Sr Manager, Regional Product Line Management, Hydraulics

Gates Corporation • Denver, CO

2d • $165,000 - $195,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Regional Product Line Management, Hydraulics North America is a player-coach responsible for profitable growth, strategic direction, and competitive position of Gates’ North American hydraulics portfolio. The role also leads and develops the Regional Product Line Management Hydraulics team, building capabilities, operating disciplines, and cross-functional alignment to shift the organization from reactive support toward strategic product line leadership. The position is based at Gates’ Denver, Colorado headquarters and reports to the Senior Director, Product Line Management for Fluid Power North America.

The role owns regional product line strategy and commercial performance, and translates market, customer, application, competitive, and financial insights into actionable plans. It leads planning, forecasting, portfolio and pricing recommendations, product roadmaps, business cases, commercialization, and performance reporting. The Senior Manager coaches the team, establishes common PLM processes and measures, partners across functions and with Sales, and represents Gates in relevant industry organizations and market forums.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree in a related field and at least eight years of relevant product line management, engineering, or commercial experience. Hydraulics or fluid power experience is strongly preferred. The position requires travel up to 40%, occasional work outside regular office hours, and working in the office with teammates. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Business, Marketing, or a related field from an accredited institution.
• Minimum of 8 years of relevant product line management, engineering, or commercial experience.
• Demonstrated people leadership, coaching, and talent-development experience, with the ability to strengthen team capability and accountability.
• Strong business and financial acumen, strategic thinking, and analytical skills; experience translating market, customer, application, competitive, and financial insights into priorities, investment tradeoffs, and executable plans.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to influence across levels, functions, and locations and present complex information as clear, executive-level recommendations.
• Independent, proactive, highly organized, and disciplined, with a high level of integrity and ownership.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Ability to travel up to 40% of the time, occasionally work outside regular office hours, and work in the office with teammates.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree.
• Hydraulics or fluid power experience strongly preferred.
• Experience using analytical and market-intelligence tools preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own the regional strategy, commercial performance, profitability, portfolio health, and competitive position of the North American hydraulics product line.
• Build knowledge of hydraulic applications, customers, channels, market trends, industry indicators, and competitors; translate insights and voice of customer into regional strategies, global product line inputs, and actionable demand and supply plans.
• Lead annual and long-range planning, forecasts, and performance reviews, with actions to achieve financial objectives.
• Develop fact-based pricing, mix, portfolio, productivity, lifecycle, and rationalization recommendations that support profitable, sustainable growth and reduce excess and obsolete inventory.
• Shape product roadmaps and business cases for new products, enhancements, and regional requirements; lead commercialization, including positioning, pricing, channel readiness, sales training, adoption plans, and launch metrics.
• Lead, coach, and develop the RPLM Hydraulics team, establishing expectations, accountability, development plans, field-learning requirements, and a culture of ownership, constructive challenge, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Build team capability in market intelligence, application knowledge, competitive analysis, voice of customer, business case development, portfolio management, value propositions, and commercialization; partner with Product Application Engineering and other technical teams to scale training and technical content.
• Establish common PLM processes, operating cadences, decision frameworks, templates, and performance measures; identify recurring process gaps and lead structural, cross-functional solutions.
• Partner with Sales leadership to prioritize markets, accounts, applications, and growth opportunities; serve as a subject matter expert in strategic customer discussions, competitive conversions, and opportunity evaluations.
• Influence across Global Product Line Management, Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, Marketing, Quality, Pricing, and Sales to align priorities, execute approved VAVE and productivity initiatives, and accelerate results.
• Develop product and application value propositions, competitive tools, training, and market-facing content; represent Gates in relevant industry organizations, trade shows, standards bodies, and market forums.
• Provide senior leadership with concise performance reporting, market insights, risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, plus other voluntary benefit options; benefits begin on the first day of the month immediately following the date of hire.
• Three weeks of paid vacation, 11 holidays (9 scheduled and 2 floating), and 8 sick days; vacation days are accrued.
• 401(k) with a 3% company contribution and an additional 3% company match.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Bonus eligible.

What This Job Offers

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