Brake System Product Manager

Job Description

Who are we?

Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for freight and transit rail as well as the mining, marine, and industrial markets. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, the company has grown to become One Wabtec, with unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems.

Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress and unlocks our customers’ potential by delivering innovative and lasting transportation solutions that move and improve the world. We are lifelong learners obsessed with making things better to drive exceptional results. Wabtec has approximately 31K employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit our website to learn more!

Who will you be working with?

As a Brake System Product Manager, you will work across the entire product lifecycle, supporting both Original Equipment (OE) and Services business objectives. You will collaborate with a diverse network of stakeholders responsible for developing, selling, delivering, and supporting our products throughout their lifecycle.

In this role, you will partner closely with Key Account Management, Business Development, Tendering, Commercial Operations (COM-OPS), Product Engineering, Sourcing, Operations, and Services teams within the region, while also working with global Product Management and Engineering teams to ensure alignment between regional market needs and global product strategy.

How will you make a difference?

As a member of the Brakes Product Management team, you will be responsible for defining and executing the strategy for your assigned product portfolio across its full lifecycle. Reporting to the Director, Brake System Product Management, you will help drive profitable growth by aligning product offerings with customer needs, market trends, and business priorities across both OE and Services markets.

You will own the product roadmap for your assigned portfolio, defining the strategic vision, market positioning, and competitive direction of your products. Through close collaboration with commercial, engineering, sourcing, and operations teams, you will translate customer and market requirements into differentiated solutions that deliver sustainable growth, improve competitiveness, and create long-term value for customers and the business.

What do we want to know about you?

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business administration, or a related field
• Minimum of 3 years' experience in product management, engineering, sales, business development, or profit center (P&L) management, ideally in the rail industry or at an original equipment manufacturer (OEM).
• Demonstrated experience developing product strategies, roadmaps, business cases and lifecycle offerings.
• Experience leading cross-functional work across Engineering, Operations, Sourcing, Finance and Commercial teams.

Other language requirement

Fluent English is required for this position in order to communicate with colleagues, clients and partners (or suppliers). 

What will your typical day look like?

• Product strategy and roadmap: Define the aftermarket vision, strategy and multi-year roadmap for assigned product lines based on market entitlement, fleet lifecycle, technology evolution, customer requirements and competitive dynamics.
• Portfolio and offering management: Define, develop and rationalize a scalable portfolio of “core” products, parts, upgrades and service solutions. Establish offering scope, target applications, configuration rules, value propositions and lifecycle plans.
• Product economics and profitable growth: Own product-level business cases, target cost, margin architecture, lifecycle value and investment recommendations. Monitor orders, revenue, contribution margin, market share and pipeline health by assigned product, and initiate corrective actions with KAM, BD and functional teams, as deviations from targets exist.
• Innovation and competitiveness: Identify product upgrade/evolution potential, cost-reduction opportunities and technology investments for assigned products. Lead cross-functional competitiveness improvements involving LCC, RAMS, engineering, manufacturing, methods, quality and others as required.
• Other responsibilities include:
  • Voice of market to requirements: Synthesize inputs from Key Account Management (KAM), Business Development (BD), customer engagements, field performance, installed-base data and market research. Translate prioritized needs into clear product and service requirements with Product Engineering and other functions.
  • OE lifecycle and Services readiness: Drive lifecycle readiness for parts, tooling, documentation, repair capability, supplier strategy, training, warranty transition, fleet introduction and long-term support.
  • Market and competitive intelligence: Maintain product-specific market intelligence, fleet and installed-base visibility, competitor analysis and technology trends. Convert insights into roadmap priorities, offer positioning and risks/opportunities.
  • Opportunity and proposal enablement: Support BD and KAM with product expertise, requirements interpretation, technical positioning, business-case inputs and product risk assessment. Support Commercial Operations (COM-OPS) with necessary technical inputs to build/submit a quality offer for products and service.  
  • Standardization and governance: Ensure tenders and projects use approved standard offerings wherever practical. Govern exceptions, product deviations and roadmap commitments in coordination with Engineering, Operations, Sourcing and Quality.
  • Regional enablement: Communicate product vision, roadmap and offer strategy to regional stakeholders. Provide product knowledge, tools and training that enable KAM and BD teams to identify, position and execute opportunities consistently.

You may also be asked to perform other duties outside of your function or trade, for which adequate training will be provided if necessary.

What could you accomplish in a place that puts People First?

At Wabtec, it’s not just about a job - it’s about the impact you make. When our people come together, we’re Expanding the Possible by continuously improving what we do and how we do it - for our clients and each other.

If you’re ready to revolutionize how the world moves for future generations, Wabtec is the place for you.

Who are we?

Wabtec is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for the freight and transit rail sectors. Drawing on more than 150 years of experience, we are leading the way in safety, efficiency, reliability, innovation, and productivity. Whether it’s freight, transit, ports, logistics, mining, industrial, or marine, our expertise, technologies, and people together – are accelerating the future of transportation. With roots that date back to George Westinghouse, Thomas Edison, and Louis Faiveley, Wabtec has always built technologies and implemented solutions for a variety of sectors that are critical to meeting the needs of customers and governments alike.

Our global team of about 30,000 employees worldwide delivers performance that moves the world forward. We’re lifelong learners, obsessed with better. Learn more at www.WabtecCorp.com.

Culture powers us and the possibilities.

We believe the best ideas come from a mix of experiences and backgrounds. At Wabtec, we strive every day to create a place where everyone belongs. We’re building a culture where leadership, inclusion and your unique perspective fuel progress.

We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome talent of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities, including race, gender, age, disability, veteran status and more.

Need accommodation? Just let us know - we’ve got you.

Qualifications

Additional Information

Our job titles may span more than one career level. The salary rate for this role is currently $79100-112800 The actual salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, education, business needs, market demands and work location. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. More information on offered benefits, which include health, welfare, and retirement, are available at mywabtecbenefits.com. Other benefit offerings for this role may include annual bonus, if eligible.

What could you accomplish in a place that puts People First?

At Wabtec, it’s not just about a job - it’s about the impact you make. When our people come together, we’re Expanding the Possible by continuously improving what we do and how we do it - for our clients and each other.

If you’re ready to revolutionize how the world moves for future generations, Wabtec is the place for you.
 

Who are we?

Wabtec is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for the freight and transit rail sectors. Drawing on more than 150 years of experience, we are leading the way in safety, efficiency, reliability, innovation, and productivity. Whether it’s freight, transit, ports, logistics, mining, industrial, or marine, our expertise, technologies, and people together – are accelerating the future of transportation. With roots that date back to George Westinghouse, Thomas Edison, and Louis Faiveley, Wabtec has always built technologies and implemented solutions for a variety of sectors that are critical to meeting the needs of customers and governments alike.

Our global team of about 30,000 employees worldwide delivers performance that moves the world forward. We’re lifelong learners, obsessed with better. Learn more at www.WabtecCorp.com.

Culture powers us and the possibilities.

We believe the best ideas come from a mix of experiences and backgrounds. At Wabtec, we strive every day to create a place where everyone belongs. We’re building a culture where leadership, inclusion and your unique perspective fuel progress.

We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome talent of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities, including race, gender, age, disability, veteran status and more.

Need accommodation? Just let us know - we’ve got you.