Product Manager

The Product Portfolio Manager will lead global product management for the RV, Marine, and Industrial verticals of the Pentair Spray & Specialty business category, with a primary focus on driving sustainable, profitable growth. This role drives new product development and portfolio management by shaping strategy, identifying growth opportunities, and engaging cross-functionally to execute high impact portfolio projects.

The Product Portfolio Manager will manage and lead the full product lifecycle for the Marine, RV, and Industrial product lines. This role will collaborate with divisional marketing, sales, engineering, and operations to build and execute a robust product roadmap. The individual suitable for this role must blend commercial acumen, strategic thinking, technical knowledge, data fluency, market insight, problem-solving, and execution capability to ensure the alignment of their product portfolio to customer needs and business category goals. The Product Portfolio Manager continuously uses data to inform decision making and product direction in ways that deliver positive outcomes for customers and the Spray & Specialty business.

Core Responsibilities

Product Strategy, Development and Management

• Discover valuable problems to solve and validate potential solutions with customers and the market.
• Develop a deep understanding of customer needs, business goals, and internal processes to inform product strategy and priority recommendations.
• Socialize the product strategy and ensure a collective understanding among internal and external stakeholders.
• Lead product strategy, planning, and lifecycle management efforts to support the ongoing evolution and innovation of the product portfolio.
• Monitor and analyze customer, market, technology trends and competitive intelligence to inform product strategy and proactively propose innovative solutions.
• Establish product roadmaps and release plans that satisfy requirements and achieve desired customer outcomes.
• Translate desired business outcomes into actionable product requirements.
• Evaluate product performance, including financial and operational metrics, to monitor product health and make lifecycle recommendations and decisions.
• Define, track, and communicate relevant KPIs for the portfolio to measure performance and contribution to business goals and strategy.
• Guide and empower the product engineering team to scope, plan and deliver work, applying best practices (e.g. reusability), to achieve new product introduction and cost savings delivery.
• Collaborate with category marketing to drive adoption and consumption of product capabilities, inclusive of identifying specific product experience enhancements intended to drive acquisition and expansion.
• Oversee product development processes from ideation to launch, working closely with engineering and operations.
• Develop technical product content and SKU information to support sales and marketing efforts.

Market Research, Analysis and Insight Utilization

• Utilize data analytics to continuously evaluate product performance and customer satisfaction, adjusting as necessary to meet evolving market demands.
• Capture and analyze product findings to drive continuous improvement and maintain consistency in product value.
• Quantitatively assess product, market, technology trends and feedback cycles to build data-driven customer understanding.

Customer Engagement, Testing and Training

• Establish and implement field tests and demo plans to maximize product impact and validations.
• Collaborate with training and engineering teams to develop and deliver product training materials, covering operation, service, maintenance and repair.
• Oversee the trademark registration process for new products to protect intellectual property rights and prevent infringement.
• Plan and conduct field tests with customers prior to product launch to gather feedback, identify potential issues, and validate product functionality.
• Coordinate and oversee material testing processes to ensure product quality, compliance and durability.

What You Will Bring To Pentair

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in product development, management, and/or commercialization.
• Proven track record of successfully managing products from concept to launch.
• Exceptional capability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and manage complex projects.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with experience reporting to senior leadership.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a data-driven approach to decision-making.
• A solid blend of technical and commercial aptitude with the ability to understand complex engineering concepts and navigate unique business processes.
• Ability to travel approximately 20% of the time, both domestic or international.

Accelerators

• Global industrial manufacturing experience and knowledge.
• Fluid management equipment product development knowledge.
• MBA or equivalent advanced degree.

Pentair is an Equal Opportunity Employer. With our expanding global presence, cross-cultural insight and competence are essential for our ongoing success. We believe that a diverse workforce contributes different perspectives and creative ideas that enable us to continue to improve every day.