About this role
<p>Lincoln Electric is the world leader in the engineering, design, and manufacturing of advanced arc welding solutions, automated joining, assembly and cutting systems, plasma and oxy-fuel cutting equipment, and has a leading global position in brazing and soldering alloys. Lincoln is recognized as the Welding Expert™ for its leading materials science, software development, automation engineering, and application expertise, which advance customers' fabrication capabilities to help them build a better world. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Lincoln Electric is a $4.2B publicly traded company (NASDAQ:LECO) with over 12,000 employees around the world, with operations in 71 manufacturing and automation system integration locations across 21 countries and maintains a worldwide network of distributors and sales offices serving customers in over 160 countries.</p> <p> </p> <p>Location: <strong>Euclid - 22801</strong> <br>Employment Status: <strong>Salary Full-Time</strong> <br>Function: <strong>Marketing</strong> <br>Req ID: <strong>27592</strong> </p> <p> </p> <p></p> <p></p><div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Purpose</H2> </div><div><p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The Product Manager (PM) owns a specific product line within a category, focusing on day-to-day product management, feature execution, and operational excellence. This position will be focused on the management of Lincoln Electric's global light industrial product portfolio.</span></p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Job Duties and Responsibilities</H2> </div><div><ul> <li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Product Initiative & Prioritization - Own the product roadmap, ensuring alignment with category strategy. Manage the product initiatives, roadmap execution, and project planning. Balance trade-offs between business needs, technical feasibility, and customer expectations. </span></li> <li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Product Development & Execution - Define product specifications, features, and enhancements based on customer and market needs. Work with engineering teams to ensure timely development and on-time delivery of new features.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Customer-Centric Product Management - Conduct market research, competitive analysis, and customer interviews. Gather direct customer feedback, conduct usability testing, and analyze product adoption. Work closely with customer support and sales teams to address pain points. </span></li> <li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Go-to-Market (GTM) Execution - Define pricing and positioning strategies to maximize market impact. Support marketing and sales teams with product positioning, training, and sales enablement materials. Ensure successful product launches and track initial adoption and customer feedback.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Data-Driven Decision Making - Monitor product performance metrics (usage, retention, revenue, churn, etc.). Continuously iterate on the product to improve user experience and business outcomes.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Subject Matter Expertise – Has working knowledge of product management. Continues to build knowledge of the organization, processes and customer base. Performs a range of straightforward assignments. Uses guidelines, policies and procedures to analyze and resolve problems. </span></li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Success Metrics</H2> </div><div><ul> <li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Strategic Impact - Percentage of roadmap items delivered on schedule</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Revenue & Profitability - Revenue growth of the product line vs. forecast</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Customer & Market Insights - Customer adoption rate of new features (%)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Product Execution - Feature delivery success rate (%)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Cross Functional Collaboration - Project completion rate (%)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Leadership & Team Development – Leadership influence in product roadmap initiatives</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Innovation & Process Improvement - Number of product line-level new products, enhancements, and SKU reductions</span></li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px">Basic Requirements</H2> </div><div><ul> <li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">3+ years of experience in product management or related experience</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, marketing, or related field</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Hands-on experience with product development, market research, and data-driven decision-making</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Strong ability to prioritize features, manage trade-offs, and drive execution</span></li> <li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">25% travel </span></li> </ul></div></div></div><p> </p> <hr> <p><b>Lincoln Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer.</b> We are committed to promoting equal employment opportunity for applicants, without regard to their race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including, but not limited to, lactation), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, and any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.</p>