Product Group Manager

Job Description

Job Description

What is the Opportunity? At Ovivo, we offer you the opportunity to expand your skills and professional experience while collaborating with experts in water treatment who take pride in bringing water to life. As the Product Group Manager for Inlet Works , you will oversee a multidisciplinary team responsible for one of Ovivo's core technology lines that protects downstream treatment processes through advanced screening and ancillary solutions.

This is a high-visibility leadership role with full P&L responsibility for the Inlet product line, driving growth, innovation, and profitability in the municipal water and wastewater market. You will play a key role in shaping the future of water treatment while building and inspiring a high-performing team.

The role is based in our Salt Lake City office with a hybrid working model. Expected domestic travel is 20-40%.

What is the Role? You will provide strategic leadership, direction, and support to the Inlet Works team, which includes Product Managers, Project Managers, Project Engineers, and other operations staff. Key responsibilities include:

• Lead Engineering, Operations, Marketing, and Sales to deliver exceptional customer outcomes and achieve sales and profitability targets.
• Drive commercial strategy, product roadmap, standardization, and new product development initiatives.
• Lead, mentor, develop, and work alongside a cross-functional team of sales, product management, and technical professionals.
• Own the full P&L for the Inlet product group, including budgeting, bookings, profitability, forecasting, and margin improvement.
• Champion product competitiveness through continuous improvement, technical innovation, and market feedback.
• Support major customer engagements, specification reviews, estimates, quotes, proposals, negotiations, and strategic bids.
• Ensure seamless project execution and knowledge transfer between sales, engineering, and operations.
• Represent the Inlet product group at industry events and internal leadership meetings.

Does this sound like you?

• 8+ years of overall progressive experience in the water/wastewater industry, with strong exposure to municipal markets.
• 4+ years of proven leadership experience managing teams of Sales, Product, and Project professionals.
• Demonstrated success in P&L ownership, budgeting, financial reporting, and growing a product line or business unit. Deep understanding of the role of sales representatives in the municipal water/wastewater market and the ability to build and maintain key relationships.
• Technical aptitude with the ability to understand screening, inlet works, or heavy mechanical equipment.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering (Mechanical, Civil, Environmental, or a related field) is preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to understand and interpret plans, specifications, and requests for proposals for complex mechanical and electrical equipment.
• Strong business acumen, strategic thinking, and the ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders.
• Passion for sustainable water solutions and inspirational leadership style.

Don't meet every single requirement? If you bring strong leadership, business results, and a passion for water, we'd love to talk with you.

WHAT WE OFFER AS AN EMPLOYER

At Ovivo, teamwork is at the heart of everything we do. We value work-life balance and strive to provide an engaging work environment along with excellent benefits and career progression opportunities. We offer a hybrid work environment with roughly 50% of the time in the office.

Benefits - all full-time employees are eligible for Ovivo's generous benefits package that includes:

• Medical, Dental and Vision benefits
• 401k Match of 4%
• Parental Leave
• Company paid life insurance along with company paid short and long-term disability
• 11 paid holidays
• Three weeks of PTO per year (prorated based on start date)
• Roll over of 64 PTO hours to the following year
• Sixteen personal hours hire date determines number of personal hours for the first year
• Days off between Christmas Eve and New Year's Day - paid by the company with no impact to PTO balance.
• Profit sharing

At Ovivo we are committed to providing working environments where everyone is included and treated fairly and with respect.

Dive in - Apply Today! Let's change the future of water together.

About Ovivo

Ovivo is a global provider of equipment, technology, and systems producing among the purest water and treating some of the most challenging wastewater in the industry. Ovivo is a powerful global brand with renowned trademarks, possessing more than 150 years of expertise and references in water treatment, supported by its proprietary products, advanced technologies, and extensive system integration knowhow. Ovivo delivers conventional to highly technological water treatment solutions for the industrial and municipal markets and leverages its large installed base of equipment around the world to offer parts and services to its customers. Ovivo is dedicated to innovation in an industry that is in constant evolution and offers water treatment solutions that are cost-effective, energy-efficient, and environmentally sustainable.

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