Senior Product Manager
Job Summary
How you will make an Impact (Job Summary)
SPX is a diverse team of unique individuals who all make an impact. As the Senior Product Manager for Radiodetection you will have end-to-end ownership of assigned strategic product lines shaping portfolio direction from market insight and product vision through development launch lifecycle management and commercial performance. You will combine customer understanding technical insight and commercial discipline to build compelling strategies and business cases align cross-functional teams and deliver profitable growth product innovation and sustained competitive advantage.
Operating with a high degree of autonomy you will influence senior stakeholders mentor colleagues and contribute to broader business strategy beyond your immediate product lines. This role provides an opportunity for a high-potential product leader to broaden their impact and develop toward future senior leadership responsibilities.
What you can expect in this role (Job Responsibilities)
While each day brings new opportunities at SPX your core responsibilities will be:
1. Product Strategy and Portfolio Leadership:
Own the strategy roadmap lifecycle and commercial performance of assigned product lines ensuring alignment with Radiodetections business strategy and growth objectives.
Create and maintain multi-year product roadmaps in collaboration with engineering sales operations finance and senior leadership.
Identify qualify and prioritise opportunities for new product development product enhancements lifecycle extensions and portfolio rationalisation.
Act as a senior subject matter expert on the markets applications customers competitors technologies and regulatory trends relevant to the portfolio.
2. Customer Market and Competitive Insight:
Lead market segmentation voice-of-customer activity and competitive analysis to identify growth opportunities unmet needs and areas for differentiation.
Define target customers priority market segments and the problems Radiodetection is best positioned to solve recognising how customer expectations and market dynamics are changing.
Translate technical capability into clear customer value differentiated positioning and compelling value propositions.
Represent the voice of the market in product investment and strategic planning discussions.
3. New Product Development and Commercialisation:
Develop robust business cases product requirements investment appraisals pricing assumptions and launch plans to support decision-making through the new product introduction process.
Lead cross-functional teams through product development and launch activity ensuring programmes remain commercially focused and are delivered to agreed objectives.
Partner with engineering operations finance sales marketing and support to resolve issues manage trade-offs and enable successful market introduction.
Ensure product and launch decisions are grounded in customer evidence commercial viability technical feasibility and operational readiness.
4. Commercial Performance and Go-to-Market:
Monitor portfolio performance including revenue margin volume pricing discounts adoption and customer feedback taking corrective action where required.
Develop product positioning pricing approaches and commercial strategies that support profitable growth across global markets.
Work with marketing to create effective product messaging launch collateral sales enablement tools and customer-facing content.
Partner with global sales teams on regional strategies key customer engagement tender positioning and executive-level customer discussions.
5. Strategic Leadership and Cross-Functional Influence:
Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders and act as a credible evidence-based voice in strategic business planning forums.
Contribute to wider product management and marketing priorities including portfolio strategy innovation planning digital initiatives and long-term growth planning.
Mentor colleagues share product management best practice and contribute to the development of organisational capability.
Operate effectively through complexity and ambiguity using sound judgement resilience and influence to drive decisions without relying on direct authority.
What we are looking for (Experience Knowledge Skills Abilities Education)
We each bring something to the table and we are looking for someone who has:
Required Experience
Significant product management commercial marketing or business development experience in a technical industrial or business-to-business environment.
Proven experience managing the full product lifecycle including portfolio planning roadmap development new product development launch and ongoing commercial management.
Experience developing product strategies value propositions pricing recommendations business cases and commercial launch plans.
Experience working across international markets with cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders.
Demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority and lead complex cross-functional initiatives through ambiguity.
Strong commercial and analytical capability with experience using market financial customer and product performance data to support decisions.
Preferred Experience Knowledge Skills and Abilities
Extensive relevant experience in product management sales marketing or business development.
Experience within or strong knowledge of the utility construction infrastructure damage prevention or industrial technology markets.
Strong strategic product management capability including segmentation prioritisation roadmapping lifecycle management and portfolio planning.
Commercial acumen with the ability to connect product and marketing strategy to revenue margin market share and long-term growth.
Ability to understand detailed technical concepts assess their commercial relevance and communicate opportunities clearly to senior stakeholders and customers.
Confident communication and presentation skills with the presence and credibility to influence at all levels including senior leadership and executive-level customers.
Demonstrated leadership potential through sound judgement ownership resilience coaching and experience mentoring colleagues or leading project teams.
Fluent spoken and written English with strong computer literacy and confidence using data financial models and business cases; self-motivated and adaptable with the ability to prioritise competing demands.
Education & Certifications
Degree qualified or equivalent relevant experience ideally in business marketing engineering product management or a related discipline.
Travel & Working Environment
Ability to travel domestically and internationally as required and work effectively with global teams across locations and time zones.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Company
SPX Technologies, based in Charlotte, NC, is a supplier of highly engineered products and technologies, holding leadership positions in the HVAC, detection and measurement, and engineered solutions markets.