Modular Architecture Product Manager

CNH Industrial; Sioux Falls (SD); Hybrid; USD 137,000 - 211,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Savings & Retirement benefits

Parental leave

Adoption assistance

Fertility & Family building support

Employee Assistance Programs

Charitable contribution matching and V

Volunteer Time Off

Job summary

CNH is seeking an executive-visible leader to shape the technology foundation of CNH machines. This role translates customer needs into modular, scalable precision architecture across global platforms and collaborates with design reviews and business reviews to influence strategy.

The candidate will advocate across engineering, product, and commercial teams, balancing technical feasibility with commercial value, and travel internationally up to 30%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical field.
• 10+ years shaping architecture decisions on complex products.
• Experience leading through influence across global, cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the vision for translating customer requirements into vehicle electronics and precision architecture across CNH platforms.
• Anticipate future capabilities and ensure architecture readiness for automation and autonomy.
• Lead simplification of fragmented architectures to drive reuse, reduce cost, and improve quality.
• Set cost and margin targets and maintain them through development.
• Bridge Product Management, Precision, and vehicle platform teams to align priorities.

Skills

Vehicle electronics

Precision technology

Embedded systems

Architecture decisions

Cross-functional leadership

Global collaboration

Strategic thinking

Executive influencing

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

Category: Precision Technology

Job Type: Full Time

Working Mode: Hybrid

About Us

At CNH, we're driven by a clear purpose: we serve and advance the people who feed and build a growing world.

As a global leader in agriculture and construction, we create the equipment, technology, and solutions that help our customers work more productively and sustainably. Our success starts with our people, and we foster a collaborative culture where innovation thrives and every employee has the opportunity to grow.

Grow a Career. Build a Future.

If you're ready to make an impact and build a career with purpose, there's a place for you at CNH.

Job Purpose

This is a rare, executive-visible individual contributor role for a leader who can shape the technology foundation of every CNH machine. You will define how precision technology and customer needs come together across our global vehicle platforms, turning a fragmented landscape into a simplified, modular architecture that scales. The right person is equally credible with engineers in a design review and executives in a business review, and earns influence across the organization without needing formal authority.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the vision for how customer requirements translate into vehicle electronics and precision architecture across all CNH agricultural platforms and brands.
• Anticipate where technology, customer needs, and the market are heading, and ensure our architecture is ready to absorb future capabilities, from advanced automation to autonomy.
• Lead the simplification of fragmented architectures across platforms, driving commonality and reuse that accelerate launches, reduce cost, and improve quality.
• Set cost and margin targets grounded in the customer and business value each architecture delivers, and hold the line on those targets through development.
• Serve as the connective tissue between Product Management, Precision, and vehicle platform teams, aligning priorities, resolving trade-offs, and building consensus at every level.
• Represent the voice of the customer and dealer in architecture decisions, ensuring technical choices translate into real value in the field.
• Influence senior leaders with clear, data-driven recommendations that balance technical feasibility, commercial opportunity, and long-term strategy.
• Be the single point of contact for Platforms Product management across the full portfolio
• Integrate & lead automation and technology features requests harmonizing them into a single roadmap cross platform
• Drive our and competitors, Ag vehicles stay in the cabin with customers and understand how a tractor, a combine, a sprayer operate

Experience Required

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical field.
• 10+ years of experience in vehicle electronics, precision technology, embedded systems, or a related field, with a track record of shaping architecture decisions on complex products.
• Rare blend of deep technical fluency and strong commercial acumen, including experience building business cases, cost models, and margin targets.
• Proven ability to lead through influence across global, cross-functional organizations, earning trust with engineering, product, commercial, and executive stakeholders alike.
• Experience working across regions and cultures, with an understanding of how customer needs and market requirements differ globally.
• Strategic thinker who can simplify complexity, communicate crisply, and move large organizations toward a shared direction.
• Willingness to travel internationally up to ~30%.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or advanced degree a plus.
• Experience in agriculture, off-highway, automotive, or heavy equipment strongly preferred.

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Pay Transparency

The annual salary for this role is USD $137,475.00 - $210,795.00 plus any applicable bonus (Actual salaries will vary and will be based on various factors, such as skill, experience and qualification for the role.)

For roles open across multiple locations, the salary range indicated refers to the primary location. If a different location is considered, the applicable salary range will be communicated to candidates prior to the first interview.

What We Offer

We offer dynamic career opportunities across an international landscape. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to delivering value for all our employees and fostering a culture of respect.

At CNH, we understand that the best solutions come from the diverse experiences and skills of our people. Here, you will be empowered to grow your career, to follow your passion, and help build a better future. To support our employees, we offer regional comprehensive benefits, including:

• Savings & Retirement benefits
• Parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Fertility & Family building support
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Charitable contribution matching and Volunteer Time Off

Click here to learn more about our benefits offerings! (US only)

US applicants: CNH Industrial is an equal opportunity employer. This company considers candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. Applicants can learn more about their rights by viewing the federal "Know Your Rights" poster here. CNH Industrial participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. You can view additional information here.

Canada applicants: CNH Industrial is an equal opportunity employer. This company considers candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, nationality, place of origin, disability, marital status, family status, age, or any other ground prohibited by applicable provincial human rights legislation.

Explore the exciting and rewarding career opportunities in our engineering and technical departments, where you can grow your skills and experience, advance your career, and meet customer needs with innovative solutions.

Technology Creates New Opportunities to Feed the World

We partner with customers and listen to their needs, using their feedback to innovate technology that utilizes connectivity, computer vision, and artificial intelligence.

We have shaped the history of agriculture with pioneering firsts spanning over three centuries.

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