Why work for us?
Alkegen brings together two of the world’s leading specialty materials companies to create innovative solutions that help our customers solve their most complex challenges.
With more than 60 manufacturing facilities and approximately 9,000 employees globally, we are committed to developing high-performance materials and technologies that enable our customers to breathe easier, live greener and go further.
At Alkegen, we are passionate about innovation, collaboration and delivering meaningful value to our customers. Come grow with us!
Key Responsibilities:
· Global Product & Portfolio Strategy
o Define and own product vision, roadmap, and investment priorities aligned with corporate growth strategy.
o Lead portfolio optimization: investment, growth, or exit decisions based on market conditions.
o Lead the annual product strategic planning process and deployment of the segment strategy.
o Track and monitor resource allocation and product ROI.
· Customer & Market Leadership
o Represent the voice of the customer; understand needs and buying drivers by industry vertical.
o Translate market insights into value propositions and product strategy.
o Ensure products deliver differentiated, quantifiable customer value enabling premium positioning and pricing.
o Coordinate industry strategies across Product Management to ensure cohesive go-to-market execution.
o Consolidate and distribute competitive intelligence insights.
· Lifecycle Management – New Product Governance Own product lifecycle end-to-end, from concept through launch and end of life.
o Prioritize features and investment cost-to-value trade-offs in product design.
o Coordinate engineering, operations, sales, and supply chain for on-time delivery, cost discipline, and quality.
o Partner with Sales to transition product development specifications into successful commercialization.
o Partner with Engineering to ensure products are certified with appropriate boards across relevant geographies.
· Lifecycle Management – Marketing & Commercial Enablement
o Educate Sales on products, applications, and value propositions to accelerate selling and cross-selling.
o Ensure Product Managers engage technical procurement to secure product specifications across subsidiaries.
· Lifecycle Management – Pricing & Value Capture
o Set pricing strategy and governance to protect margins and manage price changes.
· Lifecycle Management – SKU Optimization and Lifecycle
o Identify and lead product-driven cost-down and standardization initiatives.
o Identify and track line extensions vs SKU rationalization and product phase-out decisions.
· Leadership, Talent Development & Cross-Functional Collaboration
o Establish tools, processes, and metrics to drive execution and product performance.
o Foster a data-driven, customer centric product environment
o Track execution of product decisions, surface risks, and escalate issues to meet commitments.
Qualifications/ Experience:
- 3-5+ years of product management experience within an industrial, manufacturing, or technical environment.
- Demonstrated success operating in a complex matrix environment, successfully driving cross-functional alignment and measurable revenue/margin impact.
- Proven ability to translate complex market insights and customer needs into actionable, profitable product strategies.
- Strong commercialization experience, with a deep understanding of B2B pricing strategies and sales enablement.
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced business (MBA) or technical degree is highly preferred.
Core Competencies:
Customer Focus, Analytical Thinking, Business Acumen, Cross‑Functional Collaboration, Communication & Influence, Results Orientation, Strategic Curiosity
Working Conditions:
- Monthly travel to customers, suppliers, or manufacturing sites
- Ability to work across time zones with global teams
Compensation:
- $95,000 - $110,000
- Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.
If you are interested in being part of a world-class Product Management function here at Alkegen, then we would love to hear from you.
At Alkegen, we strive every day to help people – ALL PEOPLE – breathe easier, live greener and go further than ever before. We believe that diversity and inclusion is central to this mission and to our impact. Our diverse and inclusive culture drives our growth & innovation, and we nurture it by actively embracing our differences and using our varied perspectives to solve the complex challenges facing our changing and diverse world.
Employment selection and related decisions are made without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, nation of origin, religion, color, gender identity and expression, age, disability, education, opinions, culture, languages spoken, veteran’s status, or any other protected class.
Skills Required
- 3-5+ years of product management experience in an industrial, manufacturing, or technical environment
- Demonstrated success operating in a complex matrix environment and driving cross-functional alignment
- Proven ability to translate market insights and customer needs into actionable, profitable product strategies
- Strong commercialization experience and understanding of B2B pricing strategies and sales enablement
- Bachelor's degree
- Advanced business degree such as an MBA or a technical degree
Alkegen Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Alkegen and has not been reviewed or approved by Alkegen.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered fair or strong in several roles and locations, with mentions of great pay and fair pay for the job. Competitive hourly operator wages and overtime opportunities in some sites reinforce this perception.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous PTO, paid holidays, and paid sick days are available, with some salaried roles offering manager‑approved unlimited time off. These elements indicate broad time‑off options across the package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with employer match, in some cases with immediate vesting, is part of the offering. This reflects structured retirement support across many roles.
Alkegen Insights
What We Do
Alkegen is a specialty materials leader serving mission-critical systems that the world is focused on for the future, including: battery technologies, electric vehicles, filtration media, and specialty insulation materials that enable customers to reduce fossil fuel consumption, save energy, and live greener. We help people breathe easier, live greener, and go further than ever before. Our experience speaks for itself. Bringing together two of the world’s leaders in specialty materials, Unifrax and Lydall, Alkegen is a leader in innovation. We are a vertically integrated manufacturer with the global reach and talent to solve your most demanding applications. With 60 manufacturing facilities and 9,000+ highly skilled employees located around the world, we can solve any challenge. Dedicated to sustainability and human health, we are uniquely positioned to help customers impact the environment in meaningful ways. We are Alkegen.
