Snr Product Manager - Wheel end

Job Title: Snr Product Manager - Wheel end

Location: Southfield, MI

Work Arrangement: ON-SITE

Tenneco is one of the world’s leading designer, manufacturers, and marketers of automotive products for original equipment and aftermarket customers, with approximately 65,000 team members working at more than 200 sites worldwide. Through our four business groups, DRiV, Performance Solutions, Clean Air and Powertrain, Tenneco is driving advancements in global mobility by delivering technology solutions for diversified global markets, including light vehicle, commercial truck, off-highway, industrial, motorsport and the aftermarket.

This position will report within the DRiV business group. DRiV is Tenneco’s aftermarket product solutions group, with a mission to deliver advancements that help people get the most out of every vehicle, every ride, every race, and every journey.  We strive to consistently deliver top tier results behind branded product solutions for our community and shareholders. 

Role Overview:

This role is inherently cross-functional — you will work closely with Business Development, Engineering, Operations, Legal, Public Policy, Finance, Training and Tech Teams, Network Planning, and Executive Leadership to bring DRiV’s Wheel End Products in North America to market. This job will require exceptional communication skills and having the ability to work independently in a high-pressure environment with all levels of leadership, and exercise sound judgment where clear guidelines may not exist.

The ideal candidate must have a high degree of autonomy with the ability to navigate ambiguous problems, develop solutions, and drive strategies forward with minimal guidance. This individual must be able to think strategically and will be proficient at influencing cross-functionally and deliver strong results. This individual must have the ability to dive deep in understanding the product and the competitive landscape and build best-in-class scalable products.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop, present and manage the product roadmap and market strategy, that includes P&Ls and managing profitability, margin improvement projects, planning and presenting product line reviews with minimal oversight.
• Define the product offering and identifies gaps and customer needs by creating vision, strategy, and requirements for Wheel End Products; utilizing available studies (market research, internal) and competitive analysis to identify customer needs; identifying relevant components of a competitive analysis.
• Understand and manage product/services life cycles, profitability, demand planning, new product/services development ideation and process management, competitive offerings.
• Lead and influence cross-functional teams to execute on product development, integration, and commercialization plans to deliver on business case.
• Demonstrate expertise at the product level, build partnerships with relevant stakeholder teams, and make trade-off decisions.
• Provide direction to cross-functional teams, including engineering teams and business functions, communicating the product roadmap and keeping everyone informed of updates and changes.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree; Master's degree or equivalent preferred

Experience:

• 6+ years of team management experience.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in marketing, product management, project management, engineering. Preferably in aftermarket automotive.
• Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition.
• Experience with stage gate product management.
• Experience communicating with VP-level decision makers.
• 5+ years’ experience with Aftermarket Multi Brand Product strategy preferred

Skills:

• Strong leadership skills, with the ability to influence and drive alignment across executives.
• Comfortable being out-front within the organization and interacting at all levels with multinational teams.
• Passion for building products at scale with a focus on customer experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with proven ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional partners and deliver strong results.
• Demonstrated ability in benchmarking and assessing competitive landscape.
• Ability to work in ambiguous environments and overcome challenges with a high degree of flexibility and professionalism.
• Develop product strategy aligning with roadmap including defining market opportunity, competitive landscape, and product KPI’s.
• Travel domestic and international up to 30%.
• Ability to understand P&L, cost structures and margin drivers.
• Ability to establish strong relationships with customers and partners in commercializing new products.
• Proficiency with a CRM system and SAP.
• Strong collaboration ability with engineering, sales, marketing, and operations.

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, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.