Connected Product Manager

Connected Product Manager

The Company

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation is a thriving, values-driven company focused on doing the right things. We're a fast growing, publicly traded company (NYSE: ZWS), with an enduring reputation for integrity, giving back, and providing an engaging, inclusive environment where careers flourish and grow.

Named by Newsweek as One of America's Most Responsible Companies and an Energage USA Top Workplace, at Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation, we never forget that our people are at the center of what makes us successful. They are the driving force behind our superior quality, product ingenuity, and exceptional customer experience. Our commitment to our people and their professional development is a recipe for success that has fueled our growth for over 100 years, as one of today's leading international suppliers of plumbing and water delivery solutions.

Headquartered in Milwaukee, WI, Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation employs over 2800 employees worldwide, working from 24 locations across the U.S., China, Canada, Dubai, and Mexico, with sales offices available around the globe. We hope you'll visit our website and learn more about Zurn Elkay at

If you're ready to join a company where what you do makes a difference and you have pride in the work you are doing, talk to us about joining the Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation family!

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The Connected Product Manager leads product planning, pricing, channel strategies, and go‑to‑market activities for Zurn Elkay's connected products and services. This role integrates connected solutions across product families, manages the product lifecycle, and collaborates with engineering, sales, marketing, and cross‑functional teams to deliver winning products and ensure customer satisfaction.

• Maintain centralized repositories for product information, ensuring materials are current and easily accessible.
• Define and own the vision and roadmap for Connected Solutions across B2B omni‑channels, ensuring alignment with business unit strategies.
• Analyze product performance, competitiveness, and market trends; develop strategies based on research and analysis.
• Conduct market and user research, leveraging VOC and usability testing to identify needs and communicate impactful value propositions.
• Work with engineering, hardware, marketing, sales, commercial, and IT teams to align priorities and deliver integrated release plans.
• Understand IoT platform architecture, APIs, integrations, and connectivity standards (e.g., BLE, LoRa, BACnet) to ensure scalability, reliability, and security.
• Own and manage the product backlog, ensuring well‑defined user stories, epics, and acceptance criteria aligned with the roadmap and stage‑gate milestones.
• Gather and analyze user feedback and product data to guide enhancements, prioritize features, and measure adoption and engagement via KPIs.
• Use structured stage‑gate principles for product lifecycle management, ensuring clear deliverables and data‑driven decisions.
• Collaborate with marketing to launch and optimize digital campaigns, landing pages, and lead generation funnels, ensuring robust tracking and continuous improvement.
• Ensure key leaders have visibility into product launches, marketing reviews, and connected positioning, including analysis of wins/losses and quantifiable reasons.
• Drive scaling and growth of connected solutions, optimize subscription and monetization models, standardize features, and track adoption metrics. Work with sales to identify and implement effective sales strategies.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Marketing, or related field; MBA highly preferred.
• 5+ years' experience in product management/ownership, preferably with connected products or IoT.
• Experience in the plumbing market or related segment preferred.
• Experience with data visualization tools (Excel Charts, Power
  
  BI, Tableau) preferred.
• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or equivalent highly desired.
• Solid understanding of Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and software development processes.
• Experience…