Global Adjacent Markets PM II: Strategy, Growth & Launch

Donaldson; BLOOMINGTON (MN); On-site; USD 102,000 - 127,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401k plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Donaldson is seeking a Product Manager II – Global Adjacent Markets to own the product strategy and roadmap for adjacent market opportunities worldwide, driving cross-functional efforts from concept to market. This role leads lifecycle management, defines requirements, and coordinates with teams to turn market signals into profitable offers.

Based in Bloomington, MN, the role requires 5+ years in product-related roles, a bachelor's in a technical/related field, and willingness to travel up to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in product management, product development, applications engineering, business development, technical sales or a comparable role in an industrial, automotive, on-highway or off-highway OEM environment.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive the global product roadmap for assigned adjacent market opportunities, identifying gaps, risks and growth openings across segments, applications and geographies.
• Identify, evaluate and prioritize new market, customer and application opportunities through market sizing, whitespace analysis, competitive benchmarking and business case development.
• Translate market signals into prioritized development opportunities, balancing near-term revenue with longer-horizon platform bets.
• Conduct gap analysis against market and competitive requirements — define what must be closed technically, commercially and operationally for an offer to be market-ready.
• Support the business case behind each recommendation: sizing, assumptions, risks, required investment and expected return.
• Serve as the primary business stakeholder for new product development initiatives, working different areas in the organization to translate market needs into successful offerings.
• Own product lifecycle management for adjacent offers, from concept definition and launch through market maturity and handoff.
• Define and maintain product requirements, specifications, positioning and value proposition, keeping them current as markets, regulations and competition evolve.
• Manage post-launch performance — volume, margin, quality feedback and customer adoption — and drive corrective action, extension or exit decisions.
• Own the handoff of mature products into the responsible business, region or product line, including the development model, documentation and success criteria.
• Partner with Business Development, regional OEM sales and Revenue Operations to convert screened opportunities into qualified customer engagements, and to build the sales tools, value propositions and commercialization plans behind them.
• Assess market access barriers, including certifications, homologation, standards and regulatory requirements.
• Equip Business Development and regional sales to sell into unfamiliar space with application positioning, competitive context, pricing logic and technical answers.
• Represent the business through customer visits, site assessments, trade shows and industry events, across regions.
• Engage directly with OEM customers, end users and channel partners to detect unmet needs, regulatory shifts and emerging application requirements.
• Track and interpret regulatory and emissions developments affecting filtration and adjacent applications and translate their implications into product direction.
• Translate market and customer requirements for the organization — particularly development engineering — so that technical specifications reflect what customers will pay for.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business or related field

Job description

Donaldson is seeking a Product Manager II – Global Adjacent Markets to own the product strategy and roadmap for adjacent market opportunities worldwide, driving cross-functional efforts from concept to market. This role leads lifecycle management, defines requirements, and coordinates with teams to turn market signals into profitable offers.

Based in Bloomington, MN, the role requires 5+ years in product-related roles, a bachelor's in a technical/related field, and willingness to travel up to