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We are an equal opportunity employer seeking a global product leader to manage the control valve product portfolio from concept through obsolescence. This role is responsible for developing and executing product management and marketing strategies that drive sales growth, profitability, and customer satisfaction.

 The Global Product Manager plays a critical role in expanding market share, entering new markets, and championing business opportunities across Business Units worldwide.

This is a Direct Hire role.

Key Responsibilities

Product portfolio & market leadership

• Own and manage the full product lifecycle for the control valve portfolio, from concept through end-of-life

• Maintain deep understanding of how products are used in the market, including customer use cases and applications

• Monitor and maintain a competitive intelligence knowledge base

• Identify opportunities for product expansion, enhancements, or new market applications

• Travel to customer sites for face-to-face engagement and voice-of-customer insights

Financial & business performance

• Drive profitability improvement initiatives, including pricing, mix optimization, and supply chain resiliency

• Manage and analyze portfolio financial performance, including gross profit, average unit price mix, pricing, and volume

• Support lead time reduction and global reach initiatives

• Lead product enhancements and reinvention efforts to extend product lifecycle

• Analyze business trends such as bookings, run rates, market participation, and quote conversion rates, and recommend corrective actions

• Partner with country sales organizations to develop and implement product tiering strategies to improve volume and margin performance

Product awareness & technical expertise

• Serve as global product spokesperson and subject matter expert

• Develop technical papers, present at trade shows, and share customer success stories

• Partner with Marketing Communications (Marcom) to create sales collateral and product marketing materials

• Develop user documentation and technical marketing content

• Train Sales, Service, and Education Services teams on product features, applications, and market positioning

• Support issue resolution by providing technical and product expertise

Who you are

You have a proven track record of exceeding goals and driving results. You push yourself and others to succeed, value diverse perspectives, and communicate effectively across technical and non-technical audiences. You are equally comfortable discussing engineering details and business strategy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or marketing with 5+ years of industry experience OR MBA with a technical undergraduate degree and 2+ years of industry experience

• Engineering background or equivalent experience supporting customer applications, competitive analysis, and product specification development

• Experience in industrial B2B environments

• Background in process engineering, sales, or marketing

• Strong understanding of process control markets, customer applications, and competitive products

• Solid knowledge of control valves, actuators, instrumentation, PLCs, or similar engineered products

• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical experts and sales professionals

• Proven ability to build and maintain strong global relationships

• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities

• Legal authorization to work in the United States (no sponsorship available)

Preferred qualifications

• MBA

• 5+ years of relevant industry experience

• Product management, product owner, or business-focused project management experience

• Experience in pricing strategy and driving top- and bottom-line growth

• Customer-facing experience

• Marketing Communications (Marcom) background

Interested?

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Contact Robby Nardini at rnardini@saigepartners.com

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