Senior Product Line Manager

MSA - The Safety Company; Cranberry Township (Butler County); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

MSA Safety seeks a driven product leader to manage fire service respiratory protection products for the NFPA market through the full lifecycle. The role requires strong customer insights, cross-functional collaboration, and a strategic mindset to balance long-term portfolio goals with mid-term opportunities.

You will work with global teams to translate market dynamics into differentiated experiences and drive innovation through VOC research and stakeholder alignment.

Qualifications

• Experience developing products in industries subject to regulatory requirements.
• Displays exceptional customer-facing and organizational communication skills.
• Serves as the go-to product expert for critical customer engagements and presentations.
• Demonstrates global business acumen, identifying and executing on product opportunities across a multinational landscape.
• Collaborates with stakeholders to establish, monitor, and achieve performance goals aligned with the project plan.
• Drives the front end of innovation through VOC efforts and market expertise.
• Willingness to take informed risk, drive consensus, and influence the long-range portfolio.
• Manages and influences peers without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Manage fire service respiratory protection products for the NFPA market through the full lifecycle.
• Translate customer learnings into best-in-class, differentiated experiences.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to balance long-term strategy with mid-term opportunities and challenges.
• Ensure product health and balanced execution across levels of the organization.
• Engage with key stakeholders to align on performance goals and project plans.

Skills

Product management

Regulatory experience

Customer facing

Cross-functional

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Engineering, Business Administration or related discipline

MBA

Job description

Overview

Are you someone who is passionate, motivated, and driven to make a difference? If so, MSA Safety is the perfect fit for your career.

At MSA, SAFETY is who we are and it is what we do. We are a purpose‑driven company committed to deploying innovation and technology to deliver on our mission to help protect people and assets all around the world. We continue to be relentless in our pursuit of solving our customers’ greatest problems so they can go home safe every day.

Are you in? Read on for more details about this particular role.

Responsibilities

In this role, you will be responsible for managing our fire service respiratory protection equipment for the NFPA market through the full product lifecycle.

This role requires excellent listening, problem‑solving, business acumen, and communication skills. To be successful, you are expected to deeply understand our customers’ needs and NFPA market dynamics so that you can translate those learnings into best‑in‑class, differentiated fire service respiratory protection experiences.

You will work collaboratively and cross‑functionally across all levels of the organization to ensure the health of the product group and the team, helping to balance long‑term strategic considerations and product development with near and mid‑term opportunities and challenges in a high‑pressure, opinionated environment.

Qualifications

• Experience developing products in industries subject to regulatory requirements.
• Displays exceptional customer‑facing and organizational communication skills.
• Serves as the go‑to product expert for critical customer engagements and presentations.
• Demonstrates global business acumen, identifying and executing on product and business model opportunities across a multi‑national landscape.
• Collaborates with key stakeholders to establish, monitor, and achieve performance goals that align with the project plan and company goals.
• Drives the front end of innovation through VOC efforts and market expertise.
• Displays a willingness to take informed risk, drive consensus, and influence the long‑range portfolio.
• Manages and influences peers without direct authority.

Competencies

• Business Acumen
• Customer Focus
• Driving Execution
• Passion for Results
• Strategic Decision Making
• Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills
• Communication
• Coaching
• Building a Successful Team

Education

Required

• Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Engineering, Business Administration or related discipline.
• 4 years of relevant work experience may be substituted for a Bachelor’s Degree.

Preferred: MBA

Experience

• 9 to 12 years of experience in marketing, sales or product development (engineering).
• MBA or related graduate degree may be substituted for up to 2 years of experience.