The Product Manager owns the entire product lifecycle, from conceptualization to obsolescence, defining what to build by translating market and customer needs into solutions that deliver profitable growth and competitive differentiation. This role is responsible for developing product roadmaps, managing product P&L, and ensuring alignment with customer needs and market opportunities. The Product Manager partners cross‑functionally to deliver and maintain innovative, high‑impact products that meet business objectives.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and execute 5‑year product roadmaps, managing the product lifecycle from development to obsolescence.
- Set product priorities for new developments and manage product P&L to optimize margins.
- Create comprehensive business cases outlining expected returns.
- Define product positioning and ensure designs meet customer use cases.
- Own and accurately maintain product information throughout the lifecycle.
- Gather and analyze Voice of Customer insights to inform product features and functionality.
- Translate market and customer insights into clear product requirements, features, and technical direction.
- Balance growth, cost, and profitability through disciplined product portfolio and lifecycle management.
- Own product data integrity and structure, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and alignment with global data standards to enable effective commercialization, analytics, and digital tools.
- Support pricing strategy and execution by providing product inputs and partnering with Pricing to enable value‑based pricing, margin optimization, and competitive positioning.
- Develop and support sales enablement tools (e.g., product documentation, technical collateral, value drivers) to ensure accurate representation of product capabilities and effective customer engagement.
- Partner cross‑functionally (engineering, operations, commercial) to ensure successful delivery and adoption.
- Continuously refine products based on performance, feedback, and evolving customer needs.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum five years of experience in product management, product development, or a related field.
- Proven leadership and communication skills with success in aligning cross‑functional teams to deliver product roadmaps and achieve revenue goals.
- Advanced proficiency with product lifecycle management tools, data analysis platforms, and performance tracking systems.
- Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills rooted in data‑driven decision‑making and customer‑centric product development.
- A relentless pursuit of excellence and a strong desire to build innovative products that deliver profitable growth and competitive differentiation.
- Deep commitment to ownership, continuous learning, and taking proactive steps to improve product outcomes.
Preferred Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, engineering, marketing, or a related field.
- Advanced knowledge of product positioning, pricing strategies, and P&L management.
- Experience in developing business cases, ROI analysis, and product roadmaps.
- Deep understanding of Voice of Customer (VoC) insights, translating into product requirements.
- Familiarity with agile development methodologies and tools.
Benefits
Flexible and competitive benefits plans offer the right options to meet your individual/family needs. We provide employees with flexible time off plans, including paid parental leave (maternal and paternal), vacation and holiday leave.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Copeland is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. We are committed to providing a workplace free of any discrimination or harassment.