Product Manager

nVent • Anoka, MN

9h • 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. Data center infrastructure is evolving fast, creating new challenges for customers and new opportunities for innovative product leadership. Join nVent as a Product Manager, where you’ll help shape how sophisticated, engineered solutions are defined, built, and brought to market—working closely with engineering, manufacturing, sales, and field teams to turn uncertainty into scalable, real‑world outcomes. Ideal candidates will work a hybrid work schedule, with 4 days/week on-site in Anoka, MN.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 5+ years of experience in technical or hardware product management, product innovation, or new product development within engineered products, manufacturing, or industrial technology environments.
• Demonstrated electrical and/or mechanical systems knowledge gained through hands‑on experience, manufacturing exposure, or close collaboration with engineering teams.
• Consistent track record leading complex, cross‑functional, matrixed teams and owning initiatives from concept through commercialization.
• Strong business and project leadership skills, including experience managing product roadmaps, priorities, and profitability.
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 20% annually, including domestic overnight travel and occasional international travel.

Nice To Haves

• Experience collaborating with commercial organizations, including sales, marketing, distributors, contractors, and/or manufacturer’s representatives; data center, power, cooling, or infrastructure experience is helpful.

Responsibilities

• Own and implement end‑to‑end product lifecycle management, including product line strategy, multi‑year roadmaps, and technology plans for engineered, hardware‑based product portfolios with global market responsibility.
• Lead New Product Introduction (NPI) and Product Development Process (PDP) initiatives by developing strong, data‑backed product recommendations, including customer needs, product requirements, feature definition, competitive positioning, financial projections, and go‑to‑market strategy.
• Drive cross‑functional collaboration across engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, finance, sales, and marketing to deliver revenue growth, margin improvement, cost reduction, quality, and timely delivery performance.
• Lead Voice of the Customer (VOC), market, and competitive research efforts to inform product planning, portfolio optimization, and identification of new product and service opportunities.
• Develop and communicate compelling, quantified value propositions and pricing rationale that clearly differentiate products for customers, channel partners, and sales teams.
• Partner with regional and global marketing teams to support go‑to‑market strategies, product launches, and creation of sales enablement and marketing collateral.
• Serve as a technical subject matter expert for assigned product lines, supporting internal teams, customers, and channel partners while driving continuous improvement within the product management function.

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 such as tuition reimbursement, caregiver, personal and parental leave, back-up care services, paid time off including volunteer time, a well-being program, and legal & identity theft protection.

What This Job Offers

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