Director of Marketing And Product Management

The client is a specialist manufacturer of safety-critical hardware accompanied by services and software, operating in a highly regulated, complex-channel industry. The Director of Marketing and Product Management will bring together product strategy, product leadership, strategic marketing, digital services, and business development, while leading a team and contributing to partnerships and acquisition evaluation.

Responsibilities:

• Own the end-to-end product and strategy agenda from market insight through to roadmap and execution
• Lead a team of four, spanning product, regional strategic marketing, digital services and business development
• Report directly to the MD, with genuine board-level exposure from day one
• Contribute to partnership and acquisition evaluation, working alongside a central corporate development function
• Based on the East Coast, central or Midwest US, with regular international travel

Requirements:

• • Background in B2B physical/hardware products – Engineering, product management or Strategic Marketing, ideally a combination of more than one discipline
• • Experience operating in a regulated, multi-tier channel codes, standards, certifications, or similar compliance-driven markets
• • A track record owning product strategy at a portfolio level, not just incremental delivery
• • Naturally curious and outward-looking — comfortable digging into data and market signals, not just internal reporting
• • Confident operating with senior commercial leaders operating in a fast paced entrepreneurial environment
• • A clear, concise communicator