Sr. Product Manager, Device & Portfolio Strategy
- Full Time
About the role
Overview
Otter Products is currently recruiting a Sr. Product Manager, Device & Portfolio Strategy to join our Product Team! This position is based at our Fort Collins, CO headquarters, working a hybrid schedule or remote in the US.
The Sr. Product Manager, Device & Portfolio Strategy is responsible for identifying, evaluating, and forecasting emerging device technologies while developing strategic relationships with OEM partners to drive business growth. This role serves as the organization's expert on the device ecosystem, maintaining deep knowledge of technology roadmaps, market trends, and future device launches while actively cultivating relationships that create new opportunities for revenue, product development, and market expansion.
The successful candidate combines technical expertise, market intelligence, business development skills, and relationship management capabilities to position the company as the preferred protective solutions partner for leading device manufacturers. Through a combination of technology foresight, data-driven analysis, and strategic engagement with OEMs, this role helps shape the company's product portfolio and supports long-term growth objectives.
About Otter Products
At Otter Products, we protect what’s important. From our founder’s garage in 1998 to the global technology leader we are today, Otter Products continues to drive growth through innovation and sense of purpose. Through our industry-leading brands – OtterBox and OtterCares – we provide our partners and customers the number one selling and most trusted products in our categories. Our commitment to excellence and our philanthropic spirit is the foundation on which we foster our partner relationships, allowing us to grow and to give - together. By way of our charitable arm, the OtterCares Foundation, we support our communities and invest in the future through education that inspires kids to change the world. Our founder’s core values are still at the heart of everything we do. We measure our success not just by business results, but by our ability to give back to our communities and strengthen opportunities for all. To learn more, visit https://www.otterbox.com/pages/careersResponsibilities
- Develop and maintain a multi-year device and technology roadmap that aligns with company growth objectives, market opportunities, and product portfolio strategies.
- Serve as the company’s subject matter expert on device ecosystems, emerging technologies, OEM product roadmaps, and industry trends across smartphones, tablets, laptops, wearables, gaming systems, and adjacent technology categories.
- Build, manage, and strengthen strategic relationships with OEM partners, including product, engineering, and executive leadership teams, to increase collaboration, influence, and access to future device and technology insights.
- Act as the primary liaison between the company and OEM partners, creating engagement strategies that support long-term partnerships, business opportunities, and early visibility to product launches and roadmap developments.
- Partner with Product Management, Sales, Marketing, Engineering, and other cross-functional teams to translate device and market insights into product, portfolio, and go-to-market strategies that drive growth.
- Identify and evaluate new revenue opportunities through OEM relationships, including co-development initiatives, licensing opportunities, strategic partnerships, preferred supplier agreements, and emerging device categories.
- Monitor and analyze market intelligence, including device forecasts, consumer trends, competitive activity, technology adoption, supply chain developments, and OEM strategies to identify risks and growth opportunities.
- Leverage research, analytics, and industry insights to influence investment decisions, product planning, forecasting, and strategic business initiatives while providing actionable recommendations to leadership.
- Own the device mix each season and work with Product Line Managers and Program Management in applying series updates and new products to create the most successful product assortment.
- Lead cross-functional planning and execution activities related to major OEM launches, ensuring stakeholders have timely and accurate information to support successful product commercialization.
- Measure and communicate the impact of OEM engagement, technology trends, and market opportunities through regular updates, business reviews, and strategic recommendations to executive leadership.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Marketing, or a related field is required. MBA or other related advanced degree is preferred. Experience in lieu of degree may be considered.
- Minimum of five years of experience in product management, business development, OEM relationship management, technology strategy, or related roles is required.
- Strong understanding of consumer electronics, device ecosystems, and technology trends.
- Experience developing growth strategies, business cases, and market expansion plans.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to convert market data into actionable business decisions.
- Excellent communication, presentation, negotiation, and influencing skills.
- Ability to effectively engage stakeholders ranging from engineers to executive leadership.
- Ability to travel as needed, up to 25%, to support OEM engagement, industry events, and business development activities.