Job Description

HNI Corporation is a global family of brands for the workplace and home dedicated to enhancing the spaces where we live, work, and gather. We pride ourselves on fostering an environment where we make a positive impact on others; upholding our beliefs in integrity, inclusion and belonging.

Your Impact Starts the Day You Do!

What We Need:

We are looking for a Product Manager 3 to join our HNI Workplace Furnishings team.

The Product Manager 3 – Architectural Products is responsible for creating high-level strategies developing short and long-term roadmaps for the assigned product category/categories by setting individual strategies and prioritization that aligns with larger business goals.

What You Will Do:

• Own and provide strategic direction for product categories 3-year roadmap.  Make data driven decision to align team priorities to support product lifecycle implementation.  
• Lead a high performing team across multiple product categories, collaborating with senior management to provide leadership, mentorship, and ensuring team alignment to organizational objectives.  
• Provide growth and development opportunities for members to enhance their skills and capabilities, resulting in high performing teams  
• Independently own organization wide initiatives, driving change and improvement within multiple product categories   
• Utilize in-depth market analysis and competitive intelligence to make strategic product recommendations, fostering team culture focused on customer solutions that support brand strategies, customer requirements, and regulations  
• Communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders, presenting product strategies, performance metrics and portfolio optimization opportunities  
• Influence financial performance, targets, and budgets within product categories to support portfolio profitability and positively impact growth   
• Implement and encourage continuous improvement initiatives within product management, supporting a culture of risk taking and innovation   
• Supervise, coordinate, provide leadership and review work of assigned members. Conduct performance evaluations and recommend merit increases, promotions, transfers, corrective actions, and other personnel actions.  Interview and recommend candidates for employment.  Drive member engagement.  
• Participate in activities as appropriate to ensure the success of the organization.  

What You Have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business Administration, or related field required.
• At least 5 years of experience with product management or development required; 7 years of experience preferred.
• At least 4 years of experience with Architectural Products preferred.

What You’re Good At:

• Demonstrated history of proficiency working with commercial products, project management, and driving successful marketing initiatives required. 
• Demonstrated history of excellent verbal and written communication skills, including but not limited to creating and delivering presentations to a wide audience, writing reports, meeting facilitation, and ability to solicit participation in the exchange of information required. 
• Demonstrated problem solving ability in isolating the causes from symptoms, involving others as appropriate, and researching and implementing solutions that show sound judgement required. 
• Demonstrated knowledge of business concepts and ability to navigate in a complex organization preferred. 
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively, establish and leverage professional network, and share resources cross-functionally required. 
• Demonstrated ability to influence without authority, effectively guide a team, and make decisions within the framework of the organization’s strategic intent required. 
• Ability to provide leadership of multiple categories and oversee assigned manager(s) of multiple teams.