Deputy Manager - Product Management

Aliaxis; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Aliaxis in Bengaluru is seeking a Deputy Manager - Product Management to own and support the development, execution, and performance of the product portfolio. You will lead cross-functional efforts, gather market insights, drive pricing strategies, and enable effective portfolio governance to support growth.

You will collaborate with Sales, Marketing, R&D, and Supply Chain to deliver product roadmaps, manage lifecycle, and ensure successful launches aligned with business goals.

Qualifications

• Portfolio strategy and category management skills.
• Experience in lifecycle management and product governance.
• Strong market and competitive intelligence capabilities.
• Ability to translate insights into product and pricing strategies.
• Experience leading cross-functional product development projects.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the portfolio strategy aligned with objectives and profitability targets.
• Identify growth opportunities across segments, channels, and geographies.
• Develop category roadmaps and manage IPD/NPD opportunities.
• Drive stage-gate processes for product development and launches.
• Coordinate pricing analyses, profitability planning, and value engineering.
• Create compelling value propositions and go-to-market plans.
• Establish KPIs, dashboards, and governance for portfolio performance.

Skills

Portfolio Strategy

Product Lifecycle

Market Intelligence

Roadmap & Innovation

New Product Development

Pricing & Profitability

Product Launch

PMR Governance

Cross-Functional Mgmt

Job description

## Deputy Manager - Product ManagementApply: IN KA - Ecity Corporate: Posted Today: End Date: November 5, 2026 (1 day left to apply): R-59028**Role Summary:** The Deputy Manager - Product Management will own & support the development, execution, and performance management of the assigned product portfolio through market analysis, product lifecycle management, new product development, competitive intelligence, pricing support, and cross-functional collaboration. The role will contribute to portfolio growth by coordinating product initiatives, supporting product launches, generating actionable market insights, and enabling effective portfolio governance.**Roles and Responsibility:****A. Portfolio Strategy & Growth**· Define and execute the portfolio strategy aligned with business objectives, growth priorities, and profitability targets.· Identify portfolio gaps, growth opportunities, and white-space opportunities across segments, applications, channels, and geographies.· Develop category roadmaps and portfolio plans to drive market share, growth, and portfolio improvement.· prioritize investments and initiatives based on market attractiveness, strategic fit, competitive advantage, and commercial potential.**B. Market, Customer & Competitive Insights**· Generate actionable market, customer, and competitive intelligence to support portfolio decisions.· Track market trends, customer needs, industry developments, and emerging technologies.· Conduct competitor benchmarking across portfolio, pricing, positioning, value proposition, and go-to-market activities.· Translate insights into product, pricing, innovation, and growth opportunities.**C. Product Roadmap & Innovation Management**· Develop and manage product roadmaps aligned with customer needs, market opportunities, and business priorities.· Identify, evaluate, and prioritize IPD, NPD, and portfolio enhancement opportunities.· Define product concepts, business requirements, target applications, and commercial objectives.· Drive innovation pipeline governance from concept through commercialization.**D. Product Development & Commercialization**· Lead cross-functional product development projects through defined stage-gate processes.· Ensure timely completion of development milestones, validation activities, certifications, and launch readiness.· Coordinate customer trials, pilot programs, and technical validations.· Conduct post-launch reviews and track delivery against approved business cases.**E. Portfolio Lifecycle & SKU Management**· Manage products across lifecycle stages to maximize growth, profitability, and strategic relevance.· Monitor portfolio performance across revenue, volume, margin, inventory, and market adoption.· Lead SKU rationalization, portfolio simplification, migration, and phase-out initiatives.· Maintain portfolio integrity and product master data governance.**F. Pricing, Profitability & Value Engineering**· Develop pricing strategies to enhance competitiveness, value capture, and profitability.· Conduct pricing analysis, price-volume-mix reviews, and profitability assessments.· Identify and deliver VAVE and cost optimization initiatives without compromising customer value.· Evaluate business cases, investment returns, and margin improvement opportunities.**G. Value Proposition & Go-to-Market**· Develop compelling value propositions and positioning strategies for products and solutions.· Translate product features into customer and commercial benefits.· Define and execute product launch and go-to-market plans.· Monitor launch performance and drive corrective actions where required.**H. Product Communication & Capability Building**· Develop product communication tools, technical literature, sales assets, and training materials.· Enable Sales, Marketing, channel partners, and customers through effective product training.· Ensure consistency and accuracy of product messaging across all touchpoints.· Support customer-facing teams with product expertise and competitive positioning.**I. Portfolio Governance & Business Performance**· Establish KPIs, scorecards, and performance dashboards for the assigned portfolio.· Lead portfolio reviews, PMR discussions, and business performance assessments.· Track benefits realisation, portfolio health, innovation pipeline performance, and action closures.· Provide management with performance insights, recommendations, and decision support.**J. Compliance, Risk & Quality Management**· Ensure compliance with applicable quality, regulatory, safety, and legal requirements.· Support complaint analysis, corrective actions, and continuous product improvement.· Assess product risks throughout development, launch, and lifecycle stages.· Ensure robust product documentation, claims management, and certification compliance.**K. Planning, Budgeting & Resource Management**· Develop annual product plans, launch calendars, and portfolio priorities.· Manage product development, research, and market activation budgets.· Evaluate investment effectiveness and ensure optimal resource allocation.· Support annual planning and long-range business plans.**L. Cross-Functional Stakeholder Management**· Collaborate closely with Sales, Marketing, R&D, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Finance, Quality, Procurement, and external partners.· Lead cross-functional alignment to ensure successful delivery of portfolio objectives.· Manage external agencies, consultants, development partners, and vendors where applicable.· Drive accountability, decision-making, and execution discipline across stakeholders.**Skills and Competencies**Portfolio Strategy & Category Management, Product Lifecycle Management, Market & Competitive Intelligence, Product Roadmap & Innovation Management, IPD / New Product Development, Pricing & Profitability Management, Product Launch & Go-to-Market, PMR & Portfolio Governance, Value Engineering (VAVE), and Cross-Functional Stakeholder Management.**Core Values for the Role (Aliaxis Values):**Embodies the Aliaxis values of We Care, We Dare, and We Deliver through customer focus, innovation-driven decision making, collaborative leadership, ownership, and execution excellence.### About UsAt Aliaxis, we design sustainable, easy to install, and innovative solutions to address the world’s water challenges and accelerate the transition to clean energy. Thanks to our 15,000+ employees in over 40 countries, our pipes and fitting systems meet our customers’ most demanding needs for the building, infrastructure, industrial and agriculture sectors. Read more about us www.aliaxis.com.**Aliaxis’ Purpose**Aliaxis has embarked on a positive journey with its “Growth with Purpose” strategy, implementing ambitious, urgent actions for sustainability and innovation that will pay off in the short term. By 2025, we will be focusing on the areas where we can create the biggest impact: on carbon reduction in our plants and on increasing the share of recycled content in our products. In conjunction, we will continue to develop more and better water solutions for society as a whole. We are looking for passionate people that want to be part of our journey and embrace the behaviors that we at Aliaxis stand for:* We Dare to challenge the status quo, to innovate and to learn fast,* We Care for the environment, our customers and each other,* We Deliver by taking accountability for our decisions and actions.