Global Product Manager

About Us: Founded in 1966, Niterra North America, Inc. (formerly NGK Spark Plugs) is a global leader in spark plug and oxygen sensor design, driven by technology, innovation, and world-class quality. Today, that tradition continues as we transform our organization’s portfolio, expand our core ceramic technologies, explore capabilities beyond traditional areas, and challenge ourselves to develop solutions and services that leverage technology to address social issues while contributing to a sustainable society. Summary: The Global Product Manager leads global new product development for assigned aftermarket product lines, from opportunity identification and concept validation through commercialization and launch, with a focus on multi-year strategy. This role builds a forward-looking product pipeline based on global market trends, develops business cases and launch plans, and owns revenue, gross profit, market coverage, and release-velocity targets. As the primary program liaison among global headquarters, regional business units, technical centers, and functional teams, the Global Product Manager drives new products from development through ongoing lifecycle management across multiple global regions. Classification: Salary, Exempt Salary Range: $130,000-$145,000 per year Work Model: Hybrid for candidates within commuting distance of Wixom, MI; 100% Remote for US-based candidates outside the area. Responsibilities: Lead global new product program development for assigned product lines, from opportunity identification and concept validation through commercialization and launch execution, with a focus on multi-year strategy. Research and prioritize global market trends related to new products, technologies, applications, and market opportunities across applicable regions to build a forward-looking product development pipeline. Achieve target expansion revenues for global product lines (e.g., 5B JPY pipeline targets) across key global markets. Maintain a predictable release velocity, targeting one major global new product line launch every two years, on time and within budget. Meet 3-year and 5-year post-launch gross profit targets and absolute margin expectations. Drive gap coverage to target levels (e.g., >65% total market coverage) and ensure catalog findability and fill-rate alignment with Supply Chain. Establish processes to evaluate market opportunities, technology, competitive gaps, customer needs, technical feasibility, sourcing options, and financial viability for proposed new product programs. Build and maintain new product program plans, business cases, timelines, launch milestones, and documentation for global and regional markets. Define launch support requirements, technical training needs, digital content, and commercialization materials for new product introductions in partnership with regional teams. Provide technical leadership to regional sales teams and internal departments during new product validation, launch preparation, and market introduction. Produce competitive, customer, pricing, and positioning analysis to support new product program recommendations and launch decisions. Develop new product positioning, feature-and-benefit messaging, value propositions, and launch training for sales teams, customers, distributors, and internal stakeholders across markets. Serve as the primary program liaison among global headquarters, regional business units, technical centers, sourcing, and functional departments to advance new product requirements and resolve launch barriers. Manage new product development programs and related workstreams, including application research, feasibility reviews, competitive analysis, catalog data readiness, pricing input, sourcing coordination, launch schedules, and stage-gate reporting. Coordinate required departments across regions to enable new part setup, launch readiness, production availability, and go-to-market execution. Oversee post-launch handoff activities, performance t…

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