PRIMARY DUTIES

• Research lean product management and product development methodologies including best practices, processes, and organizational structures. Develop insights and make recommendations for:

o Product Lifecycle

o Business Models

o Product Strategy

o Lean Product Roadmap

o Prioritization Techniques

o Metrics

• Discover the best practices to enrich current business models by combining goods and services successfully into hybrid offerings. Identify top challenges of transforming from product-centric to service-centric organization

• Work with commercial and technical leaders to build and refine business cases for potential new products in the technology portfolio

o Identify and evaluate sub-segments and key customers within each, deriving key insights to share with senior management.

o Analyze and interpret marketing metrics to identify cause-effect relationships between innovation initiatives and financial outcomes. Identify positive and negative trends and find the appropriate solutions and recommendations when needed.

• Conduct industry-specific research

o Identify commonly used Innovation metrics. Analyze and interpret these metrics for the current technology portfolio

o Working with the existing framework, recommend an optimum portfolio balance per innovation type (efficiency vs sustaining vs disruptive) based on industry-specific norms and standards. Compare and interpret the current the portfolio balance to those of competitive peers and industry standards

• With market leads and product management, recommend specific technology readiness, production capability and marketing approaches to support sales growth of new products utilizing launch planning techniques and implementation checklist tool

• Perform all of the above requirements in an independent and reliable manner.

REQUIREMENTS

• MBA student after 1st & 2nd year of study preferred
• Four year degree in Engineering or Statistics with a strong background or interest in business, strategy and marketing
• Two to five years’ experience in a technical role within a global industrial business environment is preferred.
• Candidate must have strong written and verbal communication skills, including presentation development and delivery.
• Working knowledge of data analysis and presentation tools, such as Alteryx and Tableau
• Proficient computer skills including Microsoft Office.

Carpenter Technology Company offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package including life, medical, dental, vision, flexible spending accounts, disability coverage, 401k with company contributions as well as many other options to employees.

Carpenter Technology Corporation’s policy is to fully and effectively maintain a program of equal employment opportunity and nondiscrimination for all employees, to employ affirmative action for all protected classes, and to recruit and develop the best qualified persons available regardless of age, race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, political affiliation or any other characteristic protected by law. The Company also will recruit, develop and provide opportunities for qualified persons with disabilities and protected veterans.