Product Manager – Hockey Skate Category
New Balance
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Shelby Township • Missouri • United States
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Salary
💰 $61,900 - $96,900 per year
About the role
- Create detailed product briefs and maintain line plans for skate product launches.
- Coordinate with skate R&D to ensure development sampling, timelines, and targets are met for each product.
- Provide strategic direction to evolve line architecture, support business growth, and define product life cycles.
- Collaborate with design, development, sales, and marketing teams to create top-tier products and manage the product line through its entire life cycle.
- Prepare market insights and reports to support all stages of global product development.
- Collaborate with sales directors to develop product sales strategies and achieve market share goals.
- Contribute to pricing by leveraging market research, cost analysis, and demand forecasting.
- Ensure alignment with the go-to-market plan through partnerships with design, development, marketing, and sales teams.
- Work with marketing to maintain accurate product information online and ensure messaging reflects product features.
- Attend retail demo and fit events to gather insights and identify opportunities to enhance the in-store experience.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Minimum of 3 years in product management, product engineering, project management, retail, merchandising, development, or design.
- Proficiency in analyzing and translating trends and market data to guide category and product positioning.
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills for data-driven business cases.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
- Exceptional writing and presentation skills.
- Strong interpersonal and communication abilities.
- Positive, proactive, and collaborative mindset.
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Ability to influence and lead stakeholders effectively.
- Knowledge of and passion for ice hockey is preferred.
- Ability to travel for meetings, events, and product-related activities
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, & Vision
- Life Insurance
- 401k with 100% match on the first 5% of contributions
- Paid parental leave
- $100 monthly tuition loan repayment assistance
- Fitness reimbursement
- 4 weeks of paid time off
- 12 paid holidays
- Volunteer time off
- New Balance/Warrior/Brine employee discount
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