Group Product Manager

A Group Product Manager job is currently open through PRADCO. You will have enterprise-level accountability for the strategic direction, lifecycle performance, and profitability of assigned product lines. Reporting to the Director of Sales, this role drives product vision, roadmap execution, and cross-functional alignment to ensure successful product development, launch, and sustainment.

• · Defines and owns the long-term vision, strategy, and roadmap for assigned product lines.
• · Ensures alignment between product strategy and corporate objectives, including growth, profitability, and market expansion.
• · Establishes structured product funnels and prioritization frameworks to guide development investments.
• · Evaluates market trends, competitive positioning, and customer needs to identify new product opportunities.
• · Drives strategic alignment across divisions, including cross-divisional product considerations.

• · Oversees all stages of the product lifecycle, including development, launch, pricing, sustainment, and rationalization.
• · Ensures disciplined execution of the stage-gate process, including continuous improvement of lifecycle governance.
• · Defines and enforces standards for product requirement documents (PRDs), market requirements, and business cases.
• · Ensures consistent communication and coordination across all lifecycle stakeholders.
• · Leads product launch planning and execution to ensure market readiness and commercial success.
• · Leads, coaches, and develops a team of product managers and related roles to build long-term organizational capability.
• · Establishes clear performance expectations, priorities, and accountability across the product management team.
• · Promotes a collaborative, cross-functional mindset to improve coordination with Engineering, Sales, and Marketing.
• · Supports hiring, onboarding, development, and performance management processes.
• · Builds a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement within the team.

• · Partners with Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Operations, and other divisions to ensure successful product execution.
• · Ensures product strategies are translated into executable plans across all functions.
• · Acts as the central coordination point for aligning product priorities with operational capabilities and market demands.
• · Facilitates communication between internal stakeholders and external partners, including customers and channel partners.
• · Drives resolution of cross-functional challenges impacting product performance or timelines.
• · Establishes processes for measuring market penetration, share growth, and opportunity identification.
• · Incorporates customer feedback, field insights, and distributor input into product strategy and improvements.
• · Maintains a deep understanding of industrial markets, distribution channels, and competitive dynamics.
• · Translates market data into actionable product and business strategies.

• · Develops and presents long-term business cases to the Product Steering Committee.
• · Establishes and enforces ROI, profitability, and lifecycle performance metrics.
• · Monitors product line financial performance, including pricing strategy, margins, and cost structures.
• · Partners with Finance to evaluate investment decisions and track performance against targets.
• · Drives initiatives to improve profitability, cost efficiency, and overall product portfolio performance.

• · Defines and implements standardized processes for product management activities across the organization.
• · Establishes and monitors key performance indicators (KPIs) for product success and team effectiveness.
• · Ensures consistent reporting and visibility into product performance, risks, and opportunities.
• · Drives continuous improvement of tools, processes, and methodologies used in product management.
• · Develops and advises standards for inventory levels in coordination with Sales and Operations.
• · Partners with Sales and Marketing to establish and monitor channel partner…