Senior Product Manager, Fittings Product Development

About Waterworks

When you see the world’s most inspiring homes and hotels, you invariably find Waterworks in the mix. For over 40 years, our designs have elevated the bath and kitchen experience, with exquisite fittings, fixtures, hardware and more. We strive to be participants in exceptional design moments not just through our products, but through how our company name shows up in the world at large.

What We Provide

What gives us an edge over our competitors is our people. We work in a highly collaborative, creative environment that values each team member’s contributions to our mission. We empower our associates with extensive training, career growth opportunities, competitive salaries, bonus potential and a comprehensive benefits package including medical/dental/vision, and 401k retirement savings plan. We offer a generous PTO program (vacation, personal and sick time) with additional perks like some summer half days and a volunteer day.

The company observes at least 8 federal holidays throughout the calendar year plus a floating holiday that associates can use at their discretion.

The Role

The Senior Product Manager, Product Development is a key leader within the Product organization, responsible for driving category and portfolio outcomes for the Fittings Line of Business (LOB). This role blends deep technical product expertise and market insight with strong business acumen, portfolio prioritization, and cross‑functional leadership.

As a strategic leader works closely with the Fittings team and defines and guides the execution of multi‑year product roadmaps, making disciplined trade‑offs across innovation, lifecycle management, simplification, margin performance, and organizational capacity. This role plays a critical part in aligning product strategy with broader business objectives.

In close partnership with Merchandising and the broader management team, the Senior Product Manager drives LOB performance, leads key initiatives, and ensures clear, consistent communication across the organization, including product roadmap planning and launch execution.

This is a hybrid role requiring onsite presence at the Corporate office a minimum of 3 days per week.

Portfolio & Category Leadership

• Own category strategy for assigned fittings area, including new development, facelift, extensions and exits
• Define and manage multi‑year roadmaps
• Translates market, customer, and competitive insights into portfolio decisions
• Lead prioritization decisions across competing initiatives; make and defend trade‑offs with cross functional leadership
• Drive portfolio simplification and productivity initiatives to improve margin, complexity and speed to market
• Serve as the primary authority for assigned categories in leadership forums

Business Ownership & Performance Management

• Own category-level financial performance, including revenue, margin and productivity targets
• Monitor performance and identify risks and opportunities, driving actions to optimize business outcomes
• Translate market, customer and sales insights into recommendations that inform product and merchandising decisions
• Partner with leadership to ensure alignment with broader financial goals and category priorities

Cross‑Functional Leadership & Execution

• Lead and drive alignment across Product Development, Engineering, Merchandising, Marketing, Sales and Operations
• Ensure clarity of priorities, timelines, and accountability across stakeholders
• Lead execution of product initiatives and launches, ensuring consistency with strategic direction
• Proactively identify risks and implement mitigation strategies to ensure successful delivery

Go‑to‑Market Execution

• Lead execution of go‑to‑market strategies for assigned categories in partnership with Marketing and Sales
• Ensure alignment of digital and showroom merchandising with product positioning and business objectives
• Oversee delivery of assets, tools and training to support successful product launches and sales enablement
• Partner cross‑functionally to ensure cohesive product storytelling across all customer touchpoints

Cost & Data Management

• Lead the RFQ process, including cost and MOQ negotiation with vendors, with…