We've been engaged by a specialty manufacturer to find it's first Director of Product & Marketing. They are a global leader in their specialty market, serving distributors and customers worldwide. It’s growing nearly 15% this year and aiming for 20% annually. Product management and marketing are the next chapter of the transformation. This newly created role reports directly to the President. You’ll own product strategy, portfolio performance, and marketing across every product line, with a real seat at the leadership table and no layers of bureaucracy. Your job is to keep product decisions and marketing working together so both drive profitable growth and new markets. What you’ll do • Build and lead the team. You’ll lead and develop the Product Management and Marketing teams, including hiring two product managers. You’ll set clear priorities, build skills, and hold people accountable through a values-based performance system. • Own the portfolio. You’ll set the roadmap, prioritization, positioning, pricing, and margins. You’ll make the calls on launches and enhancements, and on which products to retire. • Grow the brand. You’ll build marketing strategies that strengthen the brand, win market share, generate demand, and make every launch land. • Make decisions with insight. You’ll turn customer feedback, market intelligence, competitive moves, and financial results into clear choices. • Tell the story. You’ll turn technical value into clear, compelling messages for customers, distributors, and the sales team. • Work across the company. You’ll partner with Sales, Strategic Growth, Innovation, R&D, Regulatory, Operations, and Supply Chain on launches, market expansion, and growth opportunities. • Build processes that last. You’ll create repeatable ways of planning, launching, and measuring, so good work becomes how the company operates. What you bring • A bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Communications, Engineering, Chemistry, or a related field • Leadership experience in product management, marketing, commercialization, or business development in a manufacturing, industrial, or technical environment • Strong business and financial skills, including pricing, margins, performance measurement, and investment tradeoffs • Experience with technical products, industrial markets, and distributor channels is a strong plus Who thrives here A strategic thinker who’s also hands-on. Someone who speaks up, defends their point of view, and then delivers. Someone who gets energized by developing people and believes in the company’s values: Leadership, Strategy, Integrity, Innovation, and Collaboration. The culture is in person, and the best conversations happen around the table.