with global teams. Compensation is $95,000–$110,000; pay may vary based on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package may include other elements, with benefit-plan details provided if an offer is made.

Requirements

3–5+ years of product management experience within an industrial, manufacturing, or technical environment.
Demonstrated success operating in a complex matrix environment and driving cross-functional alignment with measurable revenue or margin impact.
Ability to translate complex market insights and customer needs into actionable, profitable product strategies.
Strong commercialization experience and a deep understanding of B2B pricing strategies and sales enablement.
Bachelor’s degree required.
Core competencies: customer focus, analytical thinking, business acumen, cross-functional collaboration, communication and influence, results orientation, and strategic curiosity.
Ability to travel monthly to customers, suppliers, or manufacturing sites.
Ability to work across time zones with global teams.

Nice To Haves

Advanced business (MBA) or technical degree.

Responsibilities

Define and own product vision, roadmap, and investment priorities aligned with corporate growth strategy.
Lead portfolio optimization decisions, including investment, growth, or exit decisions based on market conditions.
Lead annual product strategic planning and deployment of the segment strategy.
Track and monitor resource allocation and product return on investment.
Represent the voice of the customer and understand customer needs and buying drivers by industry vertical.
Translate market insights into value propositions and product strategy.
Ensure products deliver differentiated, quantifiable customer value that supports premium positioning and pricing.
Coordinate industry strategies across Product Management for cohesive go-to-market execution.
Consolidate and distribute competitive intelligence insights.
Own product lifecycle management from concept through launch and end of life.
Prioritize product features and investment cost-to-value trade-offs in product design.
Coordinate engineering, operations, sales, and supply chain to support on-time delivery, cost discipline, and quality.
Partner with Sales to transition product development specifications into successful commercialization.
Partner with Engineering to ensure products are certified with appropriate boards across relevant geographies.
Educate Sales on products, applications, and value propositions to accelerate selling and cross-selling.
Ensure Product Managers engage technical procurement to secure product specifications across subsidiaries.
Set pricing strategy and governance to protect margins and manage price changes.
Identify and lead product-driven cost-down and standardization initiatives.
Identify and track line extensions, SKU rationalization, and product phase-out decisions.
Establish tools, processes, and metrics to drive execution and product performance.
Foster a data-driven, customer-centric product environment.
Track execution of product decisions, surface risks, and escalate issues to meet commitments.