Director Product Management

The Freeman Company (TFC) Brands; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Parental Leave

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Retirement Match

Paid Time Off

Annual Bonus

Job summary

The Freeman Company is seeking a Director of Product Management to lead strategy, development, optimization, and lifecycle management of its structures, furniture, fixtures, and flooring products across national markets. You will identify market trends, customer needs, and emerging tech to enhance existing products and drive new solutions while reducing total cost of ownership.

As a senior leader, you will partner with Supply Chain, Procurement, Sales, Marketing, Creative, Legal, Design, and

Qualifications

• Experience leading product strategy across multiple lines in a complex organization.
• Ability to build and communicate business cases, roadmaps and GTM plans.
• Strong collaboration with Supply Chain, Procurement, Sales, Marketing and Legal.

Responsibilities

• Create product strategy and lifecycle plans from concept to retirement.
• Develop merchandising, pricing and market positioning strategies.
• Lead cross‑functional workshops and drive go‑to‑market initiatives.
• Collaborate with procurement on vendor partnerships and global sourcing.
• Develop training and sales collateral for product launches.
• Support product claims with legal and IP considerations.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Communication

Strategic thinking

Market research

Product lifecycle management

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor’s degree preferred

PM/Product Certification (PPM) preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

About Us

The Freeman Company is a global leader in events, on a mission to redefine live for a new era. With a data‑driven approach and the industry’s largest network of experts, The Freeman Company’s insights shape exhibitions, exhibits, and events that drive audiences to action. The integrated full‑service solutions leverage a 99‑year legacy in event management as well as new technologies to deliver moments that matter.

Summary

The Director of Product Management will report to the VP of Digital Merchandising & Content and is responsible for leading the strategy, development, optimization, and lifecycle management of Freeman's nationwide portfolio of structures, furniture, fixtures, and flooring products, including all Modular Build Systems (MBS) and FLEX. The role drives product innovation by identifying market trends, customer needs, and emerging technologies to enhance existing products, develop new solutions, and improve profitability while reducing total cost of ownership.

Working cross‑functionally with Supply Chain, Procurement, Sales, Marketing, Creative, Legal, Design, and Operations, this position develops product roadmaps, product positioning, merchandising and pricing strategies, business cases, and go‑to‑market plans. The role oversees the complete product lifecycle—from concept through retirement. Responsibilities also include building an innovative product mix to maximize revenue and profitability, identifying and managing partnerships that drive efficiency and standardization across the Freeman network, and creating enterprise‑wide product training to support successful adoption and commercialization.

Locations

• Dallas, TX
• Chicago, IL
• Las Vegas, NV

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Create competitive, innovative product mix to increase both revenue and profitability for structures, furniture, fixtures and flooring categories
• Establish master product matrix by category to include customer segmentation, product requirements, features, certifications, pricing, sustainability and containerization specifications
• Charter ongoing market and consumer research. Responsible for staying ahead of new and emerging trends and providing recommendations for existing product enhancements and new innovation opportunities
• Create clearly defined merchandising and pricing strategies to include upsell and cross sell opportunities
• Responsible for the entire product lifecycle including phase out
• Plan and execute cross‑functional team workshops, meetings and customer showcases
• Collaborate with procurement on domestic and global vendor partnership development and management
• Develop business case for all products in development in partnership with cross‑functional leads
• Support product claims and protect intellectual property through collaboration with legal department
• Develop sales collateral to support all product launches partnering with marketing and creative
• Create and implement product training process across the enterprise – Growth, Design and Delivery
• Support all customer product presentations as required
• Perform other duties as assigned

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree preferred; High School Diploma or Equivalent with relevant work experience required
• 10–15+ years related product development experience or equivalent
• Product Development Management Association certification preferred
• Trade show, retail, or hospitality industry experience preferred
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and ability to communicate with all levels in the organization
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously

Travel Requirements

Travel up to 25%.

What We Offer

• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Parental Leave
• Life, Accident and Disability
• Retirement with Company Match
• Paid Time Off
• Salary range of $130,000–$140,000 based upon experience
• Eligible for an annual bonus of up to 15% of the base salary

Diversity Commitment

At The Freeman Company, our commitment to diversity and inclusion is helping us to create not only a great place to work, but also an environment where our employees, our customers and our communities around the world can reach their goals and connect with each other. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status and other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.