Product Manager Flow Components

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Gast and Airtech are part of the IDEX Performance Pneumatics Group, delivering innovative solutions for vacuum, pressure, and flow control across critical industries worldwide.

Gast is a trusted leader in designing and manufacturing high-quality air-moving products, including compressors, vacuum pumps, and accessories. For decades, Gast has powered essential applications in medical, industrial, and environmental sectors with reliability and precision.

Airtech specializes in custom-engineered vacuum and pressure systems, offering advanced solutions for complex applications in life sciences, electronics, and industrial automation. Known for flexibility and technical expertise, Airtech partners with customers to solve unique challenges and deliver tailored systems that meet demanding performance requirements.

Together, Gast and Airtech combine engineering excellence, customer focus, and global reach to enable technologies that keep industries moving and improve everyday life.

We are seeking an experienced Product Manager to lead strategic product management for our high-flow product categories. This role is accountable for defining and executing the product vision, strategy, and multi-year roadmap for assigned high-flow air-moving products across GAST/Airtech. This leader drives growth by identifying market opportunities, translating voice-of-customer and competitive insights into clear requirements and business cases, and leading cross-functional execution from concept through launch and lifecycle management.

Partnering across Commercial, Marketing, Operations, and Engineering, the Product Manager continuously evaluates portfolio performance, identifies opportunities to improve mix and reduce complexity, and plans product transitions and end-of-life pathways to ensure long-term health of the portfolio. The role requires strong communication, technical fluency, and consistent follow-through to align stakeholders and deliver customer-valued outcomes at scale.

This role requires comfort operating in an industrial, engineered‑to‑application environment with complex product portfolios and global manufacturing considerations.

• Develop and execute a 3-year product roadmap aligned with business strategy and customer needs.
• Identify new product opportunities through VOC (Voice of Customer) and competitive analysis.
• Serve as the subject matter expert for assigned product lines.
• Own commercialization planning for new product launches, including launch timing, target applications, value propositions, and internal readiness.
• Partner with Sales, Marketing, and Operations to develop go‑to‑market plans that ensure successful adoption and revenue ramp.
• Define launch success metrics and track post‑launch performance, incorporating learnings into roadmap updates and future product launches.

• Lead cross-functional teams through milestone-driven NPD processes from concept to commercialization.
• Lead cross-functional teams to plan, track, and execute product‑related projects, ensuring on‑time and on‑budget delivery.
• Facilitate regular project team meetings, driving accountability and ensuring alignment across engineering, operations, sourcing, and marketing.
• Provide timely project status updates to leadership, including schedule impacts, risk assessments, and mitigation plans.

• Drive SKU rationalization and complexity reduction initiatives to improve profitability and operational efficiency.
• Evaluate product line performance and lifecycle stage to recommend investment, sustainment, or exit decisions.