Product Manager

Location: Buffalo, NY

Job Description

Job Requirements

Why work for us?

Alkegen brings together two of the world’s leading specialty materials companies to create innovative solutions that help our customers solve their most complex challenges.

With more than 60 manufacturing facilities and approximately 9,000 employees globally, we are committed to developing high-performance materials and technologies that enable our customers to breathe easier, live greener and go further.

At Alkegen, we are passionate about innovation, collaboration and delivering meaningful value to our customers. Come grow with us!

Key Responsibilities:

· Global Product & Portfolio Strategy

o Define and own product vision, roadmap, and investment priorities aligned with corporate growth strategy.

o Lead portfolio optimization: investment, growth, or exit decisions based on market conditions.

o Lead the annual product strategic planning process and deployment of the segment strategy.

o Track and monitor resource allocation and product ROI.

· Customer & Market Leadership

o Represent the voice of the customer; understand needs and buying drivers by industry vertical.

o Translate market insights into value propositions and product strategy.

o Ensure products deliver differentiated, quantifiable customer value enabling premium positioning and pricing.

o Coordinate industry strategies across Product Management to ensure cohesive go-to-market execution.

o Consolidate and distribute competitive intelligence insights.

· Lifecycle Management – New Product Governance Own product lifecycle end-to-end, from concept through launch and end of life.

o Prioritize features and investment cost-to-value trade-offs in product design.

o Coordinate engineering, operations, sales, and supply chain for on-time delivery, cost discipline, and quality.

o Partner with Sales to transition product development specifications into successful commercialization.

o Partner with Engineering to ensure products are certified with appropriate boards across relevant geographies.

· Lifecycle Management – Marketing & Commercial Enablement

o Educate Sales on products, applications, and value propositions to accelerate selling and cross-selling.

o Ensure Product Managers engage technical procurement to secure product specifications across subsidiaries.

· Lifecycle Management – Pricing & Value Capture

o Set pricing strategy and governance to protect margins and manage price changes.

· Lifecycle Management – SKU Optimization and Lifecycle

o Identify and lead product-driven cost-down and standardization initiatives.

o Identify and track line extensions vs SKU rationalization and product phase-out decisions.

· Leadership, Talent Development & Cross-Functional Collaboration

o Establish tools, processes, and metrics to drive execution and product performance.

o Foster a data-driven, customer centric product environment

o Track execution of product decisions, surface risks, and escalate issues to meet commitments.

Qualifications/ Experience:

• 3-5+ years of product management experience within an industrial, manufacturing, or technical environment.
• Demonstrated success operating in a complex matrix environment, successfully driving cross-functional alignment and measurable revenue/margin impact.
• Proven ability to translate complex market insights and customer needs into actionable, profitable product strategies.
• Strong commercialization experience, with a deep understanding of B2B pricing strategies and sales enablement.
• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced business (MBA) or technical degree is highly preferred.

Core Competencies:

Customer Focus, Analytical Thinking, Business Acumen, Cross‑Functional Collaboration, Communication & Influence, Results Orientation, Strategic Curiosity

Working Conditions:

• Monthly travel to customers, suppliers, or manufacturing sites
• Ability to work across time zones with global teams

Compensation:

• $95,000 - $110,000
• Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

If you are interested in being part of a world-class Product Management function here at Alkegen, then we would love to hear from you.

At Alkegen, we strive every day to help people – ALL PEOPLE – breathe easier, live greener and go further than ever before. We believe that diversity and inclusion is central to this mission and to our impact. Our diverse and inclusive culture drives our growth & innovation, and we nurture it by actively embracing our differences and using our varied perspectives to solve the complex challenges facing our changing and diverse world.

Employment selection and related decisions are made without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, nation of origin, religion, color, gender identity and expression, age, disability, education, opinions, culture, languages spoken, veteran’s status, or any other protected class.