Global Product Manager

Why Work at Banner?

For over 50 years, Banner Engineering has been at the forefront of industrial automation. We offer products and solutions including award-winning sensors, wireless solutions, machine safety, indication and LED lighting. From Fortune 500 leaders to innovative startups, Banner's award-winning products and solutions are helping companies around the world increase efficiency, reduce costs, safeguard equipment, and protect personnel. Our commitment to innovation shows through a continuous, market-driven evolution of products and technology. With engineers employed in nearly every major department, engineering is in our DNA.

Banner is a rapidly growing company that offers many personal development opportunities, an excellent benefits package, and a collaborative team of employees who are passionate about what they do.

Position Summary

In this role, you will turn defined market needs and product ideas into successful commercial offerings for Banner Engineering’s Condition Monitoring and Connected Asset Monitoring portfolio. You will own the work from late-stage product development through production, launch, growth, and ongoing lifecycle management within the Networking & Condition Monitoring Business Unit.

Working with engineering, operations, marketing, sales, and regional teams, you will move products from concept to a scalable commercial offering. You will keep the work moving, make sure the pieces come together, and own launch planning, sales enablement, documentation, pricing, positioning, and ongoing portfolio management.

Strategic growth areas include reliability and asset health solutions, industrial monitoring technologies, connected sensing, and emerging applications that help customers improve equipment performance and reduce factory downtime.

The ideal candidate is organized, execution-minded, and effective at turning product direction into market-ready results. You know how to bring industrial technology products across the finish line and into the market. Experience with reliability, condition monitoring, predictive maintenance, process automation, or industrial automation is helpful, but not required.

This position reports to the Sr. Director – Wireless and Condition Monitoring

What You’ll Be Doing

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys working individually and collaboratively, staying on top of tasks and making a meaningful impact across teams and projects. Below are some key responsibilities of the role.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the commercial performance and ongoing health of assigned product lines, from launch through growth and portfolio lifecycle decisions.
• Lead cross-functional teams to bring new products from development through launch and global market adoption.
• Take ownership of product ideas grounded in established market needs and drive their execution through final development, production, and launch.
• Partner with engineering to ensure products are delivered on schedule and aligned with customer requirements.
• Develop product positioning, pricing, messaging, and value propositions.
• Create and maintain product documentation, requirements, training materials, and sales tools.
• Enable sales teams through product training, competitive positioning, and customer-facing content.
• Coordinate product launches with engineering, operations, marketing, and regional business teams.
• Monitor business performance and recommend portfolio improvements, enhancements, and lifecycle actions.
• Other duties as assigned.

What You Bring to the Table

To perform this job successfully, you must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily, and regular attendance is required. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required to perform this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to support individuals with disabilities.

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Marketing, or related technical discipline.
• A minimum of 2-3 years of product management, application engineering, technical marketing, or business development experience.
• Strong execution and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple initiatives.
• Ability to translate technical capabilities into compelling customer value propositions, product messaging, and sales enablement materials.
• Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to engage both technical and commercial audiences.
• Self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced environment and can effectively manage ambiguity while maintaining focus on execution.
• Availability for domestic and occasional international travel.

Preferred

• Industry experience within industrial automation, sensing, connected devices, networking, wireless solutions, IIoT, or industrial software.
• Familiarity with reliability, predictive maintenance, condition monitoring, or asset health applications.
• Exposure to technologies such as vibration monitoring, thermal monitoring, lubrication monitoring, leak detection, power monitoring, or related industrial monitoring solutions.
• Experience supporting global product launches and working across international markets.
• Familiarity with Banner Engineering products and solutions.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities.

What to Expect at Work

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to support individuals with disabilities.

• Sit for up to 8 hours per day.
• Exposed to a computer screen for extended periods.
• May require repetitive motions such as utilize a computer mouse, keyboard, computer, and other standard office equipment.
• Communicate with others frequently.
• Occasionally lift and/or move objects up to 25 pounds.
• Ability to work on-site in a manufacturing environment and travel to other facilities when needed.
• Ability to travel by car or airplane to customer sites (20% or less).

Working Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those you may encounter while performing the essential functions of this job.

• Corporate office environment – indoor and climate-controlled.
• Frequent interaction with internal departments, cross-functional teams, and external partners, as well as employees across all levels of the organization—including entry-level staff, senior leadership, clients, or vendors.
• Position is normally in office with occasional travel to visit customers, distributors, or attend industry trade shows.

Pay and Benefits

Banner Engineering is committed to offering competitive pay and benefits, including, but not limited to:

• 401(k) with match
• Student Loan 401(k) match program
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance Plans
• HSA (Health Savings Account) with company contribution
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Sales and Profit Sharing Elegibility
• Flexible work hours
• Life Insurance
• Paid Parental Leave
• Pet Insurance

Base Pay Range: $90,956 - $158,331

*Please note some career sites assign estimated compensation ranges that may not accurately reflect what is offered by Banner Engineering.

Core Values

Customer Driven, Accountability Focused, Integrity Always, New Solutions – Every Day

If you excel in a dynamic, collaborative environment and are looking for meaningful challenges and opportunities to grow, you’ll find a great fit here. Banner Engineering is a premier employer headquartered in MN, offering competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for professional development as we rapidly grow in the Industrial Automation industry.

Banner Engineering is an equal opportunity employer that considers all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

Affirmative Action (AA)/Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) M/F/D/V

This job description reflects management’s assignment of key responsibilities; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.