Product Manager

Standard Textile is seeking a Product Manager based in Cincinnati, OH to drive product strategy through day-to-day execution. This role owns segment priorities, translating them into actionable development work while guiding initiatives from early planning through commercialization and ongoing lifecycle management.

You will coordinate closely with R&D, Sourcing, Quality, and other partners to ensure each product request is feasible across technical and operational constraints, while also supporting go-to-market readiness and performance monitoring across the portfolio.

What you’ll do

• Execute segment roadmap priorities by leading product updates, enhancements, and lifecycle changes, coordinating development with R&D, Sourcing, and Quality to confirm feasibility across MOQ, margin, supply chain, and technical requirements.
• Manage custom, non-stock, and new product development requests, leading assigned projects from intake through commercialization, including project plans, timelines, risk tracking, and cross-functional follow-up.
• Coordinate sampling, testing, specifications, and costing approvals across R&D, Sourcing, and Quality, reviewing samples for alignment to requirements and proactively addressing development risks and delays.
• Act as an additional technical design resource when needed, including sample reviews, Tech Pack contributions, and troubleshooting technical product issues with R&D, Technical Design, Quality, and suppliers.
• Build deep technical product knowledge across materials, construction, specifications, and manufacturing, and serve as a product resource for Sales, Marketing, Digital, and Customer Experience.
• Support product lifecycle and portfolio management, including SKU rationalization, performance monitoring, and recommendations for lifecycle changes or substitutions based on data.
• Drive stock development aligned to the stock development calendar, support the Textile Operations inbox, perform competitive and segment research, and provide project management support by tracking timelines, coordinating stakeholders, managing key deliverables, and ensuring projects stay on schedule.

What you bring

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Textiles, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Experience: 3–5 years in product management, product development, or technical/textile product roles; Tech Pack or specification experience preferred.
• Certifications: No specific certifications required; PMP or similar project management certification a plus.
• Hard skills: Strong project management skills; working knowledge of technical specifications, Tech Pack development, and PLM/PIM systems; proficient in Excel.
• Soft skills: Strong problem-solving and communication skills, sound technical judgment, and the ability to manage multiple cross-functional projects.
• Working conditions: Fast-paced, cross-functional environment supporting assigned segment product execution, with regular collaboration with Sales, Marketing, Sourcing, R&D, and Quality.
• Physical requirements: Standard office-based physical demands; occasional handling of product samples may be required.

Tools you’ll use

• Excel
• PLM/PIM systems