Deputy Manager - Product Management

Aliaxis; India; Remote; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Aliaxis India is seeking a Deputy Manager - Product Management to own development, execution, and performance of the assigned portfolio through market analysis, lifecycle management, and cross-functional collaboration to drive growth and governance.

You will lead market insights, pricing support, and new product development, coordinate launches, manage IPD/NPD concepts, and ensure timely milestones, compliance, and strong value propositions for customers.

Job description

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, RD, 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.

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