nVent

Product Manager

nVent$105K — $195K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Engineering, or related field
  • 7+ years in product management or related commercial leadership roles
  • Proven track record in leading product strategy and commercialization
  • Experience with distribution channels and direct sales preferred
  • Familiarity with industrial automation or utility markets preferred
  • MBA preferred
  • Willingness to travel up to 15%.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and implement product strategies for growth and profitability
  • Use market research to inform product investment decisions
  • Identify expansion and new product development opportunities
  • Lead cross-functional teams to achieve business results
  • Drive revenue and margin growth through effective strategies
  • Collaborate with key partners to maximize market opportunities
  • Oversee product launches from concept through commercialization
  • Monitor market trends and competition to inform portfolio growth.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision plans
  • 401(k) plan with company match
  • Employee stock purchase plan
  • Tuition reimbursement and personal leave
  • Paid time off including volunteer time
  • Well-being program and legal protection services.
Full Job Description

In this role, you will lead the strategy, profitability, and long-term growth of the Hoffman North American Commercial product portfolio. You will serve as the business leader for your product categories, partnering with customers, channel partners, sales, engineering, marketing, and operations to identify growth opportunities, bring new products to market, and optimize portfolio performance throughout the product lifecycle.

WHAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE:

Product Strategy & Portfolio Leadership

  • Develop and implement product strategies and roadmaps that support growth, profitability, and market leadership.
  • Use customer insights, market research, competitive intelligence, and financial performance data to guide investment and portfolio decisions.
  • Find opportunities for portfolio expansion, rationalization, and new product development.
  • Lead cross-functional teams to align priorities and deliver business results.

Commercial Growth & Channel Strategy

  • Drive revenue and margin growth by developing effective pricing, positioning, channel, and go-to-market strategies.
  • Partner with distributors, manufacturers' representatives, sales teams, contractors, designers, and end users to identify market opportunities and improve customer adoption.
  • Build business cases and strategic recommendations that strengthen portfolio performance and market position.

Product Launch & Lifecycle Management

  • Lead new product introductions from concept through commercialization.
  • Own launch planning, sales enablement, channel readiness, product positioning, and commercialization activities.
  • Lead the full product lifecycle, including development, growth, maturity, rationalization, and obsolescence.
  • Track performance metrics and implement initiatives that improve revenue, profitability, customer experience, quality, and delivery.

Market & Competitive Intelligence

  • Monitor market trends, customer needs, new technologies, and competitive activity.
  • Find opportunities across key growth markets including industrial automation, utilities, clean energy sectors, and data center facilities.
  • Evaluate partnership, acquisition, and private-label opportunities that support portfolio growth.

YOU HAVE:

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Engineering, or a comparable area of study.
  • 7+ years of experience in product management, product marketing, category management, program management, or a related commercial leadership role.
  • Demonstrated success leading product strategy, commercialization, pricing, and portfolio performance.
  • Experience working with distribution channels, direct sales organizations, or manufacturers' representatives preferred.
  • Exposure to industrial automation, electrical contractor, utility, or related industrial markets preferred.
  • MBA Preferred.
  • Ability to travel up to 15%.

Pay Transparency

nVent9s pay scale is based on the expected range of base pay for this job and the employee9s work location. Employee pay within this range will be based on a combination of factors including knowledge, skills, abilities, experience, education, and performance. Where federal, state, or local minimum wage requirements exist, employee pay will comply.

Compensation Range:

$105,000.00 - $195,000.00

Depending on the position offered, employee may be eligible for other forms of compensation, such as annual incentives.

Benefit Overview

At nVent, we value our people and their health and well-being. We provide a broad benefits package with meaningful programs for eligible full-time employees that includes:

  • Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability benefits, critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance.

  • A 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan 6 both include a company match.

  • Other supplemental benefits may include tuition reimbursement, caregiver, personal and parental leave, back-up care services, paid time off including volunteer time, a well-being program, and/or legal & identity theft protection.

At nVent, we connect and protect our customers with inventive electrical solutions. People are our most valuable asset. Inclusion and diversity means that we celebrate and encourage each other9s authenticity because we understand that uniqueness sparks growth.

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About nVent

nVent is a global leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of electrical enclosures, electric heat tracing solutions, and other electrical products. The company serves a wide range of industries, including energy, industrial, infrastructure, and commercial. nVent was founded in 2018 as a spin-off from Pentair, and is headquartered in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. The company has operations in more than 30 countries and employs approximately 9,000 people.
Learn more about nVent
Size
9,000 employees
Market Cap
$6.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$47.2 million
5 Year Trend
+3.1%
Revenue
$1.9 billion

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