Product Manager - Filtration

Pentair; Hanover Park (IL); On-site; USD 82,000 - 153,000; Full time

Job summary

Pentair is recruiting a Product Manager to own the roadmap, strategy, and lifecycle of its filtration product portfolio. You will lead cross-functional teams to improve market position, pricing, and profitability while guiding the product through inception to end of life.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in product management, a BA/BS, and experience with filtration products; travel up to 30% is expected, with location flexibility including Chicago or Seacoast, NH.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Product Manager creating and maintaining product roadmaps.
• BA/BS degree required.
• Experience with filtration or related products is desired.
• Experience collaborating with design and engineering teams to deliver products and features.
• Financial acumen to support pricing, profitability, and valuation of new product development projects.
• Ability to travel up to 30%.
• Location ideally in Chicago but also open to Seacoast, NH.

Responsibilities

• Serve as SME for Filtration Products and support commercial team to drive customer adoption and market penetration.
• Set priorities and urgency within your product family and execute the strategy.
• Refine product roadmap and positioning using data, stakeholder interviews, competitive analysis, voice-of-the-customer research, and industry trends.
• Collaborate with sales, marketing, engineering, project management, and manufacturing operations to deliver product line growth.
• Utilize 80/20 principles to optimize product performance and reduce complexity.

Skills

Product management experience

Data-driven decisions

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

BA/BS degree

Job description

Job Description:

At Pentair, you will work alongside passionate problem-solvers who are committed to the future of our planet. We put our mission into practice, helping the world sustainably move, improve, and enjoy water, life's most essential resource. From our residential water filtration to industrial water management to pool products and more, our 9,000 global employees serve customers in more than 150 countries, working to help create a better world for people and the planet through smart, sustainable water solutions.

We have an opportunity for a Product Manager to join our team. You will be a key leader who refines and optimizes the overall product strategy for Pentair's portfolio of products. You will do this by owning the product: roadmap, strategy, financial performance, and life cycle from inception through end of life. We are looking to our product managers to ensure the building blocks of our company are competitive and growing and as such need strong leaders that enjoy a challenge.

You will:

• Serve as a subject matter expert for Filtration Products as well as the key connection point for other functional subject matter experts. Always supporting the commercial team to drive customer adoption and market penetration for commercial filtration products.
• Set the tone for priority and urgency within your product family by consistently acting as a team player, identifying opportunities, and focusing on execution of our strategy.
• Refine your product roadmap and market positioning using data, stakeholder interviews, competitive analysis, voice-of-the-customer research, and industry trends.
• Ensure our products are always positioned to be industry leading by collaborating with all functional areas (sales, marketing, engineering, project management, and manufacturing operations) to deliver exceptional product line growth.
• Utilize 80/20 principles and tools to optimize our product performance while ensuring we strive to eliminate complicity.

Key Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience as a Product Manager creating and maintaining product roadmaps.
• BA/BS degree required.
• Experience with filtration or related products is desired.
• Experience collaborating with design and engineering teams to deliver products and features.
• Financial acumen to support larger team in pricing, profitability, and valuation of new product development projects.
• Ability to travel up to 30%.
• Location ideally in Chicago but also open to Seacoast, NH.

Compensation:

For this full-time position working at this location, the anticipated annualized base pay range will be from $82300 - $152800 / year. At Pentair, it is not typical for an individual to be hired near the bottom or top of the pay range. Pentair considers various factors in determining actual compensation for this position at the expected location. Actual compensation will be commensurate with demonstrable level of experience and training, pertinent education including licensure and certifications, work location, and other relevant business or organizational needs. This position may be eligible for other forms of compensation such as, annual incentive bonus.

Benefits:

As a Pentair employee, you would enjoy a wide array of benefit options to help keep you and your family healthy and protected, health benefits, a generous 401(k), employee stock purchase program, disability benefits, life insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, parental leave, caregiver leave, tuition reimbursement, plus paid time off and wellness programs to encourage a healthy work/life balance.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Pentair is an Equal Opportunity Employer. With our expanding global presence, cross-cultural insight and competence are essential for our ongoing success. We believe that a diverse workforce contributes different perspectives and creative ideas that enable us to continue to improve every day.