Sr. Product Manager - Hybrid

Fieldpiece is hiring a Senior Product Manager to launch the next generation of HVACR tools and testing instruments.  You’ll take the product full life cycle – from customer engagement and market research to working with engineers to implementing your GTM strategy.  The ideal candidate has an engineering background combined with business / marketing experience.  Ultimately, you’re a “quarterback” who thrives in an ambiguous, fast-paced environment and can work across the organization to build and launch products at the strategic and tactical level.  

Fieldpiece is a thriving team of innovators - committed to pushing boundaries and celebrating curiosity.  We’ve been providing HVACR professionals with rugged, feature-rich tools like meters, manifolds, leak detectors, and more since 1990.  Fieldpiece leads the industry in the way we think, work, collaborate, and remain laser-focused on creating products that empower HVACR professionals.  If you thrive in an environment where challenges are embraced, ambiguity fuels innovation, and relationships are built on trust and transparency—this is your opportunity.

As one of the Best Places to Work in SoCal (2023 & 2024), we’re proud of our people-first culture and Hire to Retire philosophy.  We offer a hybrid (3 days onsite), flexible work schedule, a kitchen full of snacks to keep you charged throughout the day and a unique, onsite music room with complimentary guitar and piano lessons.  

What You'll Do

Voice of the Customer and Market Analysis

• Plan and conduct voice of customer (VOC) meetings, beta-testing and validate data to drive decisions on development of product plans and identification of new opportunities.

• Spend significant time in the field (20-30%) with sales personnel, customers, and industry conferences to stay at the forefront of market dynamics and trends.

• Anticipate, monitor, and respond to competitive marketing initiatives.

Ideation & Full Lifecycle Management

• Lead all upstream marketing activities for your portfolio.

• Represent marketing during the product development process, ensuring that products meet global customer needs. 

• Leverage customer and market data to identify new product opportunities, build the product roadmap, and prioritize features.   

• Contribute to forecasting, business planning, product level P&L, metrics, etc.

Marketing, Go-to-market Strategy, and Launch

• Manage projects including deadlines, budgets, contingency planning, approval procedures, and tracking/monitoring status, resources, and activities.

• Develop and lead successful go-to-market strategies and plans for new launches and drive post-launch initiatives to achieve market share and revenue goals.

• Drive segmentation, targeting, positioning, benefits, messaging, pricing, branding, and collateral to support innovation and launches.

What You Bring

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, marketing, or similar fields and experience.   

• 8+ years of progressive product development experience including the business/marketing aspects of launching products.

• Deep customer experience (users, vendors, sales, distributors) to gather and document requirements, feedback, and create opportunities.