Senior Product Manager, Manufactured Products

Bobrick Washroom Equipment, Inc•Los Angeles, CA

16h•$138,000 - $160,000•Onsite

About The Position

Bobrick is hiring a Senior Product Manager to join its Marketing team and shape the future of its manufactured products. The role drives the strategic direction, growth, and profitability of assigned physical product lines, managing the full lifecycle from identifying market opportunities and developing product strategies through product development, commercialization, launch, and ongoing improvement. The Senior Product Manager develops growth plans within category strategy and business priorities, combining customer insight with market, competitive, and financial analysis. The role builds business cases, makes recommendations on investment and product portfolio decisions, develops positioning and go-to-market plans, and monitors product adoption and financial performance. The manager partners with the Marketing Category Manager and cross-functional teams—including Engineering, Manufacturing, Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, Quality, and suppliers—to balance customer value, product quality, speed to market, and financial returns. The position is based onsite in North Hollywood, California, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Applicants must currently reside within commuting distance. Travel of up to 20% may be required, including domestic and international travel. The stated annual salary range is $138,000–$160,000, based on experience.

Requirements

BA or BS degree and 7 or more years of work experience in marketing; experience in the commercial construction industry is preferred.
Experience managing physical, manufactured products throughout the product lifecycle, including product development, commercialization, and ongoing portfolio management. Experience exclusively in software, SaaS, or digital product management does not meet this requirement.
Demonstrated success in product management or a closely related commercial role, with measurable results in revenue growth, margin improvement, market expansion, or product adoption.
Ability to identify and develop new business opportunities, supported by direct customer engagement and understanding of buying behavior and channels to market.
Strong cross-functional leadership and influence, including the ability to build commitment, make clear recommendations, and advance initiatives amid competing priorities and uncertainty.
Creative problem-solving ability combined with analytical and financial judgment, including experience evaluating pricing, costs, forecasts, investment returns, and commercial tradeoffs.
Clear, persuasive communication skills for explaining customer problems, opportunities, and proposed solution value to internal teams and external partners.
Proactive approach, intellectual curiosity, and willingness to respectfully challenge assumptions, test ideas, learn from results, and adapt.
Ability to travel up to 20%, including domestically and internationally.
Must currently reside in or be within commuting distance of North Hollywood, California.

Nice To Haves

M.B.A. with a concentration in marketing.
Experience in building products, commercial equipment, durable goods, or other B2B physical product businesses.
Experience with distributors, specification-driven sales, or purchasing decisions involving multiple stakeholders.
Relevant success in adjacent industries.

Responsibilities

Develop and lead growth plans for assigned product lines, identifying opportunities across customer segments, applications, channels, and partnerships and working with Sales to drive specifications, adoption, and revenue.
Build business cases connecting customer needs and competitive differentiation with market potential, pricing, target costs, forecasts, and expected financial returns; recommend where to invest, improve, or discontinue products.
Track sales, margins, adoption, and performance against business cases and forecasts, identify gaps, lead corrective actions, and adjust plans based on market results.
Engage architects, designers, building owners, facility managers, contractors, and distributors through interviews, field observations, and concept testing to understand product specification, purchasing, installation, use, and maintenance.
Combine customer insights, competitive intelligence, and market trends to identify unmet needs and evaluate growth opportunities and alternative solutions.
Develop segmentation, target audiences, positioning, value propositions, pricing recommendations, and go-to-market plans.
Lead launch planning with Sales and Marketing, including channel engagement, sales enablement, customer education, readiness milestones, and refinement of messaging and commercial approaches using market feedback.
Manage post-launch performance against adoption and financial goals and make changes to the product offer, messaging, pricing, or sales approach as needed.
Translate validated opportunities into product requirements and prioritized initiatives aligned with the category roadmap; lead cross-functional teams from concept through commercialization while managing timelines, budgets, risks, and dependencies.
Build alignment across teams, present recommendations, navigate competing priorities, resolve barriers, and establish decisions, responsibilities, and next steps.
Partner with Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, Sales, and suppliers to weigh customer value, performance, quality, cost, and timing and develop practical solutions.
Lead product improvements, value engineering, assortment recommendations, transitions, and pricing and cost initiatives to improve competitiveness and profitability.
Work with Quality, Engineering, Manufacturing, and suppliers to address recurring complaints and defects, improve reliability, and incorporate field learning into future products.
Ensure product content, competitive comparisons, training, and sales materials are accurate and clearly communicate customer benefits.
Improve product development and launch practices using lessons from project and market results.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
401(k) retirement plan.
Life and AD&D insurance.
Short-term and long-term disability insurance.
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA).
Paid Time Off (PTO).
Paid holidays.
Tuition reimbursement and educational assistance.
Employee learning, leadership, and professional development opportunities.
Employee wellness programs and resources.
On-site wellness amenities.
Employee conveniences and services, which may include massage, dry cleaning, and car wash services.