Product Manager

Star Pipe Products; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Star Pipe Products is seeking a Product Manager to drive product strategy and lifecycle management for its product lines. You will liaise between Sales, Engineering, and Marketing, ensuring alignment on requirements, positioning, and customer needs.

The role emphasizes delivering value to customers, optimizing product offerings, and supporting sales with technical documentation and market feedback.

Qualifications

• Requires a Mechanical/Construction/Technical degree.
• Water/wastewater knowledge is a plus.
• Sales experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Gain deep understanding of customer experience and identify product gaps to grow market share.
• Oversee new product development from strategic planning to market entry.
• Provide technical assistance to both customer and sales department.
• Work with engineering to deliver fast time-to-market and optimize resources.
• Develop sales tools and literature to support the sales force.
• Represent the company when visiting customers to solicit feedback.

Skills

Sales experience

Product Knowledge

Product Application knowledge

Ability to manage multiple projects

Word, Excel, PowerPoint proficiency

Education

Mechanical / Construction / Technical - Degree

Knowledge of water and wastewater is a plus

Tools

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

• Build products from existing ideas and help to develop new ideas based on your industry experience and your contact with customers and prospects.
• Must possess a unique blend of business and technical savvy with a big-picture vision, and the drive to make that vision a reality
• Must be able to communicate with all areas of the company:
• Engineering as a counterpart to define product release requirements
• Marketing communications to define the go-to-market strategy, helping them understand the product positioning, key benefits, and target customer
• Serve as the internal and external promoter for your product offering, occasionally working with the sales channel and key customers

Brief Description

Essential Functions

• Build products from existing ideas and help to develop new ideas based on your industry experience and your contact with customers and prospects.
• Must possess a unique blend of business and technical savvy with a big-picture vision, and the drive to make that vision a reality
• Must be able to communicate with all areas of the company:
• Engineering as a counterpart to define product release requirements
• Marketing communications to define the go-to-market strategy, helping them understand the product positioning, key benefits, and target customer
• Serve as the internal and external promoter for your product offering, occasionally working with the sales channel and key customers

Duties And Responsibilities

Gain a deep understanding of customer experience, identify and fill product gaps and generate new ideas that grow market share, improve customer experience and drive growth

• Managing new product development from strategic planning to market entry
• Handling warranty issues with our product internally and externally
• Provide technical assistance to both customer and sales department
• Work closely with engineering teams to deliver with quick time-to-market and optimal resources
• Analyzing potential partner relationships for the product
• Specifying market requirements for current and future products by conducting market research supported by ongoing visits to customers and non-customers
• Represent the company by visiting customers to solicit feedback on the company
• Develop sales tools, i.e., presentations, application notes, demo CDs, technical documentation, and competitive analyses to assist the sales force
• Provide input for literature and advertisements
• Participate in trade shows
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

Education/Experience

Required:

• Mechanical / Construction / Technical - Degree
• Knowledgeable in water and wastewater a plus
• Sales experience a plus
• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously
• Knowledge of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Required:

Knowledge, Skills, Licenses, Certifications, Etc.:

• Product Knowledge
• Product Application knowledge

Physical Demands

• The ability to sit for extended periods

Work Environment

• Office work environment

Summary

As Product Manager, you will be involved in all aspects of our product lines. This extends from increasing the profitability of existing products to developing new products for the company. Must be able to act as a liaison between the Sales department and Product Management, deal with customers both internal and external, as well as technical product support and pricing issues.

Star Pipe Products is an Equal Opportunity Employer