Principal Product Manager

Carrier; Minnesota; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Carrier seeks an experienced product manager for Flame Detection Products in Minnesota. In this role, you'll oversee product lifecycle management and strategy execution, contributing to product development and marketing strategy.

Basic qualifications include a Bachelor’s Degree and 5+ years in product development. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong communication skills and business acumen, focusing on transforming insights into successful go-to-market strategies.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ product development experience required.
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time is essential.

Responsibilities

• Oversee research and analytics for marketing strategies.
• Manage the product lifecycle and P&L for Flame Detection Products.
• Develop and execute multi-year product strategies.

Skills

Product development experience

Human-centered design principles

Communication skills

Financial analysis methods

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Job description

Carrier is the leading global provider of healthy, safe and sustainable building and cold chain solutions with a world‑class, diverse workforce with business segments covering HVAC, refrigeration, and fire and security. We make modern life possible by delivering safer, smarter and more sustainable services that make a difference to people and our planet while revolutionizing industry trends. This is why we come to work every day. Join us and we can make a difference together.

Det‑Tronics and Autronica are two strong business units within Carrier’s Industrial Fire Products and Solutions business. These two brands are collectively multi-million $ businesses that are technologically innovative and have a global reach with manufacturing sites in Norway, the U.S., and a sales presence around the globe.

About this role

In this role you will be responsible for overseeing research and analytics to support and contribute to the development of marketing strategies. Responsible for prioritizing projects and identifying opportunities of improvement to enhance Product Management performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Owns and drives the product lifecycle management and the P&L for Flame Detection Products
• Identifies and partners with third‑party suppliers to expand our total solution offerings
• Ownership of product portfolio multi‑year strategy development & execution. Partners across the organization to identify and prioritize the product roadmap to business objective attainment
• Collaborates with functional peers to define & secure resources necessary to support projects
• Ensures the appropriate mix of projects is active to achieve revenue and profitability goals
• Prioritizes mix and scope of projects to maximize ROI for the organization
• Facilitates effective execution of the stage‑gate product development process across teams
• Ensure project teams quickly reach decisions that help balance customer and business objectives.
• Translate product core benefits to inform successful go‑to‑market strategies
• Ownership of pricing strategy for assigned categories
• Work with cross‑functional teams to actively upgrade, value engineering, and retire products
• Be critical about SKU proliferation and lead SKU rationalization
• Partner to ensure that training, marketing material, etc., communicate product value & differentiation in a compelling way

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 5+ years’ product development experience
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years’ product development experience
• Significant experience developing product road maps and executing product development plans
• Demonstrated aptitude in leveraging human‑centered design principles to deliver customer‑focused products and solutions
• Knowledge and experience in flame detection or other sensing industries
• Knowledge of NFPA 72 National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code
• Entrepreneurial and innovative product owner with a strategic mindset
• Ability to influence and collaborate with senior management and work across all levels of the organization
• An executive presence with polished and well‑developed facilitation, written and oral communication skills, demonstrating creativity and technical expertise
• Assertive and confident with a strong point of view while able to understand/empathize and support other perspectives. Intent on building trusting and collaborative partnerships/relationships
• Well‑versed in all aspects of product lifecycle management & development
• Strong business acumen, including a solid understanding of financial analysis methods