Product Manager, HVAC & Ignition Controls

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Product Management Full Time 400 Main Street, Ashland, MA, US

Salary Range: $ To $ Annually

Product Manager, HVAC & Ignition Controls — Hybrid in Ashland, MA

At Kidde Fenwal, you’ll shape the next generation of life‑safety technologies that protect people, property, and critical infrastructure around the world. As a global leader in fire detection, alarm, and suppression solutions, we pair deep technical expertise with a culture built on integrity, collaboration, innovation, and customer focus.

Our Purpose

We protect lives, livelihoods, and iconic assets through innovative solutions, trusted relationships, and exceptional customer experiences. Guided by integrity and safety, our values—speed, innovation, excellence, and teamwork—shape how we work, lead, and grow.

Position Summary

We are seeking a Product Manager to lead our HVAC & Ignition Controls portfolio. This highly visible role is responsible for defining and executing the strategy, roadmap, and lifecycle management of embedded controls solutions used in heating and cooling equipment. The portfolio includes control boards, firmware, ignition systems, burner controls, connected devices, and digital services that improve equipment performance, safety, diagnostics, efficiency, and customer experience.

The Product Manager serves as the business leader for the portfolio, translating market needs, customer insights, and emerging technologies into innovative products and services. This role partners closely with sales, engineering, marketing, operations, and our leadership teams to deliver solutions that drive growth, profitability, and customer value.

The ideal candidate combines technical expertise in HVAC and combustion controls with strong product management, commercial, and strategic leadership skills. Experience with connected products, cloud platforms, analytics, and digital customer experiences is highly desirable.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the short- and long-term product roadmap in partnership with Controls Engineering.
• Define product vision, portfolio strategy, and investment priorities aligned with company objectives.
• Own portfolio business performance, including revenue growth, profitability, market share, and lifecycle planning.
• Identify new market opportunities, adjacent offerings, and growth initiatives across HVAC controls, ignition controls, connected devices, monitoring, analytics, predictive maintenance, and energy optimization solutions.
• Monitor industry trends, customer requirements, competitive offerings, regulatory developments, and emerging technologies.

Customer & Market Leadership

• Gather and translate Voice of Customer (VOC) insights from OEMs, contractors, distributors, service organizations, and end users into actionable product requirements.
• Develop business cases, product requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and release priorities.
• Evaluate customer adoption barriers and define strategies to increase market penetration and customer engagement.
• Represent the company through involvement with industry associations, customer advisory groups, standards development, and strategic partnerships.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Lead collaboration across Controls Engineering, Embedded Software, Cloud Engineering, Hardware Development, Cybersecurity, UX Design, Manufacturing, Service, Marketing, and Sales teams.
• Drive alignment on product priorities, development schedules, and launch plans.
• Influence decision-making and guide teams through trade-offs, ambiguity, and competing priorities.
• Ensure products are designed for…