Vice President, Product Management - Connected Water Hardware

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. 

As the Vice President of Product Management- Connected Water Hardware, you will guide the vision, development, and delivery of our connected water hardware portfolio across omni-channel routes to market—including retail, e-commerce, wholesale distribution, insurance, and emerging digital platforms. This role is key to shaping the future of connected water solutions, fostering innovation, and aligning with evolving consumer needs and business goals.

You will oversee the full product lifecycle—from concept to commercialization and retirement—while building a collaborative, results-oriented team. Your leadership will help define product strategy, elevate customer experiences, and position our connected offerings to deliver long-term value and market relevance.

We value leaders who can Think Fast using data and insights to make timely decisions, Work It Together by collaborating across teams and perspectives, and Make the Hard Call by balancing innovation, feasibility, and impact with care and clarity.

What you will be doing

• Guide product strategy and planning for connected water hardware, aligned with consumer needs and business goals.
• Oversee the complete product lifecycle—from concept through development to product retirement.
• Be accountable for P&L performance, including pricing, portfolio health, and investment return.
• Collaborate across Marketing, Engineering, Sales, Digital, Supply Chain, and Finance to align product nitiatives with execution.
• Partner with B2B, B2C, and external stakeholders to support connected product integration across channels.
• Work with Corporate Strategy to explore partnership and M&A opportunities that support portfolio growth.
• Identify opportunities for innovation and platform expansion across connected product lines.
• Represent the Connected Products Center of Excellence, promoting consistency and shared learning across business units.
• Leverage data, insights, and feedback to inform decision-making and refine strategy.
• Mentor and develop a collaborative, agile, and engaged team of product professionals.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Marketing, or related field.
• 15+ years of experience in product management, including 5+ years in senior leadership roles.
• Background in connected products, IoT-enabled devices, or consumer electronics.
• Strong understanding of product, pricing, placement, and promotion strategies.
• Experience managing product financials, including P&L ownership.
• Proficiency in tools like Tableau, Power BI, or SAP for business analysis.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• MBA
• Familiarity with agile development environments.

Fortune Brands believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is Hiring Pay Range: $150,000 USD - $244,000 USD. 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

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