Product Manager

Primary Objective

The Software and Controls Product Manager owns the product lifecycle and development roadmap for MTS’ best-in-class Materials Testing application software and controls hardware. This role ensures products meet current and future market needs by synthesizing customer insights, market trends, and competitive intelligence — maximizing customer satisfaction while delivering against innovation, growth, profitability, quality, and market share objectives consistent with overall business strategy.

Major Areas of Accountability

· Conduct market research and competitive analysis and gather customer insights to identify market needs and opportunities; benchmark leading competitors and emerging technologies.

· Define and communicate the software and controls product vision, strategy, and roadmap, aligned with the overall product portfolio.

· Provide perspective on key market trends to support annual and long-range planning activity.

· Develop business cases to prioritize and justify new product development investments.

· Create key product benefits and value propositions for new products.

· Partner with Marketing Communications to develop launch materials and customer-facing product communications.

· Develop and maintain product plans, executing against roadmaps and aftermarket strategies across the full product lifecycle.

· Evaluate system-level value of software and controls offerings and set pricing strategy accordingly.

· Develop sales readiness training and enablement tools to prepare the channel for new product introductions and launch objectives.

· Partner with Sales to shape strategy for key account pursuits.

· Support lead-generation initiatives and demand-generation programs.

· Partner with Engineering to translate customer requirements and company objectives into product specifications.

· Work closely with Engineering to ensure seamless hardware-software integration, addressing compatibility issues and optimizing system performance.

Education, Experience & Skill Qualifications

Minimum Job Requirements

· Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Marketing, Business, or a related discipline; technical background strongly preferred.

· Minimum of 3 years of experience in Technical Product Management or a related role.

· Occasional travel required (domestic and/or international)

Skills

· Demonstrated ability to engage directly with customers, translating pain points and insights into product requirements and solutions through cross-functional development teams.

· Strong communication skills and a demonstrated ability to work effectively across functions (engineering, sales, marketing, operations, finance, etc.).

· Proven understanding of electrical, mechanical, hardware, and software technologies and frameworks, along with systems integration principles.

· Proficiency navigating business systems (e.g., SAP, Salesforce) to gather and synthesize data into actionable market and product insights.

· Experience with licensed products business models.

· Strong growth mindset, with the willingness and capacity to learn and adopt emerging trends and technologies.

· Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and a proactive approach to problem-solving.

· Demonstrated ability to influence and lead cross-functionally across large-scale, multidivisional organizations.