Product Manager (Mechatronics)

Location: Vernon Hills, Illinois, United States; requires approximately 25% travel primarily within the United States and occasional travel to Japan.

Salary: $111,200–$152,900 per year, plus potential commissions, incentive compensation, discretionary awards, and benefits.

Company

hirify.global develops and supports industrial automation products and solutions for customers in the Americas.

What you will do

• Develop product portfolio business plans that support sales growth and market expansion.
• Define and communicate product vision, messaging, strategy, and priorities with senior leaders and stakeholders.
• Manage the product lifecycle from development support and launch execution through growth initiatives and end-of-life activities.
• Research customer needs and market challenges, translating insights into product requirements and development priorities.
• Partner with sales, marketing, development, service, legal, and business development teams on launches, positioning, pricing, and go-to-market execution.
• Monitor product performance metrics and provide recommendations for continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, marketing, business, or equivalent professional experience.
• At least 4 years of professional industrial automation experience in sales, marketing, and/or applications engineering.
• Technical and commercial knowledge of industrial automation products such as variable frequency drives, servo/motion systems, PLCs, HMIs, CNC, robots, or industrial networks.
• Experience with CNC and robot applications, including machine-tending applications.
• Strong prioritization, problem-solving, negotiation, listening, consensus-building, interpersonal, writing, oral, and presentation skills.
• Must be able to travel internationally and verify eligibility to work in the United States.

Nice to have

• Experience with Japanese business culture.
• Familiarity with SAP ECC or SAP CRM.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with medical, financial, and other benefits.
• 401(k) eligibility and paid vacation, sick time, and parental leave.
• Potential commissions, incentive compensation, and discretionary performance awards.
• Cross-functional collaboration across sales, marketing, development, service, corporate, and legal teams.