Ride Control Product Manager — North America

DRiV; Southfield (MI); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

DRiV, located in Southfield, MI, is seeking an experienced Product Manager to execute ride control product strategy and roadmap for North America. This on-site role requires cross-functional leadership across engineering, sales, operations, and finance to bring DRiV’s Ride Control products to market.

The ideal candidate has 6+ years in product management, with strong communication, leadership, and P&L skills.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of progressive work experience within product management, purchasing, supply chain, business development, strategy, sales or engineering.
• Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition.
• Proficiency with a CRM system and SAP.
• Experience with stage gate product management.
• Bachelor's degree; Master's degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop, present and manage the product roadmap and market strategy, that includes P&Ls and managing profitability, and margin improvement projects.
• Define the product offering and identifies gaps and customer needs by creating vision, strategy and requirements for products; utilizing available studies and competitive analysis to identify customer needs.
• Understand and manage product/services life cycles, profitability, demand planning, new product/services development ideation.
• Lead and influence cross-functional teams to execute on product development, integration, and commercialization plans to deliver on business case.
• Demonstrate expertise at the product level, build partnerships with relevant stakeholder teams, and make trade-off decisions for products.
• Provide direction to cross-functional teams, including engineering teams and business functions, communicating the product roadmap and updates.

Skills

Excellent writing

Presentation skills

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic thinking

P&L understanding

Relationship building

Detail oriented

Project management

Ambiguity tolerance

Leadership

Customer experience focus

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree or equivalent

Tools

CRM system

SAP

Job description

DRiV, located in Southfield, MI, is seeking an experienced Product Manager to execute ride control product strategy and roadmap for North America. This on-site role requires cross-functional leadership across engineering, sales, operations, and finance to bring DRiV’s Ride Control products to market.

The ideal candidate has 6+ years in product management, with strong communication, leadership, and P&L skills.