Vice President, Product Management
Job Summary
About Ergotron:
Ergotron Inc. is a global leader in designing innovative solutions that connect people and technology to enhance human performance health and happiness. For more than 40 years Ergotron has set the standard for professional-grade products and customer-focused service earning more than 200 patents and building a growing portfolio of clinical workflow point-of-care software and services solutions that help healthcare organizations create environments where care teams thrive and patients are better served.
Powered by the Technology of Movement Ergotrons solutions promote wellness productivity and efficiency across some of the worlds most demanding care environments. Headquartered in St. Paul Minnesota Ergotron operates globally with a strong presence across North America EMEA and Asia Pacific. For more information visit .
Position Summary
Ergotron is seeking a strategic market-driven Vice President of Product Management to lead product strategy portfolio management and roadmap execution across the business. This highly visible leader will translate customer insights market opportunities and competitive intelligence into differentiated solutions that drive growth profitability and market share.
Position Responsibilities:
Market Insights & Customer Focus
- Serve as the organizations market insights leader translating customer research competitive assessments industry trends and market opportunities into actionable product direction.
- Evolve and lead a disciplined Voice of Customer (VOC) program that systematically captures synthesizes and activates customer and end-user insights across segments and verticals.
- Drive market segmentation sizing and opportunity assessment to prioritize growth opportunities and guide product investment decisions.
Product Strategy Roadmap & Lifecycle Management
- Define and lead the product and solution strategy translating customer needs market opportunities competitive insights and business objectives into a clear portfolio vision and investment roadmap.
- Own product roadmap and portfolio management across the full product lifecycle including business case development pricing strategy new product introduction stage-gate governance portfolio optimization product performance management and end-of-life decisions.
- Partner with Engineering to ensure product investments and roadmap execution align with technical feasibility resource capacity quality standards and speed-to-market objectives.
- Establish performance metrics and accountability processes to evaluate product success using customer feedback market insights and financial results to drive continuous optimization.
- Collaborate with Marketing Sales and Finance to support successful product launches commercial readiness sales enablement forecasting and investment decisions.
- Communicate product strategy portfolio performance investment priorities and roadmap progress to executive leadership the Board and commercial teams.
Leadership Team Development & Culture
- Build and lead a high-performing Product Management organization focused on market insight commercial impact accountability and innovation.
- Attract develop and retain top product talent through coaching performance management succession planning and career development.
- Foster a culture of integrity curiosity continuous improvement and data-driven decision making.
Position Requirements (Knowledge and Experience):
- Bachelors degree in Business Marketing Engineering or a related field preferred; advanced degree a plus.
- 15 years of progressive product management experience including at least 5 years in a senior leadership role within a commercially driven organization.
- Proven success building and leading high-performing product organizations with a track record of delivering growth through market-driven product strategy innovation and portfolio management.
- Deep expertise in customer insights market analysis competitive intelligence and product strategy with the ability to translate market opportunities into profitable product investments and roadmaps.
- Experience leading product management within a medical device healthcare technology or healthcare capital equipment organization is strongly preferred.
- Strong commercial and financial acumen including business case development pricing strategy portfolio optimization and product lifecycle management.
- Strong executive presence communication and change leadership skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive organizational transformation.
- Strategic data-driven leader with a bias for execution and delivering measurable business results.
- Willingness to travel up to 40%; valid drivers license and passport required.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite; Salesforce and product management tools preferred.
- Ability to meet the physical requirements of the role.
Benefits:
- Ergotron provides a fast-paced innovative and flexible work environment with a comprehensive and competitive pay and benefits package. (Use below bullets for United States delete for Global positions)
- Our total rewards package includes but not limited to; competitive wages consisting of base pay bonus and/or incentive pay based on position medical dental vision life disability tuition reimbursement 401k with match and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- We work hard and we recharge. With competitive Paid Time Off (PTO) programs which includes vacation and sick and safe time and eleven paid holidays our employees have ample time throughout the year to spend with family and friends traveling or relaxing.
- We are proud to support our employees and their growing families by offering ten weeks of paid maternity leave four weeks of paid paternity leave and three days of paid grandparents leave.
- Both our newest and our most tenured employees are formally recognized. Our career milestones program ensures that our new team members feel welcome and rewards employees at five years ten years fifteen years and beyond.
Core Values:
- Customer-Centric Innovation
- Built to Last
- Always Improving
- Integrity
Required Experience:
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About Company
Ergotron uses human-centered design to build kinetic workspaces. Our products promote wellness and productivity by moving technology to where you need it most.