Director, Product Line Management
Posted
Description
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute the long-term vision, strategy, roadmap, and portfolio plans for assigned product lines, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives, brand positioning, consumer needs, and financial goals.
- Lead the end-to-end product lifecycle from market opportunity identification and concept development through commercialization, lifecycle management, and product retirement, ensuring products deliver differentiated value and exceptional customer experiences.
- Identify emerging market trends, consumer insights, competitive intelligence, and whitespace opportunities to drive innovation, category growth, and sustainable competitive advantage.
- Translate consumer, marketplace, and business insights into actionable product strategies, business cases, product requirements, assortment architectures, pricing frameworks, and product roadmaps.
- Maintain accountability for product line performance, including revenue growth, market share, profitability, margin achievement, forecasting accuracy, and overall category financial results.
- Partner closely with Design, Engineering, Merchandising, Marketing, Sales, Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, and other stakeholders to successfully develop, launch, and optimize products while ensuring achievement of key milestones and commercialization objectives.
- Drive data-based decision making by evaluating product performance, customer feedback, marketplace trends, and financial results, implementing strategies to optimize assortments, product portfolios, and future innovation investments.
- Present product strategies, business plans, category performance, and key recommendations to executive leadership, facilitating informed decision-making and organizational alignment.
- Build, train, mentor, develop, and retain a high-performing team of product management professionals, establishing clear expectations, fostering accountability, and supporting employee growth and succession planning.
- Champion a culture of innovation, collaboration, continuous improvement, and customer-centric thinking while effectively leading cross-functional teams and influencing outcomes across the organization.
Skills
Product Strategy & Roadmap Development
Financial Analysis & Profitability Management
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Product Development / Management, Merchandising, Engineering, or a related field required. Experience in lieu of degree may be considered.
- Certified Product Manager (CPM)
- Minimum of ten years of progressive product management and/or category management experience, including conceiving, developing, launching, and scaling innovative products required.
- Experience developing and executing product strategies that drive revenue growth, profitability, and market share gains required.
- Minimum of four years of people leadership experience in a Manager, Senior Manager, Director, or higher-level role.
- Consumer products, durable goods, outdoor products, sporting goods, apparel, electronics, or related industry experience preferred.
- Ability to travel up to 25% required.
EEO
Our Products, LLC is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, marital status, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic or status protected by law. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act and in accordance with all other applicable federal, state and local laws.
For US Based Roles Only - Base Compensation Range Minimum
USD $170,000.00/Yr.
For US Based Roles Only - Base Compensation Range Maximum
USD $210,000.00/Yr.
Additional Total Rewards
Our Products offers a robust benefits package to eligible employees including medical, dental, vision, basic life, voluntary life, long-term and short-term disability, employee assistance program, flexible spending accounts, health savings account, and 401(k) retirement plan. Additionally, for eligible employees, we offer accrued paid time off based on seniority, volunteer time off, parental leave, bereavement leave, company holidays, and years of service awards. Check out for more info., Variable Incentive Program - Short Term Incentive - Eligible for Director Level Incentive Opportunity