Architectural Development Manager

James Hardie is the industry leader in exterior home and outdoor living solutions, with a portfolio that includes fiber cement, fiber gypsum, composite and PVC decking and railing products. Our family of trusted brands includes Hardie®, Timber Tech®, AZEK® Exteriors, Versatex®, fermacell®, and Stru Xure®.
With over 8,000 employees and our U.S. operating entities headquartered in Chicago, we boast 31 operating sites, 6 recycling facilities, and 6 research and development centers globally. Powered by a dynamic workforce, we’re united by our purpose of Building a Better Future for All™ through sustainable innovation, a Zero Harm culture, and a commitment to empowering our people and communities.
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Location:
Remote from Los Angeles, San Francisco, Orange County or Seattle.

The James Hardie Company is a $4.5+ billion, and growing, industry-leading manufacturer of beautiful, low-maintenance building products, and is highly committed to accelerating the use of recycled materials. We use our expertise in materials science to engineer and manufacture high-quality, sustainable residential and commercial building products that improve lives and businesses. All of James Hardie’s products are designed to replace wood, metal and other traditional materials in a variety of applications.

We are committed to providing a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace where diversity of all kinds is sought out, valued, respected, and appreciated. We arebuildingandpromotinga culture where everyone feels empowered to bring their full, authentic selves to work. It fuels our innovation,drives operational excellence, and is a source of our competitive differentiation while connecting us closer to our customers and the communities we serve.

Position Summary:

As an Architect & Designer Development Manager , you will play a pivotal role in influencing and driving the product positioning of our company's offerings with specifiers through contractors. This position is a blend of sales, relationship management, and sales process, requiring a deep understanding of the residential construction industry and specifiers involved in the process. This role is crucial in influencing the perception of our products in the luxury residential community.

Responsible for generating awareness of James Hardie products (Timber Tech, James Hardie Exteriors, and Struxure) by developing and maintaining relationships with architects, landscape architects, interior designers, and custom builders to drive specification business in the Northeast.

• Build and nurture a specification network connecting architects, interior designers, landscape architects, and custom builders to specify James Hardie products on their projects.
• Develop project specifications with specifiers based on their needs, requirements, and challenges.
• Maintain a project pipeline that will be fulfilled through established James Hardie Sales Channels (dealers and contractors), coordinated with the local ASMs.
• Provide product and CEU training to be an educational resource to specifiers regarding the features, benefits, and applications of our products.
• Collaborate with local ASMs and their dealers or contractors to identify high potential specification targets in a market.
• Conduct in-depth market research to identify trends, changes in industry standard and regulations, product opportunities, and competitive landscapes within the residential specification industry to be shared with senior leadership.
• Maintain aggressive specifier call schedule throughout the year; to generate awareness and understanding of James Hardie existing and new products and services.
• Encourage specifiers to trial James Hardie products and convert them to ongoing…