Director of Product Management

As Director of Product Management – Drinkware, you own product strategy, portfolio direction, and execution across multiple categories, ensuring product decisions support long-term business growth. You lead and develop a high-performing team of Product Managers, setting clear standards for product definition, strategy, and execution. You partner closely with Brand, Engineering, Design, Legal, Supply Chain, and Commercial leaders to turn complex opportunities into user-centered, commercially successful products. As a senior category and portfolio leader, you ensure category roadmaps and individual product decisions align with broader portfolio strategy and long-term business objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own the 1-to-3-year product strategy and roadmap across multiple product categories
• Define category-level product strategy in partnership with Brand and Executive leadership, translating brand and consumer direction into product roadmaps and portfolio plans
• Build, lead, and develop a team of Product Managers, including hiring, coaching, and performance management
• Set clear expectations, processes, and standards for product definition and lifecycle management
• Lead category and portfolio level product planning, prioritization, and investment decisions
• Partner with Brand leadership to align multi-generational brand plans with category level product strategy
• Ensure product teams leverage insights from Consumer Insights and Brand teams, supplemented by market and competitive research, to develop clear, durable product definitions
• Act as a senior category and portfolio expert, monitoring trends, white space, and competitive dynamics
• Lead semiannual portfolio and roadmap reviews with senior leadership
• Partner with Engineering and Operations leadership to ensure products meet cost, quality, schedule, and regulatory goals at scale
• Incorporate in market performance, financial results, and learnings into future portfolio strategy
• Ensure product decisions remain aligned with user needs, long term portfolio health, and company strategy
• Present category strategy, portfolio performance, and key investment decisions to Executive Leadership

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as Engineering, Industrial Design, Business, Marketing, or equivalent experience.
• 5 to 10 years of relevant physical product management experience, preferably in consumer goods or durable products.
• Demonstrated experience leading and developing product management teams.
• Proven ability to define and own multi category product strategies and roadmaps.
• Strong understanding of product development processes from concept through production at scale.
• Experience working cross functionally with Brand, Engineering, Design, Supply Chain, and Commercial leadership.
• Ability to synthesize user research, market data, financial inputs, and business objectives into clear strategic direction.
• Strong communication, organizational, and leadership skills with the ability to influence at all levels of the organization.

Desired Qualifications: 

• Experience in the drinkware industry.
• Experience working with global manufacturing partners.