General Manager, Emerging AI Apps

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Build Manufacturing is a growing family of industrial and engineering businesses combining enabling technologies, operational superiority, and strategic M&A to build America’s next generation industrial company. At Re:

Build we deploy deep expertise in engineering, operations management, and technology to supercharge the performance of our member companies. We leverage deep professional expertise and a candid, principled operating culture to drive differentiated outcomes. Ours is a fast-paced environment where individuals can stretch and be challenged to pursue their fullest potential.

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Build was founded to pioneer a profitable model for the revitalization of US manufacturing. We’ve assembled a powerful set of complimentary capabilities and lines of business that enable us to pursue a wide range of end markets. Our acquired businesses are grounded in build-to-print and by-the-hour engineering and design services, and we’re leveraging their combined expertise to migrate to increasingly sophisticated program development and production, as well as the generation of our own products.

Our unique set of capabilities lend themselves to highly complex systems and products, and we offer customers a range of services including product and systems design, automation, fabrication, assembly, and large volume contract manufacturing. Our customers span a wide array of industries including aerospace, defense, mobility, healthcare, pharma, biotech, clean tech, chemicals, energy, lifestyle, food production, and industrial equipment.

We are seeking a General Manager with deep early product development experience to launch a suite of innovative AI applications to market. Reporting to the Chief Digital and Product Officer of Re:

Build, supported by an advisory board drawn from within Re:

Build, this GM will have a high degree of autonomy to spearhead the ideation, development, commercialization, launch and profitable growth of new AI-powered SaaS products. They will build the strategy and the team from the ground up, with access to domain experts across the Re:

Build companies. They will iterate quickly through proof-of-concept deliveries and customer testing to find product market fit. As the business successfully develops, the GM will have the opportunity to build dedicated resources (personnel, facilities, processes, etc.) as needed and seek additional funding to support its growth.

We seek a creative and motivated General Manager with experience in successfully launching software products in industrial engineering markets to build a new business and position it for significant growth. This role will be responsible for the following:

• Develop a strategy and roadmap to deliver a suite of AI-driven engineering applications in target markets, and drive profitable sales. Make use of dedicated and Re:
  
  Build resources as necessary to optimize business growth and profitability.
• Use industry knowledge, contextual research, and direct input from customers to drive product requirements, commercial insights, and marketing plans.
• Lead all aspects of product development and portfolio design, coordinating efforts based on market trends and our expertise in innovative technical solutions.
• Understand distribution, market opportunity and demand potential to develop bottoms up sales and operating plans and to deliver against those objectives.
• Develop pricing and channel strategies for the portfolio of products – which may be different depending on the market and product positioning.
• Gather and synthesize relevant inputs needed to build strategic and tactical plans for promotion strategy, advertising support, etc.
• Explore, develop, and manage potential partner relationships – which may include strategic customers, marketing, branding, distribution, and licensing.
• Develop comprehensive launch plans to bring new products to market on time and in a way to increase market potential.
• Set and track achievements, breakthroughs, and critical path monitoring and management for product launches and ongoing operations.
• With support from Re:
  
  Build, drive process improvements that…