Staff Product Manager, Adhesives

Frontdoor Defense; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 128,000 - 192,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus & equity

Healthcare

Dental

Vision

Corporate discounts

Paid holidays & PTO

401K

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Lyten in San Jose, CA is seeking a Staff Product Manager, Adhesives to drive the commercial strategy for its adhesives portfolio across industries. You will link market insights with formulation teams, directing roadmap and product requirements from concept to commercialization.

The role emphasizes cross-functional leadership, customer collaboration, and market-based decision making, with opportunities for bonus and equity as part of total compensation.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in product management, product marketing, or related commercial role in industrial/B2B materials.
• Experience gathering market feedback into product requirements.
• Experience building and prioritizing a product roadmap.

Responsibilities

• Establish the product roadmap for the adhesives portfolio and prioritize formulations.
• Gather market intelligence to inform portfolio strategy and pricing trends.
• Translate customer requirements into formulation and product requirements for R&D.
• Lead cross-functional launches with R&D, process engineering, sales, and operations.
• Build relationships with customers and channel partners to stay aligned with needs.
• Define and track metrics like revenue, margin, win rate, and adoption.

Skills

Roadmap prioritization

Market intelligence synthesis

Cross-functional collaboration

Customer requirements gathering

Pricing strategy awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science, or related field

MBA or advanced business degree

Job description

Staff Product Manager, Adhesives

Build and launch adhesives portfolio across multiple industries from concept to commercialization

Location: San Jose, California

Compensation: $128,200 - 192,400 USD / year

About The Role

Staff Product Manager, Adhesives

Lyten is hiring a Staff Product Manager, Adhesives, to drive the commercial strategy for its adhesives portfolio across several different industries. This role is the primary link between the market and the formulation/engineering teams: tracking market intelligence, synthesizing customer requirements, and setting directions on where the portfolio should expand next.

Responsibilities

Establish the product roadmap for the adhesives portfolio, prioritizing new formulations and product line extensions based on market opportunity and customer demand.

Gather and synthesize market intelligence (competitive landscape, pricing trends, emerging applications) to inform portfolio strategy.

Serve as the primary conduit for customer requirements, translating field feedback and customer specs into formulation and product requirements for the R&D/scientist team.

Identify and evaluate future market directions and adjacent applications for portfolio expansion and provide guidance to leadership and R&D on where to invest.

Partner with sales and marketing to develop positioning, messaging, and collateral for new and existing products.

Define and track product success metrics (revenue, margin, win rate, customer adoption) and report on portfolio performance.

Lead cross-functional product launches, coordinating with R&D, process engineering, sales, and operations from concept through commercialization.

Build and maintain relationships with key customers and channel partners to stay close to evolving requirements.

Support pricing strategy and business case development for new product investments.

Provide regular updates to leadership on market trends, competitive moves, and portfolio roadmap progress.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in business, Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science, or related field (technical background preferred, not required) AND 7+ years of experience in product management, product marketing, or a related commercial role, ideally in industrial, materials, or B2B technical products.

Demonstrated experience gathering and synthesizing customer and market feedback into product requirements.

Direct experience building and prioritizing a product roadmap.

Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, including working directly with technical/R&D teams.

Ability to travel periodically for customer visits and trade shows

Preferred Qualifications

MBA or advanced business degree, with 7+ years of experience in product management or product strategy, including ownership of portfolio-level roadmap or P&L decisions.

Experience in structural adhesives, thermal interface materials, or specialty/performance materials markets.

Familiarity with the semiconductor industry or electronics thermal management applications.

Experience with voice-of-customer processes and competitive/market intelligence frameworks.

Background supporting pricing strategy or new product business cases.

Experience working alongside formulation scientists or process engineers on technical products.

Physical Requirements

Must be able to lift 50 lbs.

Compensations Range:

The expected base salary range for this position is between $128,200.00 - $192,400.00. The level of pay within the range will depend on a variety of job-related factors that may include location, relevant prior experience and/or education, or particular skills and expertise. New hires joining the company tend to be paid within the starting base pay range noted above, with opportunities to increase pay over time based on development of additional skills, competencies, and company-specific knowledge.

In addition to base pay this position is eligible for tier based bonus and equity, healthcare, dental, vision, corporate discounts, paid holidays, PTO and sick time, 401K, employee relocation plan (if applicable)

Lyten is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with a disability. EEO Employer/Vet/Disabled.