Manager, Product Solution Engineering

Role Description

As part of the Product Management team, we want to prioritize rapid iteration to build impactful and innovative products that align vision, execution with customer needs. Moving at our pace brings a lot of change, complexity and ambiguity. We are looking for someone who thrives on that and is comfortable being uncomfortable. Before applying, consider if you can:

• Care deeply about people and customer success
• Look for professional and personal hypergrowth
• Be resilient and resourceful in the face of ambiguity and thrive on continuous improvement
• Bring critical thought and opinion
• Embrace differences and disagreements
• Prioritize progress over perfection

The Product Solution Engineering (PSE) Team serves as the critical bridge between Product Management, Engineering, and Customer-Facing Teams, ensuring that scalable, technically sound solutions address real-world customer use cases. By combining deep product expertise, technical problem-solving, and strategic collaboration, the PSE team enhances product adoption, accelerates solution delivery and drives innovation.

The Manager of Product Solution Engineering team is responsible for defining, building and scaling the team that will partner with Sales, Customer Success, Services, Support, Product and Engineering to deliver technically viable and scalable solutions that enhance the product’s capabilities and customer experience, while influencing product strategy with insights from real-world use cases.

How you’ll make a difference:

• Leading, developing and growing a team of Product Solutions Engineers
• Creating a collaborative and engaging culture to reward effective product solutioning, creativity and long-term customer success
• Collaborating with the Product, Engineering and Quality teams to define the PSE craft and level of excellence
• Coaching Product Solutions Engineers to be technical advisors, solution consultants and expert generalists on the Inte platform
• Leading Solutions Engineers in cross functional initiatives and build partnerships with sales, services, support and marketing
• Identifying opportunities to scale the impact of the Solutions Engineering teams
• Building and maintaining internal relationships (Sales, Launch, Product) while advocating for prospective and current customers
• Identifying and owning initiatives to improve and develop the team’s craft and performance
• Coaching, mentoring, and developing the team through strong and frequent feedback

Qualifications

• Strong technical background, with demonstrated success in Professional Services, Support and/or customer-facing roles.
• Experience working closely with or directly as a Solutions Architect individual contributor or leader
• Strong analytical abilities in visualizing, capturing information, and analyzing data to manage risk and solve complex problems
• Strong communication skills with the ability to tailor communication to senior leaders, key stakeholders, and teams
• Internal and external negotiation experience with the ability to work across team boundaries to build alignment
• Hands-on experience in team management that reflects a nimble and adaptive approach, thriving in fast-paced settings that encourage innovative problem-solving
• Demonstrated ability to inspire and lead teams in delivering technical solutions that align closely with customer needs and business objectives
• Exhibits strength in the 5 Expectations of Leadership
• Hire the Best People
• Set and Hold High Standards
• Create the Conditions for Success
• Invest in Strong Relationships
• Be Great Storytellers
• A desire to work in lean, agile work environments where resourcefulness and flexibility are highly valued

Company Description

Fortive’s essential technology makes the world stronger, safer, and smarter. We accelerate transformation across a broad range of applications including environmental, health and safety compliance, industrial condition monitoring, next-generation product design, and healthcare safety solutions.

We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in software-powered workflow solutions, data-driven intelligence, AI-powered automation, and other disruptive technologies. We’re a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to groundbreaking sustainability solutions.

We are a diverse team 18,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact.

At Fortive, we believe in you. We believe in your potential—your ability to learn, grow, and make a difference.

At Fortive, we believe in us. We believe in the power of people working together to solve problems no one could solve alone.

At Fortive, we believe in growth. We’re honest about what’s working and what isn’t, and we never stop improving and innovating.

Fortive: For you, for us, for growth.