Sr. Manager Connected Home Partnerships

Creating Peace of Mind by Pioneering Safety and Security

At Allegion, we help keep the people you know and love safe and secure where they live, work and visit. With more than 30 brands, 12,000+ employees globally and products sold in 130 countries, we specialize in security around the doorway and beyond. Additionally, in 2024 we were awarded the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award, which recognizes the most engaged workplace cultures in the world.

Sr. Manager Connected Home Partnerships - Carmel, IN or Remote United States

The Sr. Manager, Connected Home Partnerships is a role that blends technical and business skills, is a key influencer, and the primary point of contact day-to-day for strategic partners, ensuring that leaders and other key staff are aware of opportunities and challenges ahead of the competition.  

What You Will Do:

• Drive Smart Home Electronics Platform capabilities by working closely with Residential Electronics and Software Product Management and cloud platform engineering on Vision and Strategy for Seamless Access for the Connected Home targeting Consumers and Professional applications

• Be a primary point of contact for strategic partners and customers representing Allegion’s best interests.

• Collaborate with key stakeholders to address time sensitive opportunities in market that provide competitive advantage today, tomorrow and the future.

• Help the Allegion Home teams drive business opportunities by cultivating important strategic relationships with large tech companies (Apple, Google, Samsung, etc..), smart home tech companies, Builders, Big Box, Property Management, etc.

• Work with and influence strategic partners to help identify key opportunities and actions that drive robust growth and exposure for our residential electronic products and brand(s) in the short, medium and long term.

• Help Marketing drive beneficial media coverage by identifying opportunities and partnering closely with strategic partners.

• Provide insight, guidance and leadership to sales, marketing and engineering teams on engagement with key partners.

• Identify, evaluate, and analyze critical strategic partner priorities and/or strategic problems for the benefit of Allegion peers.

• Provide support and coordination amongst internal resources to successfully address strategic opportunities and challenges with strategic market partners and customers.

• Work closely with Product Management and Cloud Platform Software and APIs on integration of Allegion technologies, both new and existing, with partners and industry

What You Need to Succeed:

• Bachelor's degree in business, management, technology or engineering.

• 10+ years of total experience in management consulting, strategic planning, business development, product development or related fields.

• Proven ability to influence and at times, lead cross-functional teams and provide project management support.

• Superior analytic skills, and the ability to compile, analyze and leverage performance data to both identify new opportunities and optimize current campaigns.

• Preferred: experience working with embedded firmware, software, and API’s

• Demonstrated ability to deliver against OKRs while supporting strategic and tactical plans.

• Superior writing, communication and presentation skills.

• Proven ability to conduct and/or analyze research related to consumers, industries and competitors.

• Comfortable leading and working with change

• Absolute self-starter with the self-awareness to know when and how to ask for help

• Ability to travel up to 30%.

• Greater Indianapolis, Indiana location is preferred, but open to candidates living in the USA and working remotely.

Why Work for Us?

Allegion is a Great Place to Grow your Career if: 

• You're seeking a rewarding opportunity that allows you to truly help others.  With thousands of employees and customers around the world, there’s plenty of room to make an impact. As our values state, “this is your business, run with it”.

• You’re looking for a company that will invest in your professional development.  As we grow, we want you to grow with us. 

• You want a culture that promotes work-life balance.  Our employees enjoy generous paid time off, because at Allegion we recognize that you have a full life outside of work! 

What You’ll Get from Us:

• Health, dental and vision insurance coverage, helping you “be safe, be healthy”  

• Unlimited Paid Time Off

• A commitment to your future with a 401K plan, which currently offers a 6%