Product Manager - Communications Premise & Connectivity

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Product Manager - Communications Premise & Connectivity (526765)

Oldcastle, a CRH company, is reinventing what's possible in building solutions. We are the leading provider of innovative outdoor living products and utility infrastructure solutions for the water, energy, and communications markets throughout North America. We're a trusted and strategic partner to engineers, contractors, distributors, specifiers, retailers, and homeowners alike as the manufacturer of precast concrete, polymer concrete, and plastic infrastructure products.

Our portfolio of brands includes Oldcastle APG, Oldcastle Infrastructure, Belgard® hardscape, Echelon® Masonry, RDI® railing, Catalyst™ Fence Solutions, Sakrete® packaged concrete, Amerimix® mortar, Pebble Technology International® pool finishes, and Techniseal® sands and sealant technologies.

The Product Manager – Communications Premise & Connectivity is responsible for driving profitable growth across a portfolio of communications infrastructure solutions. This role owns product strategy, roadmap development, new product innovation, portfolio optimization, pricing strategy, and commercialization activities to support the Communications business.

The Product Manager serves as the voice of the customer and market, translating customer needs, competitive insights, and business objectives into actionable product strategies that drive revenue growth, market share gains, and margin expansion.

This individual will work cross-functionally with Engineering, Operations, Sales, Marketing, and Executive Leadership to develop and execute product line strategies while leading products through their lifecycle from concept to commercialization.

This will be a hybrid role located in the Atlanta, GA area.

The Product Manager – Communications Premise & Connectivity will have responsibility for leading product road mapping, new product development, and assisting in commercial and marketing strategy for the Communications market.

Duties include

• Develop deep understanding of customers and competitive product market, identify product gaps, generate new product opportunities, and create new ideas to grow market share.
• Ensures projects are consistent with product line strategy and messaging is effectively conveyed.
• Lead product teams in the development of new and enhanced products and with an in-depth understanding of the marketplace, provides products and programs that are superior to the competition.
• Translate product strategy into detailed requirements, product launch plans and prototypes.
• Scope and prioritize product project activities based on business and customer impact.
• Manage and rationalize products within brands.
• Create buy-in for product vision both internally and with key external partners.
• Work with commercial team to manage pricing, positioning and overall product line strategies.
• Work closely with sales, engineering and operational teams to deliver efficient time-to-market for products with the optimal utilization of resources.
• Act as a product ambassador to build awareness and understanding with customers.
• Represent the company by visiting customers to solicit feedback on company products.
• Become the subject matter expert of all relevant products, from raw material to finished goods. Own and manage all Products within the Communications portfolio.
• Drive product improvements as noted by market feedback
• Help drive go-to-market strategies and manage marketing literature for Primex Products
• Support development of commercial pricing and marketing strategies and tools.
• Drive specification strategies, including product testing if required and keeping documentation current.
• Gather and analyze market sales and costing data for market reviews, business cases and product line strategies.
• Recommend pricing activities and cost-take-out projects to meet EBITDA targets.
• Participate in any projects related to non-core areas of the business as needed.
• Launch Annual NPD Projects following product development process
• Other duties as assigned

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Marketing, Sales, or a related field. Relevant certifications…