Senior Product Manager, R&D Technology - The Toro Company

Toro Company•Batesville, AR

68d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Product Manager, R&D Technology supports the business objectives of the Landscape and Contractor Group (L&C) which consists of Toro, Exmark and Spartan lawn mower brands, by guiding the development and leading the integration of key company-wide technologies (autonomous, alternative energy, and connected products) across the L&C fleet of equipment and leading the digital product portfolio strategy. Key functions include: creating and refining the technology strategy for L&C product portfolio, leading the development of technology roadmaps for the divisions, identifying and developing the business case for key technology integration driven by unmet customer needs, leading divisional product marketing teams on technology integration across the product portfolio, supporting the development of cross-department processes and procedures to support new technologies, and collaborating with peers company-wide to identify and drive synergies.

Requirements

A minimum of a Bachelor's degree in marketing or engineering.
12+ years of applicable experience (or MBA with 10+ years applicable experience) in durable goods.
Must be willing to obtain/maintain an active and valid US Passport and a non-exprired US Driver's license.
trong interpersonal communication abilities and excellent verbal/written communication skills.
Strong analytical skills.
Customer service and people skills are critical.
Experience in creating and executing strategic roadmaps.
Experience in creating the vision and strategy to meet key business objectives.
Experience in collaborating and leading effectively cross-divisionally on key initiatives.

Nice To Haves

An MBA is preferred.
Engineering or Technical background is preferred.
6+ years' experience in the outdoor power equipment industry preferred.
Product development experience is preferred.
Business-to-business experience through a dealer/distribution system is preferred.
Prior experience with the L&C ( Landscape & Contractor) dealer channel preferred.

Responsibilities

Develop, present, and execute multi-generational product plan for digital, autonomous, connected, and alternative energy technology in order to accomplish relevant product line, departmental, and divisional objectives.
Coordinate and execute voice of the customer activities and other market research required to fully understand future technologies.
Participate in specialization groups, product development, and DCI team meetings on a regular basis.
Partner with product managers to lead tech-focused product projects through key project stage gates.
Assist with the ongoing management and evolution of existing technologies in use across the product portfolio.
Plan and deliver technology related sales training, including participation in live training events and recorded webinars.
Work closely and collaborate with peer divisions within TTC on developing and executing joint strategies.
Coordinate with product managers to create tech-focused content for sales training tools and marketing collateral materials.
Monitor competitive environment and develop and contribute data to create competitive technology related comparisons for use in training the L&C and distributor sales teams.
Collaborate with product managers, sales team, and finance team regarding digital and related technology pricing strategies.
Support industry trade shows, customer experience events, and other key activities.
Coach product manager(s), associate product manager(s), marketing associate(s), and/or marketing interns, and provide general oversight for all digital and technology categories managed by team of direct and indirect reports.