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At Allegion, we help keep the people you know and love safe and secure where they live, work and visit. With more than 40 brands, 14,000+ employees globally and products sold in 130 countries, we specialize in security around the doorway and beyond.
Additionally, Allegion is proud to be recognized with the 2026 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award (GEWA) for the third consecutive year, earning distinction in both the employee engagement and strengths categories. This year, Allegion also received Gallup’s With Distinction honor — a designation reserved for a select group of organizations that go above and beyond in building exceptional workplace cultures.
Job Scope
The Product Manager, Product & Manufacturing Integration serves as a key product management leader supporting product lines and projects owned by other Product Managers and Product Directors across the business. While this role does not have direct ownership of a product line strategy, roadmap, or P&L, it is responsible for executing core product management activities that enable growth, operational excellence, product lifecycle management, and successful new product introductions.
Located within the Ensenada manufacturing facility, this role acts as the primary product management representative for local operations and serves as a critical link between US-based product teams and plant-based functions including Operations, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Procurement, Customer Experience, and Finance. The Product Manager, Product & Manufacturing Integration leverages strong business acumen, product knowledge, analytical capabilities, and cross-functional leadership skills to support product line objectives, improve business performance, and drive execution of strategic initiatives.
This role is ideal for an experienced product management professional who demonstrates the capabilities and judgment of a Product Manager while focusing primarily on execution, business analysis, product lifecycle management, and cross-functional project leadership.
Key Responsibilities
Product Lifecycle Management & Business Support
- Supports Product Managers, Sr Product Managers and Product Directors in the execution of product line strategies and business objectives.
- Leads and coordinates product lifecycle management activities including product launches, sustaining engineering projects, product changes, line extensions, value engineering initiatives, product transitions, and product discontinuations.
- Gathers, analyzes, and synthesizes sales, quality, warranty, customer, manufacturing, and financial data to identify opportunities and make recommendations that improve business performance.
- Leads and / or supports development of business cases, forecasts, market assessments, and investment analyses for new products, product changes, and operational improvement initiatives.
- Monitors product performance through key business and operational metrics and recommends corrective actions when needed.
- Maintains knowledge of assigned products, applications, customers, channels, competitive offerings, and industry trends.
Manufacturing Partnership
- Partner closely with Operations and Supply Chain teams to support product line priorities and resolve product-related issues
- Provides product leadership and business perspective for manufacturing initiatives affecting product cost, quality, delivery, and customer experience.
- Leverage Voice of Customer, Voice of Manufacturing, and Voice of Quality insights, along with warranty and field performance data, to identify and prioritize product improvements.
- Lead or support Value Analysis/Value Engineering (VAVE) projects that improve product cost competitiveness while maintaining customer value and product performance.
- Collaborate with plant leadership to address manufacturing, quality, sourcing, and supply continuity challenges that impact product performance and customer satisfaction.
- Serve as the local product expert, providing training, guidance, and support to Operations and Supply Chain teams
New Product Introduction (NPI)
- Supports successful introduction of new products into manufacturing by leading product management activities throughout development and launch phases.
- Collaborates cross functionally to identify and mitigate launch risks.
- Participates in stage-gate reviews, manufacturing readiness assessments, and commercialization activities.
- Helps ensure product specifications, customer requirements, feature sets, positioning, and business objectives are accurately communicated and executed during implementation.
Required Qualifications & Experience
- 5+ years of experience in product management, engineering, operations, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, or related business functions.
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Marketing, Operations, or a related field.
- Fluent in English and Spanish, with the ability to effectively communicate in both languages.
- Strong business and financial acumen with the ability to connect operational and commercial metrics to business performance.
- Proven experience leading cross-functional initiatives and delivering results in a manufacturing environment.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to evaluate multiple data sources and translate findings into actionable recommendations.
- Ability to collaborate and influence across functions, departments, and geographic locations.
- Experience with value engineering, cost reduction, sourcing, and supply chain initiatives.
- Knowledge of quality systems, warranty analysis, root cause problem solving, and continuous improvement methodologies.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining attention to detail and execution discipline.
- Experience supporting product lifecycle management activities, stage-gate development processes, product launches, and sustaining product portfolios.
- Experience supporting hardware, security, building products, or durable goods product lines preferred.
- Ability to travel up to 20%.
We Celebrate Who We Are!
Allegion is committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive workplace. Together, we embrace all differences and similarities among colleagues, as well as the differences and similarities within the relationships that we foster with customers, suppliers and the communities where we live and work. Whatever your background, experience, race, color, national origin, religion, age, gender, gender identity, disability status, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law, we will make sure that you have every opportunity to impress us in your application and the opportunity to give your best at work, not because we’re required to, but because it’s the right thing to do. We are also committed to providing accommodations for persons with disabilities. If for any reason you cannot apply through our career site and require an accommodation or assistance, please contact our Talent Acquisition Team.
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