Senior Product Manager - Helmets

Senior Product Manager - Helmets

Senior Product Manager - Helmets

SUMMARY

Are you Specialized? As a Senior Product Manager for Helmets, you will lead with vision, empathy, and relentless drive—translating the voice of riders into innovative, high-performance products that define the future of cycling safety. Fueled by deep curiosity and a passion for rider experience, you’ll uncover insights from athletes around the world and turn them into meaningful product strategies. Your resilience will power you through the complexities of cross-functional collaboration, global market demands, and the fast pace of product innovation. In this role, you’ll champion the helmet category from concept to launch, shaping the product line with a forward-thinking mindset and a commitment to excellence that inspires those around you.

HOW YOU’LL MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Helmet Strategy: Will be the voice for Helmet business, becoming the driving force for project initiation through launch. Rider Insights: Research product needs from our global riders and translate into product briefs. Product Line Management:  create product vision for category to meet the needs of riders, business and brand.  Profitability: Work with finance and sales teams to maximize profitability, set pricing and sales strategies.    Product Specifications: Maintain product specs, costs, timelines, and details to support GTM efforts & systems.  Innovation Vision: Work with engineers & designers continually to build innovation road maps and concepts. Trends: Be on the leading edge of product trends, style, functionality, etc in all types of cycling.   Leadership: Be the champion for the Helmet business – connecting athletes, retailers, sales teams and executives. Colors & graphics: Partner with the Design Team to create premium, world-class designs and limited editions. Go-to-Market: Partner with the Rider Promise Team to elevate storytelling and deliver on-time to market.

wHAT YOU NEED TO WIN

• Inspiring Presentations: Experience creating product presentations, at many levels – for both product and strategy.
• Line vision: Deep understanding of retail, merchandising and product line structure strategy.
• Athlete Performance. Passion for rider performance; ability to translate rider feedback to problem statements.
• Demonstrated leadership: Experience leading groups of people towards a vision; ability to influence up/down/across.
• Systems Experience: Excellent Excel and other Microsoft Office skills, ability to quickly learn Flex PLM system.
• Time with Riders: Open to travel (international and domestic) 15-20% to spend time with core riders.
• Curiosity: Humble approach to team collaboration and a passion and curiosity to drive for real innovation.
• Resilience: Mindset that is biased for action, with the determination to take innovation to the completion.
• On-site Location: Role is located on-site, 3 days per week, in Morgan Hill, CA.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5+ Experience in product management or other related function.
• Highly developed presentation abilities. 
• Prefer two years of experience in sporting goods industry.
• Deep understanding of retail and the corresponding opportunities and challenges.
• Candidates should have a solid understanding of design and development processes including timelines, manufacturing & delivery.
• Experience working with manufacturing such as foams, plastics, and additive processes.
• Curiosity to continually find a better way, humble approach to teamwork and a passion to aim for real innovation.

About Specialized:

First and foremost, we are riders. We share the core belief that bikes help make the world a better place. From product development and operations, to finance and marketing - every role at Specialized contributes to a culture of sustainable, global growth, and innovation. Around the world, we work to recruit candidates who are passionate and curious with the belief that everyone has the potential to be a leader.

Senior Product Manager - Helmets

SUMMARY

Are you Specialized? As a Senior Product Manager for Helmets, you will lead with vision, empathy, and relentless drive—translating the voice of riders into innovative, high-performance products that define the future of cycling safety. Fueled by deep curiosity and a passion for rider experience, you’ll uncover insights from athletes around the world and turn them into meaningful product strategies. Your resilience will power you through the complexities of cross-functional collaboration, global market demands, and the fast pace of product innov