Lead Platform Manager

Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. is an industry-leading innovation company focused on creating smarter, safer and more beautiful homes and improving lives. Our driving purpose is that we elevate every life by transforming spaces into havens. We believe our work and our brands can have incredibly positive impacts for not just our business and shareholders, but for people and the planet, too. When you join Fortune Brands, you become part of a high-performing team who are empowered to think big, learn fast and make bold decisions. We support an inclusive and diverse culture where everyone is encouraged and empowered to be their authentic selves, and where our differences and unique perspectives are a key strength. Explore life at Fortune Brands here

About the Engineering Strategy Team

The Engineering Strategy Team plays a pivotal role within the Product Development & Innovation (PD&I) organization, driving strategic direction and engineering excellence across Fortune Brands Innovations’ global platform. As a globally integrated team—with strong collaboration across regions including a key associate presence in China—we partner closely with engineering, operations, and cross-functional teams to shape the future of product platforms. Our mission is to deliver innovative, cost-effective, and high-quality subsystem and system designs that support business growth and operational efficiency. By leveraging deep technical expertise and strategic insight, we enable smarter decision-making and accelerate product development across the enterprise.

Responsibilities

• Partner with engineering teams to develop system and subsystem designs that meet business growth requirements for cost, quality, and timing (e.g., valves, handle systems, locking mechanisms, etc.).
• Develop financial and platform metrics for each global platform that drives sound decision-making for Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN) to maximize success in markets and with efficient operations.
• Partner with Engineering and Operations teams to develop optimal solutions for manufacturing, cost, quality, complexity, and timing using a deep understanding of platform subsystems and component interactions.
• Lead and define scope for subsystem improvement projects to enable more efficient product development
• Partner with project team to ensure critical product specifications, subsystem interfaces, and user defined functions (UDF’s) are documented for use in new product development.
• Collaborate with Marketing, Sales, Quality Assurance, Industrial Design, Sourcing and suppliers to tie cross-business activities that affect assigned subsystems.
• Analyze subsystem usage across FBIN to identify improvement opportunities for cost, quality, timing, and complexity.
• Support cost, reliability and quality projects within FBIN that improve quality, customer perception, or supply chain issues.
• Interface with Design to Value (DtV) and Manufacturing Process Development teams to evaluate ideas and drive system level design solutions that optimize both cost and consumer value.
• Continuously improve the processes, skills, team, and tools necessary to achieve Company’s product leadership strategy.
• Govern the use of product specifications, subsystem interfaces, and UDF's for use in new product development

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering  is required; advanced degree in Engineering or MBA is preferred
• Equivalent industry experience of 15 years developing platforms in lieu of degree is accepted
• Minimum 5 years of related experience and manufacturing exposure with significant product development to understand the product life cycle from ideation to the final launch.
• Demonstrated experience influencing, challenging and collaborating with team members
• Experience with financial measures and metrics – at project level and P&L level to understand cost savings scenarios.
• Strong analytic skills with an emphasis on critical thinking, root cause analysis, and problem solving required
• Experience understanding the manufacturing processes such as injection molding, casting, forging, fabricating, etc.; ability to cost components based on manufacturing process (cycle time, fill rate, cooling time), and assess manufacturability (i.e. gate location, tooling material, cooling system design)
• Demonstrated success managing multiple projects concurrently in a fast-paced environment
• Effectively work with teams and suppliers from different cultures and countries
• Demonstrated mechanical aptitude and problem solving
• Working knowledge of engineering principles - fluid, mechanical, thermal and strength of materials, Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA), Design of Experiments (DOE), Quality Function Development (QFD), Design for Assembly (DFA) and Design for Manufacture Assembly (DFMA) 

Fortune Brands believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is Hiring Pay Range: $107,000 USD - $125,000USD. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range, or be above or below the range, based on factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, professional achievement, business need, and location. In addition to base salary, employees will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, or a role-based sales incentive plan.

At Fortune Brands, we support the overall health and wellness of our associates by offering comprehensive, competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility for our teammates’ unique needs. This includes robust health plans, a market-leading 401(k) program with a company contribution, product discounts, flexible time off benefits (including half-day summer Fridays per policy), inclusive fertility / adoption benefits, and more. We offer numerous Employee Resource Groups to support inclusivity and our associates’ feeling of belonging at work.

Fortune Brands is a brand, innovation and channel leader focused on exciting, supercharged categories in the home products, security and commercial building markets. Our portfolio of brands includes Moen, House of Rohl, Aqualisa, SpringWell, Therma-Tru, Larson, Fiberon, Master Lock, SentrySafe and Yale residential.

Fortune Brands is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois and trades on the NYSE as FBIN

Equal Employment Opportunity:

FBIN is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, or any other legally protected characteristic.

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