
Senior Product Manager, Hardware
Location: Wilmington, MA
Mission
At LightForce Orthodontics, we combine cutting-edge 3D printing and proprietary CAD software to deliver highly personalized orthodontic solutions. Our clinical hardware products are at the heart of transforming orthodontic care. This role will drive the development and optimization of our clinical hardware portfolio, ensuring it meets the evolving needs of our global customers and internal teams while supporting the broader goal of reducing treatment time and enhancing patient outcomes.
Role Overview
The Senior Product Manager for Hardware will be responsible for the strategic development and continuous improvement of our hardware product portfolio. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical aptitude, experience managing complex hardware-software products, and the ability to work with cross-functional teams. This role requires deep collaboration with hardware, software, and process engineering as well as clinical, manufacturing, and commercial teams to deliver customer-centric, high-impact solutions.
Key Responsibilities:
- Hardware Portfolio Ownership: Lead the strategic development, continuous improvement, and management of designated lanes of LightForce’s hardware portfolio.
- Market Insights & Product Strategy: Analyze market trends, customer feedback, and competitor offerings to develop insights and inform product strategy.
- Customer Research & Voice of Customer (VoC): Partner with orthodontists, clinicians, and internal stakeholders to prioritize product needs and define user requirements.
- End-to-End Product Lifecycle: Drive new product initiatives from initial concept to launch, including discovery, definition, development, testing, and post-launch iteration.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Drive clarity and accountability with cross-functional teams of hardware, software, and process engineers, as well as manufacturing and operations stakeholders to keep programs aligned with objectives and on schedule.
- Customer-Facing Launches: Lead product launches in collaboration with marketing, clinical education, and customer success teams.
- Metrics & Accountability: Define and track product success metrics, leveraging data-driven insights to support decision-making and product evolution.
Potential 12-18 Month Objectives of the Role
- Launch next-generation hardware products that improve clinical efficiency and treatment outcomes, including bond success, bracket durability, and patient comfort.
- Improve product design and usability to reduce learning curves for new customers and support global adoption.
- Drive innovation in the hardware-software interface to enable greater personalization and efficiency for clinicians.
- Develop a streamlined approach to hardware portfolio management, balancing legacy product updates with the development of new solutions.
Requirements & Qualifications
- Experience: 6-10+ years of product management experience, including hardware product development in CAD/CAM, 3D printing, or healthcare/medical devices.
- Technical Expertise: Strong technical aptitude with experience guiding complex cross-domain product development between hardware and software teams.
- Cross-functional Leadership: Demonstrated experience working with engineering and customer-facing teams, with a track record of consistently impactful outcomes and ability to build strong relationships across clinical, technical, and commercial teams.
- Analytical Skills: Excellent problem-solving abilities with demonstrated strengths in hypothesis-driven product development and data-driven decision-making, including defining product success metrics.
- Process Management: Proficiency in agile methodologies, with strong skills in managing sprints, backlogs, and cross-team collaboration.
- Communication: Exceptional communication skills to articulate technical concepts to diverse stakeholders, facilitate cross-functional discussions, and create compelling product documentation.
- Domain Experience: Expertise in customer-facing product development within healthcare, medical devices, or other regulated industries preferred
Education: Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as engineering or a related discipline.
Work Environment
- Office environment up to 90%
- Work is generally performed in an open office, sedentary position. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Limited temperature fluctuations, heated and air condition environment
Perks and Benefits (US Employees Only)
- Unlimited PTO for exempt employees
- 10 paid holidays per year
- Generous premium coverage for medical, dental, and vision plans
- Group plan voluntary life insurance
- Fringe benefits
- 401k retirement plan
- Paid parental leave
- Allowances for those in commercial sales positions
- Workplace perks such as food/coffee
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liabilities.
LightForce Orthodontics is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, disability, Protected Veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.
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