Sr. Product Manager, Software

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

We are seeking a Sr. Software Product Manager to lead our software-enabled hardware journey. Our devices have long earned customers' trust; we are building the software layer that extends that value across the workflow.

In this role, you will lead the way in defining and delivering software products our customers love. You will act as a bridge between our established hardware product organization and the software capabilities we are building around it. You will help define where software workflow solutions belong on the overall product roadmap, balance investment between bold feature innovations and the steady improvement of the core platform. You will establish software product management best practices needed to succeed— from product definition to sales enablement to customer implementations. This role is based in the U.S. and works closely with product, engineering, sales, and customer success teams around the world.

Who You Are

• Experienced software product leader with a strong history of building workflow software that interacts with hardware devices.
• Pragmatic bridge builder who can translate between hardware engineering culture and software product thinking
• Strategic thinker who can balance bold new software initiatives against the discipline required to sustain a core platform.
• Structured operator who can stand up new best practices — for product definition, sales, and implementation
• Effective global collaborator, comfortable working across time zones, functions, and cultures

Key Responsibilities Software Roadmap Strategy & Integration

• 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.

Product Definition & Best Practices

• Establish repeatable best practices for defining successful software workflow products and success metrics suited to hardware-adjacent software.
• Create and maintain process and templates for defining and delivering value in each release.
• Work very closely with Product Owners align on customer value, definition, scoping, and prioritization of feature backlog.
• Champion a consistent software product release cycle that complements existing hardware NPI release plans.
• Lead prioritization cadence to communicate software roadmap priorities, needs, and tradeoffs to leadership.

Go-to-Market & Sales Enablement

• Partner with sales and commercial teams to define and refine ideal customer profiles and the sales process for hardware/software combined solutions.
• Develop sales enablement materials, pricing frameworks, and tiered offerings that reflect customer needs.
• Coach and enable the sales organization to position and sell workflow software alongside hardware.

Customer Implementation & Success

• Work closely with and coach customer success and sales engineering teams on pre-sale nurturing and post-sale implementations, ensuring customer satisfaction.
• Identify and resolve common points of friction in onboarding, adoption, and change management.
• Gather customer feedback and usage data to continuously improve product definition and implementation practices.

Qualifications Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, 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 combined 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.

Preferred

• MBA or equivalent strategic experience
• Experience in a medical device, industrial, or other hardware-first industry undergoing digital product transformation.
• Familiarity with IoT, connected devices, or embedded systems.

What Success Looks Like

• Customers use and love our software products. Adoption and business outcomes are accelerating due to your leadership.
• Bold software workflow solutions are integrated into the company's core product roadmap and portfolio prioritization process.
• A clear, well-understood framework exists for balancing strategic innovation with core platform investments.
• Sales and customer implementation teams have documented, repeatable best practices for hardware/software solutions.
• The organization has a strong, reusable foundation for future software product development.

Fortive Corporation Overview

Fortive's essential technology makes the world safer and more productive. We accelerate transformation in high-impact fields like workplace safety, build environments, and healthcare.

We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in healthcare sterilization, industrial safety, predictive maintenance, and other mission-critical solutions. We're a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to advanced technologies that help providers focus on exceptional patient care.

We are a diverse team 10,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact.

At Fortive, we believe in you. We believe in your potential—your ability to learn, grow, and make a difference.

At Fortive, we believe in us. We believe in the power of people working together to solve problems no one could solve alone.

At Fortive, we believe in growth. We're honest about what's working and what isn't, and we never stop improving and innovating.

Fortive: For you, for us, for growth.

About Fluke Health Solutions

Comprised of four industry leaders—Fluke Biomedical, LANDAUER, RaySafe, and Victoreen — Fluke Health Solutions (FHS) leads the biomedical and radiation detection markets with innovative products and services that help keep customers, patients, and clients safe. Fluke Biomedical leads the world in manufacturing biomedical test equipment like defibrillator analyzers and digital pressure meters. LANDAUER measures radiation exposure with dosimeter and radiation monitoring badges. RaySafe is the worldwide leader of X-ray test equipment, real-time staff dosimetry, and radiation survey meters. And Victoreen instruments are the trusted source for radiation monitoring systems and quality assurance for nuclear power professionals. At FHS, we believe in your potential — your ability to learn, grow and contribute in meaningful ways. And we believe in giving you the opportunity, accountability, and visibility to do just that.

We Are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Fortive Corporation and all Fortive Companies are proud to be equal opportunity employers. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or other characteristics protected by law. Fortive and all Fortive Companies are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. Individuals who need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment application process, please contact us at [e-mail].

Bonus or Equity
This position is also eligible for bonus as part of the total compensation package.

Pay Range
The salary range for this position (in local currency) is 114,100.00 - 190,500.00