What you will do

Johnson Controls has an exciting Product Management opportunity within the Global Products organization.  We’re looking for a Product Manager to join the Global Product Management team within JCI’s Intrusion Product Business Unit (PBU) responsible for our wireless devices portfolio. This position reports to the Director, Product Management.

As a Product Manager, you will be highly focused on driving long-term customer satisfaction, competitive advantage, market share growth and increased profitability across our full product portfolio. You will lead the product life cycle from ideation to end-of-life, and be accountable for virtually all aspects of the business without having direct authority over the resources required to “make it happen”.

Do new product introductions and enhancing sustaining products excite you? Join us a Product Manager, where you can make an impact on our customers and our business.

How you will do it

• Product Roadmap Development: Craft a detailed product roadmap, outlining feature rollouts to market entry timelines. Prioritize features based on technical/engineering feasibility, customer needs, and strategic value. Incorporate customer feedback and market data into ongoing product refinement.
• Requirements Definition: Define clear product requirements that align engineering & product development with customer needs. Ensure specifications balance customer needs, market trends, company strategy & positioning, and engineering constraints.
• New Product Introductions: Comply with the RCLP process to bring new products to market. Develop business cases and stage/gate review documentation for new products. Work with Sales, Marketing, Operations, and Support team(s) on timely and successful new product introductions. Communicate project expectations to SLT on goals, scope, budget, resources, risks, and timeline, as well as project updates with internal and external stakeholders.
• Market Analysis: Conduct in-depth market research to understand differing customer needs across various markets. Use insights to tailor product features and to specific market segments. Create and maintain SWOT analysis by regularly performing benchmark and competitive analysis.
• Security & Compliance: Work closely with security and compliance teams to understand what requirements are needed in products to obtain or maintain regulatory requirements.
• Operations Support: Create and drive Phase In and Phase Out (PIPO) plans for your product lines. Participate in monthly S&OP calls to ensure alignment of product forecasts and demand planning processes, releases, and exits. Ensure ERP system data reflects correct life cycle data.
• Pricing Strategy Development: With the pricing team, develop a comprehensive pricing strategy that considers market competitiveness, production costs, and customer value perception.
• (Internal) Stakeholder Collaboration: Engage regularly with engineering, business development, sales, technical account management, operations, and marketing teams to ensure alignment on product vision, timeline, and market strategy. Be the focal point for product-related decisions and communications.
• (External) Stakeholder Collaboration: Engage regularly with strategic partners, customers, and vendors.
• Tradeshows: Represent the company and our products at conferences, tradeshows, and sales events.
• Performance Metrics: Monitor and drive actions on key performance indicators for product success, including: market adoption, customer satisfaction, revenue targets, costing performance, and quality.

What we look for

Required

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Business, or a related field of study.
• Experience with product and portfolio management for complex products across hardware and software.
• Minimum of 3+ years in product management, with NPI experience.
• Strong written and verbal communication and able to work cross-functionally.
• Ability to present to internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and data driven decision making.
• Entrepreneurial mindset to innovate and take calculated risks.
• Self-starter, you can anticipate and mitigate program risks and proactively solve problems, which may require conceptual thinking and independent judgment in methods and techniques for obtaining results.
• Travel required to support partner integrations, customer integrations or launch. Domestic and international travel may be required up to 15%, subject to corporate policies.

Preferred

• Security industry experience, knowledge, and relationships
• A master’s degree or MBA

Our benefits

We offer an exciting and challenging position with great personal freedom and professional responsibility. Joining us you will become part of a leading global multi-industrial corporation defined by its stimulating work environment and job satisfaction. In addition, we offer outstanding career development opportunities which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents.

If you are interested to learn more about this exciting opportunity, then please apply directly to the role through the web page.

Who we are:

Johnson Controls is a global diversified technology and multi-industrial leader serving a wide range of customers in more than 150 countries. Our 130,000 employees create intelligent buildings, efficient energy solutions, integrated infrastructure and next generation transportation systems that work seamlessly together to deliver on the promise of smart cities and communities. Our commitment to sustainability dates back to our roots in 1885, with the invention of the first electric room thermostat. We are committed to helping our customers win and creating greater value for all of our stakeholders through strategic focus on our buildings and energy growth platforms. For additional information, please visit www.johnsoncontrols.com or follow us @johnsoncontrols on Twitter.