Product Marketing Manager
Marketing, Media & Creative · Product Marketing · Product Management
In short
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute category strategy and multi-year product roadmaps for profitable growth.
- Own the product lifecycle from strategy through commercialization, including NPD, launches, and optimization.
- Lead cross-functional teams through a structured stage-gate process for new product development.
- Own the category P&L, ensuring revenue and margin targets are met.
- Identify and champion new business opportunities and product adjacencies.
- Develop and maintain category performance scorecards and conduct market analysis.
- Serve as the category expert on competitive products, pricing, and market dynamics.
- Gather, synthesize, and analyze market, consumer, and competitive intelligence.
- Support strategic business processes like annual operating planning and demand forecasting.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree required; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
- Minimum 5+ years of progressive experience in Product Marketing, Product Management, Category Management, Consumer Insights, or related commercial functions.
- Demonstrated track record of delivering business results.
- Experience in decorative plumbing, home improvement, building products, consumer durables, or adjacent categories strongly preferred.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
- Advanced presentation skills, comfortable presenting to senior leadership and external audiences.
- Strong project management skills; ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives.
- Advanced P&L and budget management knowledge.
- Advanced category management knowledge including assortment, pricing, and promotional strategy.
- Experience with syndicated data tools and market research platforms.
Desired Qualifications
- Ability to build growth-oriented product roadmaps.
- Ability to translate insights into winning market strategies.
- Passion for competing in the fashion plumbing and home improvement categories.
- Ability to understand both consumer and technical dimensions of products.
- Balance of commercial acumen, consumer empathy, and product curiosity.
- Ability to translate engineering and functional product features into compelling value propositions.
- Experience managing category, product line, or portfolio performance, including pricing, profitability, business case development, and lifecycle management.
- Strong analytical, financial, and problem-solving skills.
- Familiarity with databases and visual reporting tools (Power BI a plus).
- Familiarity with ERP and product information management systems.
Benefits
- Paid time off, including sick and vacation days
- 12 paid holidays
- Job-protected leave benefits in accordance with applicable law
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
- Supplemental critical illness, hospital, accident, and indemnity available for purchase
- Health and flexible savings accounts subject to eligibility requirements
- 401(k) plan with employer contributions and matching subject to plan eligibility requirements
Skills
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Company
ASSA ABLOY GroupJob Posted
2 weeks ago
Expires
in 3 weeks
Employment Type
Full Time
Work mode
Hybrid
Salary
US$117,482–184,615 · Negotiable
Hours per week
40
Experience Level
Mid-Senior
Locations
Lake Forest, United States
Qualification
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