Senior Product Manager - Industrial Lighting Portfolio

Dialight; Farmingdale (NJ); On-site; USD 150,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Dialight is seeking a Senior Product Manager to lead the strategy, development, commercial performance, and lifecycle management of an assigned global product portfolio in the industrial lighting sector. This role requires strong commercial judgment, technical aptitude, and the ability to guide cross-functional teams through long (industrial) sales cycles.

The candidate will own roadmaps, drive pricing decisions, and ensure regulatory compliance across regions while partnering with engineering,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Marketing, Product Development, or a related field is required.
• MBA or advanced technical degree is preferred.
• 7+ years of relevant product management or product development experience, including at least 5 years in product management for technical B2B products.
• Demonstrated success launching and managing technical products through the full lifecycle in an industrial, electrical, electronics, lighting, or manufacturing environment.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen, including experience with pricing, business cases, demand forecasting, and margin management.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams, influence without direct authority, and make decisions amid competing priorities and incomplete information.
• Strong analytical skills and demonstrated ability to turn market, customer, operational, and financial data into clear recommendations.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate technical and commercial topics to executive, customer, and channel audiences.
• Experience working across global regions and with global regulatory or certification requirements is preferred.
• Knowledge of industrial lighting, hazardous-location products, electrical systems, or related technical markets is strongly preferred.
• Ability to travel as needed, including occasional international travel.

Responsibilities

• Own the strategy and multi-year roadmap for an assigned product portfolio, aligned with Dialight's overall product strategy, business objectives, and regional market requirements.
• Evaluate customer needs, market trends, competitive activity, emerging technologies, and regulatory changes to identify and prioritize growth, differentiation, and portfolio improvement opportunities.
• Develop business cases for new products and portfolio investments, including demand forecasts, target pricing and cost, margin expectations, return on investment, launch timing, and risk analysis.
• Lead products through the full lifecycle, from opportunity definition and requirements through development, commercialization, continuous improvement, and end-of-life.
• Translate voice-of-customer and market insights into clear product requirements, specifications, performance targets, pricing objectives, and compliance needs.
• Partner with engineering, operations, supply chain, quality, and regulatory teams through the stage-gate or new product introduction process to deliver products on time, on budget, and to agreed performance and quality standards.
• Drive portfolio productivity through cost reduction, quality and feature improvements, SKU rationalization, product-line simplification, and disciplined discontinuation planning.
• Ensure products meet applicable global certifications and regulatory requirements, including UL, CE, DLC, IEC, and hazardous-location standards, as appropriate.
• Manage the assigned portfolio as a business, with accountability for revenue, gross margin, product mix, market position, and overall financial performance.
• Develop pricing recommendations and monitor market competitiveness, realized price, cost, and profitability to identify and implement corrective actions.
• Define and monitor key performance indicators for product and launch success; use data to recommend investments, corrective actions, or changes in priority.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Marketing, Product Development, or a related field

MBA or advanced technical degree

Job description

Dialight is seeking a Senior Product Manager to lead the strategy, development, commercial performance, and lifecycle management of an assigned global product portfolio in the industrial lighting sector. This role requires strong commercial judgment, technical aptitude, and the ability to guide cross-functional teams through long (industrial) sales cycles.

The candidate will own roadmaps, drive pricing decisions, and ensure regulatory compliance across regions while partnering with engineering,