Product Manager - Continuous Inkjet Technologies

Job Description:

Responsibilities

• 1.   Competitive Landscape Analysis
• Identify   and continuously   monitor   competitive and alternative product offerings.
• Assess competitor strengths, weaknesses, and differentiation points.
• Develop strategies to position existing products effectively and defend/grow market share.
• Identify   product gaps and recommend innovation or enhancement opportunities.
• 2.   Division Competency Assessment
• Assess   Division   innovation and manufacturing competencies to align to innovation opportunities or   determine   competency gaps.
• Use competency insights to guide product strategy, innovation paths, and strategic differentiation.
• 3.   Customer   Back   Innovation   Opportunity Management
• Lead development of a Customer   Back Innovation Opportunity List.
• Collaborate with Marketing and Engineering to size markets, quantify incremental revenue/share potential, and prioritize opportunities based on impact and effort.
• Ensure ongoing refinement of the innovation pipeline with clear,   data driven   screening criteria.
• 4 . Product Innovation Leadership
• Partner with Marketing and Engineering to advance innovation concepts through the   stage gate   process.
• Ensure that   all product requirements, technical specifications, and customer needs are met at each stage.
• Drive   cross functional   alignment on scope, timelines, risks, and deliverables.
• 5.   Product Requirements Definition
• Identify   and document detailed product requirements, including user personas, use cases, functional expectations, and quality standards.
• Translate Voice of Customer (VOC) insights into actionable product requirements using tools such as QFD (Quality Function Deployment).
• Capture the “whole product”   requirements for the solution,   including   software, services, and training needs   and how to cross-functionally   support the product offering.
• 6.   Product Use Scenario Development
• Create clear and relevant product use scenarios for each innovation opportunity.
• Use scenarios to contextualize customer problems and support engineering, marketing, and executive decision   making.
• 7.   Stakeholder Communication
• Provide proactive, consistent updates to stakeholders throughout strategy, development, and execution phases.
• Communicate opportunity rationale, development progress, risks, and key decisions.
• Establish clear expectations and   maintain   alignment across all functions.
• Essential Qualifications
• Education
• A   bachelor’s degree in engineering   or related field   required .
• Experience/Skills: 5 + years of Product Management experience , preferably with a strong background in   technical product management   or managing engineering   driven products.
• High technical aptitude , with the ability to understand complex product architectures, technologies, and system interactions—and translate this knowledge into customer value and business impact.
• Proven experience managing multiple projects simultaneously , including planning, prioritization, and delivery under tight timelines.
• Strong analytical and statistical skills , with   demonstrated   ability to interpret data, perform sales and market analysis, develop business cases, and support revenue forecasting.
• Exceptional communication skills , both written and verbal; capable of presenting to senior leadership,   facilitating   cross functional   discussions, training internal teams, and interacting directly with customers.   functional discussions, training internal teams, and interacting directly with customers.
• Strong collaboration and influencing skills , with the ability to lead without authority and drive alignment across Engineering, Marketing, Quality, Sales, Operations, and other partners.
• Experience with   CRM systems ,   ERP platforms , and   business intelligence tools   (e.g., Power BI) is highly preferred.
• Other Requirements & Conditions
• Physical/Visual Activities or Demands:   Physical/visual activities or demands that are commonly associated with the performance of the functions of this job.   While performing the duties of this job, the employee   is constantly required to   talk, hear, twist/turn, reach outward, handle/manipulate and grasp objects, stand, walk, and bend.   Employee   will   frequently   reach above shoulders and occasionally climb or squat.   The employee must carry up to 50 pounds constantly and up to 100 pounds occasionally and push and pull up to 10 pounds constantly and up to 100 pounds occasionally.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include concentrated attention, close vision, far vision, depth perception, color vision, and the ability to bring objects into sharp focus.
• Working Conditions:   Working   conditions commonly associated with the performance of the functions of this job.
• Machines, Tools, Equipment and Work Aids   that may be representative but not all inclusive of those commonly associated with this position:
• License(s)/Certification(s) Required:   None
• This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees may   be required   to follow other job-related instructions and to perform other job-related duties as   requested , subject to all applicable state and federal laws.
• Certain job functions described   herein   may be subject to   possible modification   in accordance with   applicable state and federal laws.
• "Commonly associated" is not intended to mean   always   or   only . There are different experiences that suggest other ways or circumstances where reasonable changes or accommodations are   appropriate .
• All activities, demands,   conditions,   and requirements are linked to essential job functions.
• As an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, ITW Marking & Coding does not discriminate in hiring or in the terms and conditions of employment because of an individual's race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, arrest record, citizenship or other categories protected by federal, state or local laws. EOE/M/F/Vet/Disability