Senior Product Manager

Do you want to work for a global company that creates remarkable experiences through people, products, and food? If you want to be part of a rewarding People First culture that values relationships, trust, and taking the long view, then this is the place for you. Henny Penny was named the 2021 Dayton Business of the Year for many good reasons. Read on to learn more!

The Senior Product Manager is a highly experienced member of the Product Management organization focusing on a major business category. They have the depth and the capacity to proactively analyze business case information to build higher quality products and work with Henny Penny R&D leadership to streamline the product life cycle process to ensure breakthrough innovation. 

What You'll Be Doing

• Communicate and maintain effective dialogue with all levels in the organization to ensure the business is getting the appropriate level of vison, guidance, and support

• Plan and lead customer visits and capabilities presentations

• Be an expert and advocate for multiple product categories with intimate knowledge of our customers, their operations, and trends in the industry.

• Oversee the development of product pricing strategies that encompass value and market position

• Develop and monitor key product metrics and perform quality and cost control reviews based on these metrics

• Be the consultant on the prioritization of all resources/projects regarding a product category

• Lead the creation of product budgets and prepare budget documents for review by the management team

• Assist with the development and regular review of product strategies

• Incorporate input from market and industry trends and competitive dynamics and articulate a compelling long-term product roadmap for the category

• Outline needs and opportunities for market research and customer visits to identify requirements for current and future products

• Lead New Product Development teams throughout the Stage-Gate and/or Agile-Scrum life cycle.

• Outline need for training and promotional materials in support of Product Category

• Serve as mentor and/or train Product Managers

• Consistently models the Company Values and Expected Behaviors

• Other duties as assigned

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business or a technical field including an MBA.

• 5+ years of professional experience with 3+ years of product management experience

• Must possess a unique blend of business and technical savvy; big-picture vision and the drive to make it happen. 

• Excellent verbal and written communication, including giving presentations to large groups

• Excellent organization, and time-management skills

• Demonstrated leader who is self-motivated, a team player, and has a desire to grow, based on his/her performance.

• Ability to work with highly technical products at a global level

• Demonstrated ability to deliver results and meet project deliverables and timeline.

• Ability to consistently handle a large volume of work effectively

• Ability to travel nationally and internationally to support trade show and customer visits as needed.

• Proven leadership and the confidence to prioritize and make tough decisions

• Proven success delivering comprehensive product roadmaps to fuel future growth in new and existing product categories and services

• Experience and ability to coach and guide people

• Proficient with Microsoft Office products

What We Offer

• An opportunity to work for a company that is 100% employee-owned. As an employee-owner, you will be enrolled in our employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) program following one year of service. This is a qualified retirement plan that is separate from your 401k and consists only of Henny Penny shares that will be paid out when you retire (or when you leave the company, but we hope you’ll stay)

• Annual company performance bonus in addition to base salary

• Defined career paths so you’ll always know what’s next and what steps can get where you want to go

• Professional development opportunities including tuition reimbursement and unlimited free access to LinkedIn Learning courses

• A competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with company match, PTO, and paid holidays

• Expanded onsite wellness clinic offering preventive care services such as wellness screenings, annual physicals, and related lab work at no cost to employee-owners

• Achieve total well-being at our new Wellspring and Owners Hall facility, featuring 24/7 fitness center with a wide variety of cardio and strength training equipment. This facility reflects our continuous evolution in supporting our valued employee-owners.

• Activities including department outings, holiday parties, and our annual company-wide Thanksgiving Dinner

About Us

We’re known in our industry for making the best commercial food equipment in the world. Every day, millions of people eat in restaurants operating Henny Penny equipment. We’re a behind-the-scenes engine in the world’s most demanding kitchens, including long-term partners like McDonald’s, Chick-fil-A, KFC, and Wendy’s. We’re 1,000+ employee-owners who thrive by living a People First mission: to support employees in becoming the best version of themselves both personally and professionally.

We recently completed the largest expansion in our history with the addition of 150,000 square feet on our Eaton campus. This expansion drives development of the world’s most reliable, easy-to-use equipment with an innovative new space for global research and development. We have several collaborative spaces for our project teams, a dedicated electrical engineering lab for our hardware and software engineers, a full model shop for rapid prototyping, and a brand-new test lab that has 300 feet of hood space to test new equipment on our product roadmap. On top of that, we have a new state-of-the-art kitchen for our food science group to meet with our customers, understand what they need, and then dial in our equipment to help them make legendary menu items.

Henny Penny is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability or handicap, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and pregnancy-related conditions), marital status, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.