Senior Product Manager

About this role

<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>About MISUMI Americas</strong></p> <p>MISUMI Americas, a division of MISUMI Group, is a leading provider of standard, configurable, and custom manufacturing solutions. By integrating a vast catalog of components with a world-class digital manufacturing platform, MISUMI Americas empowers engineers and procurement teams to accelerate innovation across the entire product lifecycle. With operations in the San Francisco Bay Area and Chicago, the company serves as a vital partner for the most innovative companies in the Americas.</p></div><h3><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Impact In This Role:</span></strong></span></h3> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">As a Senior Product Manager, you’ll play a defining role in building the next-generation Operating System for New Product Development (NPD) — one that leverages artificial intelligence, automation, and deep manufacturing intelligence to revolutionize how products are designed, sourced, and delivered globally. You will own and evolve Fictiv’s Manufacturing Quoting & Fulfillment platform, the intelligent backbone that powers how our customers, operations teams, and global manufacturing partners collaborate. Your work will extend beyond traditional product management — you’ll define, prioritize, and launch innovative technologies that dramatically increase accuracy, speed, and efficiency across quoting, fulfillment, and supplier orchestration.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">You’ll partner with our advanced technology R&D team to turn cutting-edge research into production-ready solutions, bringing automation, predictive analytics, and generative intelligence into every step of the manufacturing lifecycle.</span></p> <h3><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;">What You’ll Be Doing:</span></strong></span></h3> <h4><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><strong>1. Product Strategy & Vision</strong></span></h4> <ul> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Define the long-term vision for Fictiv’s manufacturing intelligence platform, emphasizing how AI and automation deliver measurable value for customers and partners</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Identify strategic opportunities to integrate machine learning models, natural language understanding, and computer vision into quoting, routing, and supplier selection workflows</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Build business cases for AI investments, articulating ROI through improved quote accuracy, reduced turnaround time, and increased partner throughput</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Partner with data science and R&D leaders to shape Fictiv’s roadmap for AI-enabled quoting, intelligent fulfillment, and predictive supply orchestration</span></li> </ul> <h4><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><strong>2. AI Product Development & R&D Partnership</strong></span></h4> <ul> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Collaborate closely with AI research and data engineering teams to translate complex models into usable, scalable product features</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Define product requirements for systems that leverage large language models (LLMs), predictive algorithms, and generative tools to extract, classify, and structure manufacturing data (from drawings, CAD files, and natural language requirements)</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Create feedback loops between AI systems and operational users to continuously improve model performance and reliability</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Lead experiments and pilot programs that validate new AI capabilities before wide-scale deployment</span></li> </ul> <h4><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><strong>3. Roadmap Execution & Delivery</strong></span></h4> <ul> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Translate strategic initiatives into clear, actionable roadmaps with measurable outcomes</span></li> <li style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Establish frameworks to track input/output metrics, quantifying how new AI and automation features improve key business KPIs (margin, lead…