Otter Products

Technical Program Manager

• Overview Otter Products is currently recruiting an Engineering Program Manager to join our Program Management Office, based at our headquarters in beautiful Fort Collins, CO working a hybrid schedule.
• Responsibilities Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of consumer product development programs across multiple teams and domains.
• Engage in product strategy creation by aligning technical execution with business and customer goals.
• Define program scope, goals, success criteria, and deliverables that support business objectives.
• Develop and manage detailed program schedules, milestones, and risk mitigation plans.
• Collaborate with engineering and supply chain managers, product owners, and stakeholders to ensure alignment and resource availability.
• Lead engineering, supply chain and product teams through consumer product development.
• Lead core team meetings and facilitate cross-functional communications.
• Track and report program progress, risks, and issues to senior leadership and across the business.
• Facilitate cross-functional communication and decision-making.
• Ensure adherence to budget and program management methodologies.
• Actively reflect with core teams on improvement opportunities, leveraging industry best practices to evolve program execution.
• Design, implement, and continuously improve business processes to enhance program efficiency, scalability, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Operate effectively in ambiguous environments, bringing clarity and structure to evolving priorities.
• Support and maintain a positive safety culture by following all safety policies and procedures and actively contributing to a safe working environment.
• Other duties as assigned.
• EEO Otter Products, LLC is an equal employment opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected characteristics.

Engineering Program Manager

Manager

• Deliver annual Price and Margin Realization (PMR) objectives for assigned category.
• Develop and communicate all category sell-in content for sales to understand new product placement strategies.
• Ensure New Product Development (NPD) volume/revenue assumptions within business investment case are aligned with sales.
• Implement wholesale gross pricing for all NPD launches consistent with business case pricing assumptions.
• Implement all gross pricing changes (up or down) on existing products.
• Develop all category sell in materials for sales to use for all cost-based price increase plans.
• Collaborate with Brand Marketing and Sales to implement action plans across categories/brands/channels to deliver annual PMR objectives.
• As needed, manage supply allocation process in support of aligned channel/customer priorities and PMR optimization.
• Product lifecycle management (phase in/phase out).
• Work with Promotion Manager to design effective Sales Promotions in support of PMR objectives.
• Collaborate with Sr. Business Analyst – Merchandising to analyze all marketplace data including point of sale (POS), competitive pricing, and promotion activity to support decision making.
• Be the Merchandising go-to face for sales for assigned category.
• Provide product information, inventory and availability assistance, and support for all other marketing questions.
• Support and maintain a positive safety culture by following all safety policies and procedures and actively contributing to a safe working environment.
• Other duties as assigned.

Merchandising Manager

• Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of technical programs across multiple teams and domains.
• Engage in product strategy creation by aligning technical execution with business and customer goals.
• Define program scope, goals, deliverables that support business objectives.
• Develop and manage detailed program schedules, milestones, and risk mitigation plans.
• Collaborate with engineering and supply chain managers, product owners, and stakeholders to ensure alignment and resource availability.
• Lead core team meetings and facilitate cross-functional communications.
• Track and report program progress, risks, and issues to senior leadership and across the business.
• Facilitate cross-functional communication and decision-making.
• Ensure adherence to budget and program management methodologies.
• Actively reflect with core teams on improvement opportunities, leveraging industry best practices to evolve program execution.
• Design, implement, and continuously improve business processes to enhance program efficiency, scalability, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Operate effectively in ambiguous environments, bringing clarity and structure to evolving priorities.
• Support and maintain a positive safety culture by following all safety policies and procedures and actively contributing to a safe working environment.
• Based at headquarters in Fort Collins, CO with hybrid schedule.