Senior Software PM - HW-Integrated Workflows

Fortive; United States; Remote; USD 114,000 - 191,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortive is seeking a Sr. Software Product Manager to lead our software-enabled hardware journey. You will bridge our hardware product organization with software capabilities, define where software belongs on the roadmap, and drive best practices from product definition to customer implementations.

The role emphasizes partnering with global teams, delivering a prioritized software roadmap, and balancing bold innovations with core platform improvements. Travel up to 25% may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
• 7+ years of software product management experience, including direct experience managing workflow software products.
• Demonstrated experience leading software products through transformational growth cycles.
• Strong understanding of B2B sales processes, particularly for hardware/software solutions.
• Experience building or scaling software product management best practices.
• Excellent cross-functional collaboration and communication skills, with experience working across global teams and time zones.
• Ability to travel up to 25%, domestically and internationally.

Responsibilities

• Partner with hardware product management, engineering, and executive leadership to integrate software workflow solutions into the company-wide product roadmap.
• Assess where software creates the most customer and business value and translate that into a prioritized software roadmap.
• Define and defend prioritization tradeoffs between strategic feature innovations and ongoing core platform improvements.
• Build the business case for software investment, including ROI, adoption, and consideration of business models influenced by hardware.
• Work with Product Planning team to explore bold innovative solutions and markets.
• Work closely with hardware Product Managers where software creates value alongside devices in customer workflows.

Skills

Software product leadership

Hardware-software bridge

Cross-functional collaboration

Global collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Business

Job description

Fortive is seeking a Sr. Software Product Manager to lead our software-enabled hardware journey. You will bridge our hardware product organization with software capabilities, define where software belongs on the roadmap, and drive best practices from product definition to customer implementations.

The role emphasizes partnering with global teams, delivering a prioritized software roadmap, and balancing bold innovations with core platform improvements. Travel up to 25% may be required.