Product Manager- Innovation

<p><b><u>Purpose: </u></b></p><p>The Product Manager – Innovation will assist with the development and execution of DFC’s innovation strategy, focusing on enabling growth through insights-driven product solutions. At its heart, this role is about understanding consumer needs, market trends, and channel dynamics to shape the future of our brand and product portfolio. It will also be a catalyst for change that will help drive excitement for our brands and products, both internally and externally.</p><p></p><p><b><u>Key Responsibilities:</u></b></p><ul><li>Evaluate and De-Risk Concepts that Advance DFC’s Product Leadership<ul><li>Refine market potential forecast to the appropriate degree of fidelity leveraging fast paced learning loops, multiple data points, and suitable research methodologies.</li><li>Use the above to determine and prioritize features, functions, benefits, and claims.</li><li>Work with your cross-functional team to determine commercialization strategies that align with DFC’s key customer segments and provide an outline for success to the core business.</li><li>Eliminate concepts from the pipeline when commercial value is not found.</li></ul></li><li>Consumer Insights & Market Intelligence<ul><li>Work with DFC’s insights team to identify and prioritize emerging consumer behaviors, lifestyle trends, and unmet needs.</li><li>Translate insights into actionable innovation strategies, on the portfolio and project level.</li></ul></li><li>Spark Change and Drive Excitement<ul><li>Be a change agent within the organization, pushing DFC’s core business beyond what is comfortable to help drive incremental growth</li><li>Help foster a culture of creativity, agility, and consumer-centric thinking across the organization.</li></ul></li></ul><p></p><p></p><p><b><u>Metrics:</u></b></p><ul><li>Throughput<ul><li>Category/project delivery & success metrics (long term/short term, prioritized according to DFC’s strategic plans)</li><li>Driving efficiency via understanding of key stakeholder needs</li></ul></li><li>Effectiveness of communication via internal feedback</li></ul><p></p><p></p><p><b><u>Education and Experience:</u></b></p><ul><li>Bachelor’s degree and minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience.</li><li>Demonstrated thought leadership and understanding of consumer needs and trends.</li><li>Bias for commercialization; including POC, MVP, small batch product and/or services launches.</li><li>Proficient problem solver with an innate ability to deal with ambiguity.</li><li>Able to lead multiple complex projects at one time and prioritize work and resources according to potential impact.</li><li>Strategic thinker with a passion for consumer-driven innovation.</li><li>Ability to balance creativity with commercial viability.</li><li>Change management expertise with experience in a matrix organization.</li></ul><p></p><p></p><p><b><u>EEO statement: </u></b></p><p>We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.</p><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><h2>Company: Delta Faucet Company</h2><p style="text-align:inherit"></p><h3></h3><h3></h3>Full time<h3></h3><h3></h3><p style="text-align:inherit"></p>Hiring Range: $88,700.00 - $139,260.00 USD<h3></h3><h3></h3><p style="text-align:inherit"></p>Actual compensation may vary based on various factors including experience, education, geographic location, and/or skills.<p></p><p><i>Delta Faucet Company</i> <i><span>(the “Company”) is an equal opportunity employer and</span></i> <i><span>we </span></i><i><span>strive to employ the most qualified individuals for every position</span></i><i><span><i>.</i></span></i> <i><span> The Company makes employment decisions only based on merit. It is the Company’s policy to prohibit discrimination in any employment opportunity (including but not limited to recruitment, employment, promotion, salary increases, benefits, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment) based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, pregnancy, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical/mental disability, medical condition, marital/domestic partner status, military and veteran status, height, weight or any other such characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. The Company is committed to complying with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. This commitment applies to all people involved in the operations of the Company regardless of where the employee is located and prohibits unlawful discrimination by any employee of the Company.</span></i></p><p></p><p><i><span>Delta Faucet Company </span><span>is an E-Verify employer. E-Verify is an Internet based system operated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in partnership with the Social Security Administration (SSA) that allows participating employers to electronically verify the employment eligibility of their newly hired employees in the United States. Please click on the following links for more information.</span></i></p><p></p><p><i><span>E-Verify Participation Poster:<span> </span></span></i><a href="https://e-verify.uscis.gov/web/media/resourcesContents/E-Verify_Participation_Poster_ES.pdf" target="_blank">English & Spanish</a></p><p><br><i><span>E-verify Right to Work Poster:<span> </span></span><a href="https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Verification/E-Verify/E-Verify_Native_Documents/Right_to_Work_Poster_English.pdf" target="_blank">English</a><span>,<span> </span></span><a href="https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Verification/E-Verify/E-Verify_Native_Documents/Right_to_Work_Poster_Spanish.pdf" target="_blank">Spanish</a></i></p><p></p><p></p>#LI-Remote

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