Senior Product Manager - Trailer

At Trane TechnologiesTM and through our businesses including Trane® and Thermo King®, we create innovative climate solutions for buildings, homes, and transportation that challenge what's possible for a sustainable world. We're a team that dares to look at the world's challenges and see impactful possibilities. We believe in a better future when we uplift others and enable our people to thrive at work and at home. We boldly go.

Trane Technologies has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Product Manager to join our Thermo King Americas Business Unit! This position is eligible for a Hybrid work schedule and will be based out of our Minneapolis, MN location. This Sr. Product Manager supports our Trailer platform and will work cross functionally with our Engineering teams and will help to define and influence our growing team!

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supports Trailer products through the product lifecycle, gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements, defining the product vision.
• Develops a vision for the product that includes knowledge about timing, resource implementations, tradeoffs, and competitive landscape data.
• Be a part of Thermo Kings Electrified Vehicle and Transport Refrigeration Unit (TRU) future - maintaining balance between short term and long-term profitability objectives
• Visits customers face-to-face to understand customer needs from their business point of view.
• Interacts with engineering to ensure product design, quality, reliability, and profitability goals are met.
• Communicates product roadmap and plan with Business Unit product planning team; coordinates the plan with functional partners.
• Coordinates with the marketing and sales teams to develop and implement a marketing strategy and plan (including targeted programs and promotions) for each new or updated product/service or extension.
• Interacts with the sales team to review and adjust the distribution strategy for each product/service line based on performance.
• Advocates the strategy roadmap to the broader organization.
• Develops compelling communication around the value proposition and differentiation to competitive offers and or alternative solutions.
• Understands organizational culture and can fully operate across organizational boundaries.
• Leads the execution of detailed demand planning for all product/service lines based on input from industry, market, and competitor analyses.
• Works independently to manage and lead standard management routine activities pertaining to Product Growth Teams driving all meetings, measuring metrics, conducting analytics and utilizing an effective visual management system.
• Applies a Multi Generation Product Plan (MPP) in creating a vision for the product/service.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Finance, Engineering, or other technical-related degree
• A minimum of 7 years of product management, sales, or other relevant experience
• Ability to travel up to 25%
• Must have a strong technical aptitude and the ability to work across different functions
• Strong financial acumen is required
• Excellent organization skills and flexibility to handle a variety of time sensitive tasks and projects
• Demonstrated ability to provide effective support on a broad range of activities requiring attention to detail
• Solid analytical and communication skills
• Knowledge of the transport refrigeration business and trucking industry preferred, but not required

Base Compensation Range is $102,000 to $211,500. Total compensation for this role also will include an incentive plan. Disclaimer: This base salary range is based on US national averages. Actual base pay could be a result of seniority, merit, geographic location where the work is performed.

We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits and programs. We are an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, pregnancy, age, marital status, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any legally protected status.