Senior Product Manager - Smart Lighting

GE Lighting, a Savant company, has been at the forefront of every major lighting innovation, from the first light bulb to industry-first LED and smart solutions along with the world’s first voice-embedded lighting product. Today it leads the North American retail lighting market as the most trusted, recommended, and likely to purchase brand.

Savant Systems, Inc., is a true powerhouse delivering unmatched intelligent lighting and smart home solutions. Together, Savant and GE Lighting, a Savant company, offers a deep and diverse portfolio of bold and easy-to-use innovations across the retail and professional channels that are engineered for every home.

Savant, a recognized leader in home control and automation, is one of the fastest-growing smart home companies in luxury and mid-markets. Its powerful Pro technology brings climate, lighting, entertainment, security, and energy together in a single, award-winning application interface for homeowners.

Summary Of Position

The Senior Product Manager (SPM) is accountable for guiding the strategic growth and overall direction of the Smart Lighting category, a vital segment of the organization. This role collaborates across multiple functions to develop new product strategies and enhance the existing portfolio. Success in this position requires strong leadership capabilities and proven experience in managing product lines within a fast-paced, cross-functional setting. The SPM will play a key role in driving sales growth and meeting margin targets for the product line.

Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
 

• Provide strategic leadership to cross-functional teams in the development, launch, and commercialization of new products, as well as the ongoing management of existing offerings
• Manage the full product lifecycle, from initial concept through market launch to eventual phase-out
• Define and implement comprehensive go-to-market strategies for assigned product lines
• Lead New Product Introduction (NPI) and Total Cost Out (TCO) initiatives to strengthen product line competitiveness and drive profitability
• Continuously assess consumer, customer, and competitive insights to identify market needs and opportunities
• Utilize data-driven insights to segment the market, shape product strategy, and define differentiated customer value propositions
• Collaborate closely with the marketing function to develop, maintain, and optimize sales enablement materials and tools
• Contribute to product line performance reviews in collaboration with key internal stakeholders
• Own and drive key financial metrics, including revenue, margin, and cost targets, to ensure sustained business growth
• Proactively identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency, product quality, and project outcomes

Qualifications/Requirements 

• 8+ years of relevant product management experience
• Bachelor's degree in business or related field preferred, or equivalent experience
• Consumer product / Smart Home experience is strongly preferred
• High energy, motivated individual with a strong sense of personal accountability and initiative
• Ability to meet tight deadlines and manage multiple priorities simultaneously 
• Strong presentation skills and financial acumen
• Demonstrated capabilities in influencing, facilitation and change management 
• Outstanding organizational and analytical skills are crucial to success 
• Extremely comfortable in a fast-paced, dynamic, collaborative work environment
• Inspired by and passionate about product innovation and emerging technologies

Bold cutting-edge innovation is in our DNA as our history dates back nearly 130 years to Thomas Edison and the invention of the world’s first lightbulb.  We owe our success to our diverse and hardworking employees.  Our company will grow by continuing to create a transparent and collaborative environment where people thrive while being themselves and are inspired to do their best work every day. To ensure this happens, we provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon merit, competence, performance, and business needs, without regard to protected characteristics.  We seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.

Savant Systems, Inc (Savant) provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), gender (including gender identity, gender nonconformity and status as a transgender or transsexual individual), age, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, citizenship, genetic information, domestic violence victim status, past, current or prospective service in the uniformed services or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Savant Systems, Inc (Savant) does not seek or accept unsolicited resumes or CVs from recruitment agencies. We are not responsible for, and will not pay, any fees, commissions, or any other payment related to unsolicited resumes or CVs except as required in a written contract between Savant and the recruitment agency or party requesting payment of a fee.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.