Product Manager (Financial Card)

Location: Glenview, Illinois, United States of America

Salary: $93,000–$110,000 per year, plus eligibility for a bonus incentive program.

Company

Specialty Films develops, manufactures, and markets coated and metallized films, foils, laminates, holography, and transfer products for packaging, financial cards, medical bags, and security identification.

What you will do

• Develop product-line strategies and manage the financial card portfolio across its lifecycle, including prioritization, expansion, and rationalization.
• Analyze market trends, customer needs, competitive dynamics, and Voice of Customer insights to identify growth opportunities and shape product roadmaps.
• Lead new product development through business cases, product requirements, validation plans, stage-gate reviews, and commercialization.
• Develop go-to-market strategies, product messaging, sales tools, training materials, launch plans, and customer presentations.
• Monitor revenue, margin, market share, pricing, and profitability, recommending actions to improve business performance.
• Align Sales, Operations, R&D, Supply Chain, and Marketing while driving accountability across complex initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Business, Engineering, or a related field.
• 3–5 years of experience in Product Management, Marketing, Product Development, Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience managing products from concept through commercialization and applying customer and market insights to business decisions.
• Strong analytical, strategic thinking, pricing, profitability, business case development, communication, presentation, and project management skills.
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams and demonstrate initiative, leadership, and accountability.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word; willingness to travel approximately 20% domestically and internationally.

Nice to have

• Experience in B2B, industrial, manufacturing, specialty materials, or related markets.
• Experience in a global, matrixed organization.
• Familiarity with stage-gate or structured innovation processes.

Culture & Benefits

• Paid vacation, sick, holiday, and parental leave.
• Participation in a bonus incentive program.
• Equal employment opportunity and fair treatment throughout the employment relationship.