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Wabtec

Develops electric locomotives and digital solutions

Product Manager - Rolling Stock Components

Product ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeMontreal, QC, Canada

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in engineering, business administration, or a related field is required.
  • More than five years of experience in product management, sales, business development, or profit-and-loss management is required; experience in the rail industry or at an original equipment manufacturer is preferred.
  • Demonstrated experience developing product strategies, roadmaps, business cases, and lifecycle offerings is required.
  • Experience leading cross-functional work across Engineering, Operations, Sourcing, Finance, and Commercial teams is required.
  • French is required for positions permanently located in Quebec to communicate with colleagues and partners there; French-language training is offered to permanent Quebec incumbents who do not have good French knowledge.
  • Fluent English is required to communicate with clients, partners, suppliers, and colleagues located outside Quebec and to understand relevant technical and scientific documentation.

Responsibilities

  • Define the aftermarket vision, strategy, and multi-year roadmap for assigned product lines based on market potential, fleet lifecycle, technology evolution, customer requirements, and competitive dynamics.
  • Define, develop, and rationalize a scalable portfolio of core products, parts, upgrades, and service solutions; establish offer scope, target applications, configuration rules, value propositions, and lifecycle plans.
  • Own product-level business cases, target costs, margin architecture, lifecycle value, and investment recommendations.
  • Monitor orders, revenue, contribution margin, market share, and sales pipeline health for assigned products, and initiate corrective actions with Key Account Management, Business Development, and functional teams when performance deviates from targets.
  • Identify product upgrade and evolution opportunities, cost-reduction opportunities, and technology investments.
  • Lead cross-functional competitiveness improvements involving lifecycle cost analysis, reliability, availability, maintainability and safety, engineering, manufacturing, methods, and quality.
  • Synthesize input from Key Account Management, Business Development, customer engagements, field performance, installed-base data, and market research; translate prioritized needs into product and service requirements with Product Engineering and other functions.
  • Drive lifecycle readiness for parts, tooling, documentation, repair capability, supplier strategy, training, warranty transition, fleet introduction, and long-term support.
  • Maintain product-specific market intelligence, installed-fleet visibility, competitor analysis, and technology-trend knowledge; turn insights into roadmap priorities, offer positioning, and risk and opportunity assessments.
  • Support Business Development and Key Account Management with product expertise, requirements interpretation, technical positioning, business-case inputs, and product risk assessment.
  • Provide Commercial Operations with technical inputs needed to develop and submit quality offers for products and services.
  • Ensure tenders and projects use approved standard offerings where practical; govern exceptions, product deviations, and roadmap commitments with Engineering, Operations, Sourcing, and Quality.
  • Communicate product vision, roadmap, and offer strategy to regional stakeholders; provide product knowledge, tools, and training so Key Account Management and Business Development teams can identify, position, and execute opportunities consistently.
  • Perform other duties outside the role or trade as assigned, with training provided when necessary.

Desired Qualifications

  • An advanced degree or MBA is preferred.
  • Experience in the rail industry or at an original equipment manufacturer is preferred.

About the Company

Wabtec

Develops electric locomotives and digital solutions

Wabtec provides transportation solutions by designing and producing electric locomotives and related services for freight railroads, transit authorities, and industrial operators. Its flagship product, the FLXdrive, is a 100% battery-electric locomotive with a battery pack over 7 megawatt-hours that cuts fuel use and emissions, while the company also sells traditional locomotives, aftermarket services, and digital solutions to optimize operations. Wabtec differentiates itself through a fully electric propulsion option paired with value-added digital tools and manufacturing techniques like mixed-reality work processes, aiming to improve efficiency and sustainability across rail networks. The company’s goal is to make rail transport more efficient and eco-friendly by delivering reliable locomotives, ongoing maintenance, and advanced software and digital capabilities that help customers run greener, lower-cost operations.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Pittsburgh, PA
Founded
1872

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