Stanley Black & Decker

Director, Product Management – Concrete and Drywall

Towson, MD United States

Come make the world and accelerate your success.

It takes great people to achieve greatness. People with a sense of purpose and integrity. People with a relentless pursuit of excellence. People who care about making things better For Those Who Make The World™. Sound like you? Join our top-notch team of approximately 48,000 diverse and high-performing professionals globally who are making their mark on some of the world’s most beloved brands, including DEWALT®, BLACK+DECKER®, CRAFTSMAN®, STANLEY®, CUB CADET®, and HUSTLER®.

The Job:

As a Director, Product Management, you’ll be part of our Tools and Outdoor team working as a hybrid employee. The Director of Concrete and Drywall Product Management will be responsible for aligning product strategy with business goals. This role will lead our PM team that develops products that directly impact Professional construction trade contractors. - Be our most vocal and empathetic customer advocate.

• Partner well with key Sales, Channel, Category Management, Brand, Operations, and other cross-functional teams in an effort to develop partnerships and collaborate with business stakeholders for successful strategy, execution, and communication. This position reports into the VP, Product Management - General & Commercial Construction.

You’ll get to:

• Driving the product vision for these critical portfolios and user workflows.
• Creating the product strategy to innovate and energize our product-led organization.
• As the Director of Product Management, you are responsible for setting and owning the product vision and strategy, creating a long-term strategic vision to WIN THE TRADES!! This will be highly collaborative with partnerships between functions, leaders and your direct team.
• As the product strategy and vision become more tactical, the Director will drive the user feedback into a clear and translated product roadmap that will align to defined growth plans. Here, the candidate will be responsible for helping the team create the roadmap and release plans from the vision and strategy, translating them into actionable items. Project scoping and clear prioritization activities based on business and customer impact will be critical to success.
• Gain a deep understanding of customer experience, identify, and fill product gaps and generate new ideas that improve customer experience, drive growth and market share. Setup advisory boards, user groups facilitate insight gathering, etc.
• Respect and value other’s differences…seek opportunities to learn from those with different perspectives and understand how issues and solutions will impact other areas of the company
• Communicate the product strategy and progress within and across the company
• Establish and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure product success and drive continuous improvement

What You Bring To The SBD Team…

• Strong customer obsession to understand and solve the need and get the right user functionality and experience
• Ability to handle multiple priorities, organize, plan, and meet difficult deadlines, and multi-task in a fast-paced environment
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills required. Experience in problem solving and creative thinking
• Ability to interact effectively with all levels of the organization and in a variety of cultures – both internal and external.
• Proven track record of leading and scaling product teams. Exceptional leadership and people management skills.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills, both in creation and execution
• High energy, out-going, and goal-oriented eager to meet and exceed goals and targets
• Self-starter with ability to manage own schedule while driving team initiatives

The Person:

You love to learn and grow and be acknowledged for your valuable contributions. You’re not intimidated by innovation. Wouldn’t it be great if you could do your job and do a world of good? In fact, you embrace it. You also have:

• 10+ years of Product Management experience in a Trades Based Industry
• 4+ years of successfully commercializing and deploying effective go to market strategies for driving core and new product categories
• Bachelor’s degree required. An MBA or a graduate degree preferred
• 6+ years of leadership experience with direct reports under your guidance and leadership, including hiring and developing senior managers and individual contributors
• Understanding or experience with Power Tools, User Applications, with a history of developing solutions to key user Pain points.
• Ability to analyze vast amounts of information to understand complex enterprise problems
• Proven track record of managing all aspects of a successful product throughout its lifecycle
• Experience delivering and executing innovative solutions to the market

Travel Expectations: Up to 25% of time traveling

Hybrid Position: In office 3 days a week

The Details:

You’ll receive a competitive salary and a great benefits plan, including:

• Medical, dental, life, vision, disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement in addition to programs & benefits in support of your well-being.
• Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs.

And More:

We want our company to be a place you’ll want to be – and stay. Being part of our team means you’ll get to:

• Grow: Be part of our global company with 20+ brands to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.
• Learn: Have access to a wealth of learning resources, including our digital learning portal.
• Belong: Experience an awesome place to work, where we have mutual respect and a great appreciation for a wide range of perspectives and experiences.
• Give Back: Help us continue to make positive changes locally and globally through volunteerism, giving back, and sustainable business practices.

What’s more, you’ll get that pride that comes from empowering makers, doers, protectors, and everyday heroes all over the world. We’re more than the #1 tools company. More than a driving force in outdoor power equipment. More than a global leader in industrial. We’re visionaries and innovators. As successful as we’ve been in the past, we have so much further to go. That’s where you come in. Join us!

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The base pay range for this position in Maryland is 113,100.00 - 226,200.00 USD Annual per year. Pay is based on market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A sign-on payment may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position offered. Applicants should apply via Stanley Black and Decker’s internal or external careers site.

We Don’t Just Build The World, We Build Innovative Technology Too.

Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech-driven and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 58,000 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, you’ll get the unique chance to impact some of the world’s most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS and Black + Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights.

Who We Are

We’re the World’s largest tool company. We’re industry visionaries. We’re solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and our Industry 4.0 Initiative. We are committed to ensuring our state-of-the-art “smart factory” products and services provide greater quality to our customers & greater environmental and social value to our planet. We are unique in that we have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843, but that hasn't stopped us from evolving into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company.

Benefits & Perks

You’ll get a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits plan that includes medical, dental, life, vision, wellness program, disability, retirement benefits, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Paid Time Off, including paid vacation, holidays & personal days, and tuition reimbursement. And, of course, discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and products and well as discount programs for many other vendors and partners.

What You’ll Also Get

Career Opportunity: Career paths aren’t linear here. Being part of our global company with 60+ brands gives you the chance to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.

Learning & Development:

Our lifelong learning philosophy means you’ll have access to a wealth of state-of-the-art learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university (where you can get certificates and specializations from renowned colleges and universities).

Diverse & Inclusive Culture:

We pride ourselves on being an awesome place to work. We respect and embrace differences because that’s how the best work gets done. You’ll find we like to have fun here, too.

Purpose-Driven Company:

You’ll help us continue to make positive changes in the local communities where we work and live as well as in the broader world through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices.

EEO Statement:

All qualified applicants to Stanley Black & Decker are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran’s status or any other protected characteristic.

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