Product Manager

Graco manufactures and markets premium equipment to move, measure, control, dispense and spray a wide variety of fluid and powder materials. What does that mean? Well, we pump peanut butter into your jar, and the oil in your car. We glue the soles of your shoes, the glass in your windows and the screen on your phone. We spray the finish on your vehicle, coatings on your pills, the paint on your house and texture on your walls. Graco is part of your daily life. The Product Manager will manage the full product lifecycle for the assigned product category. This role will collaborate with divisional marketing, sales, engineering, and operations to execute on a 5-year product roadmap. This individual will need a blend of technical knowledge, market insights, strategic thinking and project execution skills to ensure the alignment of the product category to the customer needs and divisional goals. The Product Manager will determine and oversee the delivery of the strategy and roadmap for the products to achieve both customer (buyers and users) outcomes and organizational financial objectives. The Product Manager is effectively the ‘voice of the customer in the product’. The Product Manager continuously uses data to empower decision making and inform product direction in ways that build toward positive business outcomes for the division and the customers. ​ What You Will Do at Graco Product Strategy, Development and Management Discover valuable problems to solve and validate potential solutions with customers and the market. Develop a deep understanding of business goals and processes to inform product priorities and improvement recommendations. Socialize the product strategy and ensure a common understanding among internal and external stakeholders. Lead product strategy, planning, and lifecycle management efforts to support the ongoing evolution and innovation of the product line. Monitor business, marketing and technology trends and competitive intelligence to inform product strategy and proactively propose new solutions. Establish product roadmaps and release plans that satisfy requirements and achieve desired customer outcomes. Contribute to translating desired business outcomes into actionable product and technical requirements. Continuously monitor and evaluate product performance, including sales and usage metrics, to monitor product health and make maintain/refresh/retirement recommendations and decisions. Define, track and communicate relevant KPIs for the product to measure performance and contribution to business goals and strategy. Guide and empower the product engineering team to scope, plan and deliver work, applying established delivery methodologies (e.g. agile methodology) and best practices (e.g. reusability). Collaborate with category marketing to drive adoption and consumption of product capabilities, inclusive of identifying specific product experience enhancements intended to drive acquisition and expansion. …