Product Manager- Fire Products

SUMMARY

Under the general supervision of the Vice President of Product & Marketing the Product Manager Fire Products will own product strategy roadmap planning lifecycle management and cross-functional execution for Seek Thermal products serving the fire market. This role translates firefighter department channel and market needs into differentiated product requirements and business priorities partnering closely with Engineering Design Sales Marketing Operations Quality Customer Service and Finance from concept through launch and sustaining activities

RESPONSIBILITIES

Own the product strategy and roadmap for Seek Thermal fire products balancing customer needs market opportunities competitive dynamics technical capabilities cost and business objectives.

Conduct market assessments and identify opportunities for new products product innovation and enhancements across hardware software accessories and the overall user experience.

Build a deep understanding of firefighters fire departments distributors and other fire-market stakeholders through voice-of-customer research field observation surveys prototype evaluations field testing and ongoing customer engagement.

Define target users use cases value propositions features performance requirements user experience and packaging in partnership with cross-functional teams.

Drive product planning documentation including business cases ROI analyses MRDs PRDs competitive analyses and launch recommendations.

Partner with Engineering and Design to translate market and user needs into clear product requirements make informed feature/cost/schedule tradeoffs and maintain alignment throughout development.

Lead cross-functional product execution for new product development and sustaining initiatives helping teams deliver to agreed scope schedule quality and cost targets.

Prioritize product requirements and development work across multiple projects and lifecycle stages based on customer impact strategic value technical risk and business priorities.

Monitor competitive fire-market offerings technology trends customer feedback field performance and market changes; use insights to inform roadmap and product decisions.

Act as the voice of the customer and market in product decisions and work with Engineering Quality Operations and Customer Service to understand and prioritize field issues and sustaining improvements.

Collaborate with Sales and Marketing to develop go-to-market strategies product messaging training sales tools launch plans and demand-generation activities for fire products.

Support launches and post-launch performance by defining success metrics tracking business and product performance gathering market feedback and recommending corrective actions or follow-on investments.

Engage directly with customers channel partners and the sales team to support product discussions demonstrations field evaluations and market-development activities.

Maintain effective communication with executive leadership and cross-functional stakeholders regarding roadmap priorities product decisions risks tradeoffs schedules and performance.

Approximately 20-25% travel may be required for customer visits field research industry events product testing and internal collaboration.

SKILLS KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES

Product management experience with physical products preferably technically complex hardware/software products or professional-use electronics.

Success managing products through the full lifecycle from market discovery and definition through development launch sustaining and end-of-life.

Strong customer orientation and ability to convert user needs behaviors workflows and motivations into actionable requirements.

Strong strategic thinking market analysis organization planning and attention to detail.

Ability to understand technical tradeoffs and risks and work effectively with engineering counterparts.

Ability to develop product and go-to-market strategies and communicate recommendations to technical commercial and executive audiences.

Strong analytical and financial acumen including business cases ROI cost tradeoffs dashboards and performance metrics.

Ability to lead through influence and collaborate across Engineering Design Sales Marketing Operations Quality Customer Service and Finance.

Excellent written verbal presentation interpersonal and problem-solving skills.

Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Proficient in Microsoft Office tools.

Qualifications :

Bachelors degree in Engineering Business Marketing Product Management or a related technical field; technical degree preferred.

5 years of product management or closely related product development experience; hardware and integrated software experience strongly preferred.

Experience in thermal imaging fire service products public safety rugged professional equipment or adjacent markets is preferred.

Proven product launch experience; global manufacturing supply chain or procurement experience is preferred.

Additional Information :

Why Join Seek Thermal
Youll join a high-performing collaborative accounting team where youll have the opportunity to build a broad accounting skill set while learning from experienced team members.

Our team values accuracy accountability continuous improvement and working together to get things done well. We encourage people to ask questions bring forward ideas and understand the why behind their work.

As Seek Thermal grows we want this role to grow with it. Our goal is to provide the mentorship experience and increasing responsibility needed to develop into a well-rounded accounting professional.

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Full-time