Product Manager - Wire & Cable

Job Description

This role leads the development of wire and cable products and services in support of the company’s growth strategy. Responsibilities include shaping business cases for new products and capacity expansion, defining product and certification requirements, and driving disciplined product lifecycle management from concept through launch and support.

This is a hybrid role requiring 3 days per week in one of the following offices:

• Northbrook, IL
• Melville, NY
• Research Triangle Park, NC

• Use the previously established product vision in concert with deep market understanding to inform the product strategy
• Evaluate market needs against UL’s and competitors’ unique abilities to address them
• Support and contribute to a go‑to‑market strategy, describing how value will be delivered to the customer/user, how the product is differentiated from the competition, and what the business model should be
• Prioritize product functions and features into a product roadmap
• Monitor a set of product goals, outcomes and corresponding metrics to continually evaluate against
• Evangelize and communicate the product vision, strategy and goals internally across the organization, as well as externally with client users
• Take ownership of own career and professional development by documenting and communicating career aspirations and any associated development needs to their manager
• Support an efficient cross-functional matrix structure to enable effective product development lifecycle
• Execute a robust set of processes to power all parts of the product development lifecycle from research/discovery to release management and product support

• University Degree (Equivalent to Bachelor’s degree) in Engineering, Science, Business, or similar.
• 5+ years of experience in the Wire & Cable or Testing, Inspection, and Certification (TIC) industry.
• Ability to lead small to medium groups of internal and external stakeholders towards desired outcomes to meet business objectives.
• Ability to conduct discovery sessions with clients, prospects, and stakeholders to diagnose business opportunities, elicit requirements, and conduct other types of research.
• Strong communication and presentation (PowerPoint) skills.
• Product management tools – product design (e.g. Invision, Zeplin), development task management (e.g. Jira, Azure Dev Ops), documentation and knowledge (e.g. Confluence, SharePoint), collaboration (e.g. Microsoft Teams, Slack), roadmap and portfolio management (e.g. Aha!, Daptiv).
• Formal training and/or certification in Product Management is a plus.

• Estimated salary range: $123,800-$165,000 with potential annual bonus of up to 20% of base salary.
• Health benefits (medical, dental, vision).
• Wellness benefits (mental and financial health). Retirement savings (401K) commensurate with local offerings.
• Paid time off: vacation (15 days), floating holidays (12 days), sick time (72 hours).