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Product Manager, Packaged Equipment

Lennox

The Role

Overview

Drive vision, roadmap and cross‑functional delivery of packaged HVAC products.

Key Responsibilities

  • product roadmap
  • success metrics
  • regulatory compliance
  • data analysis
  • feature prioritization
  • engineering partnership

Tasks

-Can develop value propositions and go-to-market strategies -Build deep empathy for distributors, dealers, and homeowners through regular VOC (voice of customer) and partnering with Product Marketing and Sales. -Develop business cases for new features or platforms, aligned with each business units’ growth goals and sustainability roadmap. -Own and evolve the multi-year roadmap for packaged heating and cooling equipment across multiple business units which include Lennox Residential HVAC, Allied Air Enterprises, and Lennox Commercial. -Define and monitor key success metrics, including adoption, market share growth, quality, and customer satisfaction. -Be able to ensure accountability with managers by using your power to influence -Lead the conversation on regulatory requirements, sustainability, and compliance while being the go-to resource for your category. -Use quantitative and qualitative insights to shape product hypotheses, prioritize features, and iterate quickly. -Build deep relationships in multiple business units to understand their specific go to market strategies and channels to market. -Translate voice of customer input, reliability insights, quality, and warranty data into go-forward product strategies. -Partner closely with engineering to translate market and customer dynamics to actionable development programs and maintain strong alignment throughout cross functional teams.

Requirements

  • product management
  • bachelor's
  • sap
  • stage gate
  • 2+ years
  • cross‑functional

What You Bring

-You are resourceful in driving teams from ideation to production and are comfortable operating at both a strategic and tactical level -Have the ability to lead your category with courage, challenging the status quo, and provide data-driven insights and market intel to drive executive leaders’ decision making -At least 2 years product management experience -You are a solid communicator who does well presenting to executives and others within your sphere of influence -You have demonstrated the ability to work cross functionally, achieving results based on influence rather than reporting relationships -You understand dealer and consumer segmentation -This is an on-site role based in West Columbia, SC, with occasional travel. -You should have a bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience -Be capable of developing strong business cases aligned to the voice of the customer, business and engineering capabilities, and long-term strategic platform vision -Experience working through a Stage Gate development process and experience with SAP

The Company

About Lennox

-Over decades it expanded from furnaces into air conditioning, refrigeration and advanced climate‑control systems. -It serves both homeowners seeking quiet, efficient comfort and businesses needing robust, serviceable commercial systems. -Flagship projects include award‑winning heat pumps, smart thermostats and large-scale HVAC retrofits for schools, hospitals and big‑box retailers. -Unusual trivia: in the 1960s the firm briefly built a small crawler tractor and lawn mower called the 'Kitty Track 600'.

Sector Specialisms

Residential Heating and Cooling

Commercial Heating and Cooling

Refrigeration

Building Climate Solutions

Home Comfort Solutions

HVACR Technology

Energy Management Systems

Indoor Air Quality Solutions