Senior Product Manager – Commercial Electronic Locks – Schlage

Senior Product Manager – Commercial Electronic Locks – Schlage

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in product management, engineering, or related experience
• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering or technical field, MBA preferred
• Demonstrated experience developing strategy, gaining alignment, and driving execution through collaboration and trusted partnerships with internal and external stakeholders
• Highly skilled at indirect leadership & engaging others with the ability to navigate a matrix organization
• Strong business and financial acumen with ability to identify business unit and organizational opportunities & threats and develop action plans
• Strong ability to collaborate, negotiate and work within a team environment across functions and departments through highly effective written, verbal, presentation, and documentation skills
• Excellent ability to collaborate, negotiate and work within a team environment across functions and departments through highly effective written, verbal, presentation, and documentation skills
• Proven ability to translate complex customer and channel needs into thoughtful, well-organized business cases and portfolio roadmaps
• Developed capabilities with strategic planning and track record of supporting profitable business growth
• Demonstrated ability to conceptualize, integrate, and execute new solutions within a business
• Ability to travel up to 30%

Responsibilities

• Responsible for independently identifying, evaluating and prioritizing business and product line opportunities to meet business objectives
• Manages the product life cycle for assigned product lines including new product introductions & innovation opportunities, sunsetting and other enhancements in line with SBU strategy
• Participates in & influences SBU product prioritization discussions
• Maintains broad and comprehensive knowledge of the markets and channels of their product line(s) and Allegion markets as well as consumer/customer needs, industry trends and go-to market strategy; consistently evaluates future market opportunities, threats and internal competencies to adjust product strategy as needed
• Proactively & regularly assesses and evaluates market opportunities & threats to the business unit & Allegion and builds SBU strategy recommendations that enable the business to win
• Leads development of KPIs and/or business cases in partnership with cross-functional stakeholders that detail sales forecasts, investment and commercialization strategy for a business opportunity within a business unit or across platforms
• Synthesizes sales, market and other data to serve as inputs to business cases and developments or adjustments to the portfolio and business unit strategy
• Actively manages the performance of their product line(s) through financial metrics & KPIs; evaluates and determines actions to positively influence business performance and drive better results and outcomes
• Maintains strong, trusting partnerships with stakeholders and leaders across the business. Consistently and easily inspires, influences and aligns others to toward shared goals. Proactively identifies possible areas of conflict and partners with stakeholder(s) to identify resolutions
• Communicates product line updates, strategy, prioritization and related information to stakeholders, other departments and internal or external customers displaying command, presence, and ownership
• Provides direction, mentorship, and/or coaching to others within the organization to improve the performance of peers. May have direct management responsibility for other Product Management team members

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in Commercial Electronics Product Management
• Access Control Industry Experience
• Understanding of Electronic Locks & Access Control Ecosystems
• Physical Access Control Software Experience
• Commercial IT & Networking Infrastructure Experience