SVP, Product Management & Global Engineering
About The Position
The SVP of Global Product Management & Engineering is the senior leader responsible for defining, evolving, and executing the company’s global product strategy while overseeing engineering and research functions that enable product innovation and lifecycle excellence. The SVP establishes and sustains the policies, practices, and organizational capabilities needed to ensure that product decisions are grounded in customer insights, data, and long‑term business objectives, and that engineering and product teams operate with clarity, rigor, and accountability. This role directs end‑to-end product management from concept & requirements, through design, development, testing, launch, optimization, and retirement. The role provides vision and leadership for product management, project management, engineering, product design, metallurgical engineering, testing, tooling, and core product technology systems. This position drives best‑in-class product development, aligns cross‑functional stakeholders, and ensures that all product and engineering activities support the company’s strategic direction and financial targets. This role is for a visionary leader who drives a fast-paced, transformative environment and is passionate about shaping the future of technology through relentless innovation and improvement.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or relative technical field required
- 10+ years of product management experience, with at least 7 years in senior leadership roles
- 5+ years of product design and development in manufacturing required
- Proven success managing global consumer product portfolios
- Strong technical and business acumen, with the ability to translate complex requirements into clear product direction
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross‑functional teams in a matrixed, multinational environment
- Expertise in product development methodologies and lifecycle management
- Exceptional communication, strategic thinking, and decision‑making skills
Responsibilities
- Talent Development & Culture: Build and nurture a high-performing, motivated organization. Promote a culture of learning, adaptability, and collaboration. Set ambitious goals, provide regular feedback, and empower teams to challenge the status quo. Use key performance indicators to track progress and implement countermeasures for continuous growth.
- Portfolio Leadership: Manage the global product portfolio, ensuring the right balance of new product development, enhancements, and lifecycle optimization. Prioritize investments using data‑driven frameworks (e.g., ROI, customer value, strategic fit). Drive cross‑regional product alignment while allowing for local market adaptation when necessary.
- Product Performance & Lifecycle Management: Define and track key product performance metrics (e.g., adoption, satisfaction, cost, margin, quality). Lead post‑launch reviews and continuous improvement initiatives. Make data‑driven decisions on product enhancements, cost optimizations, and end‑of-life planning.
- Innovation Leadership: Identify, incubate, and implement breakthrough technologies and business systems that redefine our competitive edge. Foster an entrepreneurial mindset across business teams, encouraging experimentation and rapid prototyping. Collaborate with executive leadership, business managers, and external partners to anticipate market shifts and position the product assortment as a strategic enabler. Build and maintain a multi‑year product roadmap that balances innovation, customer value, operational feasibility, and financial impact. Identify emerging consumer trends, technologies, and competitive dynamics to inform strategic decisions.
- Continuous Improvement & Agility: Embed continuous improvement as a core competency, using data-driven insights and customer feedback to iterate on products and processes. Lead regular forums, steering committees, project teams, and user interviews to surface opportunities for enhancement. Integrate Lean and Agile principles to accelerate delivery and maximize value.
- Analysis and Workflow: Develop strategies, tactics, priorities, and plans for successful intellectual property development and implementation. Ensure resources, including peoples, tools, processes, equipment and training, are available. Evaluate new technology, processes and materials to improve productivity, lower design and product cost and improve quality. Research and evaluate opportunities from internal marketing, sales sources, and information from external sources to brainstorm ideas in developing these technologies and strategies that will result in innovative products.
- Collaborative Team Management: Capital planning and resource coordination for applicable functional areas. Maintain expertise in both mechanical engineering and product management. Customer feedback/management. Liaison with Customers (OEMs, Dealers, Distributors, Retail) on engineering matters, customer feedback, and product liability representation. Provide company representation to product safety / standards organizations. Provide tours, demonstrations, customer/user training, as needed.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits available on day one (no waiting period)
- 401k matching (100% of first 3%, 50% of next 3% = 4.5% match on 6% contribution)
- Paid holidays and earn up to 120 hours vacation during your first year of service
- One paid Community Involvement Day available per calendar year
- Global company with small company feel
- Casual work attire
- Complimentary snack and coffee/tea to keep you fueled
- Onsite cafeteria offering a variety of convenient options
- Onsite Physical Therapist
- Onsite Fitness center
- Public Transit access
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
