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Quanex is looking for a Global Senior Product Manager to join our team located in New Haven, CT, Mounds View, MN or Trumann, AR.

The Global Senior Product Manager will lead the Access Solutions portfolio across North America, EMEA, and APAC. This role owns the product vision, strategy, and lifecycle management, ensuring that our solutions deliver profitable growth, align with evolving building codes, safety standards, and sustainability requirements, and anticipate future customer needs. Acting as the global portfolio owner, the Senior Product Manager will set the direction for new product development, lead global go-to-market strategies, and drive product adoption in collaboration with regional teams. This position requires a blend of technical knowledge, commercial acumen, and cross-cultural leadership, with direct accountability for portfolio profitability and global market success.

 We Offer You!

• Competitive Salary and bonus potential
• 401K with 5% company match, yours to keep after 2 years
• 15% immediate return if you participate in the company’s ESPP
• Medical, Dental & Vision Plans
• Employer paid disability plans and life insurance
• Paid Time Off & Holidays
• Various Work Schedules
• Tuition support for degree and continuous education
• Employee Resource Groups focused on employee empowerment

 What’s attractive about the Global Senior Product Manager – Access Solutions?

• Own portfolio-level P&L contribution, including revenue, gross margin, and ROI targets
• Manage the full product lifecycle from ideation to retirement
• Collaborative and Team-Oriented environment

 What Success Looks Like:

• Define and communicate a compelling global product strategy aligned with company objectives
• Conduct market research, competitive analysis, and segmentation to identify opportunities and risks
• Lead Voice of Customer (VOC) programs to ensure customer needs drive product innovation
• Monitor emerging industry trends, substitute technologies, and construction standards
• Develop and maintain multi-year product roadmaps, prioritizing initiatives based on impact and feasibility
• Drive new product development (NPD), ensuring products are innovative, scalable, and compliant with global regulations
• Integrate sustainability and ESG considerations into portfolio decisions
• Lead global product launches, coordinating with regional marketing, sales, and operations
• Define global pricing, positioning, and messaging strategies to maximize adoption
• Provide tools, training, and collateral to regional sales and marketing teams
• Ensure compliance with fire safety, accessibility, and environmental regulations across markets
• Partner with engineering and operations to secure certifications (e.g., UL, CE, ISO)
• Act as a matrix leader for cross-regional product managers and cross-functional project teams
• Collaborate with engineering, design, operations, supply chain, and finance to deliver products on time and on budget
• Champion a data-driven culture, using BI and PLM tools to guide decisions
• Define and track KPIs including revenue growth, margin expansion, product adoption, and customer satisfaction
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives across product, process, and operations

Your Credentials:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Marketing, or related field required; MBA or advanced degree preferred
• 10+ years of product management experience, ideally within building products, access solutions, or safety/security technologies
• Proven success in launching and scaling global product portfolios
• Demonstrated ownership of P&L and portfolio profitability
• Strong exposure to operations, supply chain, and regulatory compliance
• Proficiency with Agile product management, PLM systems, and BI/CRM tools (e.g., Jira, Aha!, Salesforce, Power BI)
• Strong financial literacy, including P&L management and business case development
• Exceptional strategic thinking, communication, and cross-cultural leadership
• Strong negotiation and influencing skills across global stakeholders
• Ability to thrive in a matrix, fast-paced, and international environment
• Knowledge of building codes, fire safety, and sustainability standards (LEED, BREEAM, ISO 14001)
• Multilingual or significant cross-cultural experience
• Experience in driving digital product adoption and integrating IoT/smart technologies into traditional access solutions
• Ability to travel up to 40% globally

The salary range for this position is $130,000 to $160,000 with bonus potential.

 About Quanex, A Part of Something Bigger

Quanex (NYSE: NX) is a global, publicly traded manufacturing company primarily serving OEMs in the fenestration, cabinetry, solar, refrigeration and outdoor products markets. We are A Part of Something Bigger by improving the performance and aesthetics of end products through continuous innovation, helping customers achieve greater production efficiencies, dedication to giving back to communities where we operate, producing shareholder value and helping our employees learn, grow, and thrive. Learn more at Quanex.com.

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