Manager, Product Line Performance - Lincoln

Lead Product Line Performance initiatives that drive growth and profit for the NA Lincoln business within the General Management organisation.

Shape the future of Lincoln by leading critical strategic, high-impact initiatives that directly enhance the growth and profitability of flagship programs like Navigator, Aviator, Nautilus, Corsair and future Lincoln programs.

Drive visionary advanced strategic product initiatives, translating future portfolio growth plans into concrete contributions to our long-term cycle plan.

Responsibilities

• Execute Product Line Performance workstream initiatives and drive rapid progress to identify and deliver profit improvement actions that cut across multiple lines of the income statement
• Apply customer insights, competitive intelligence, regulatory and market trends to identify opportunities to improve existing or to create new products and experiences
• Identify and lead cross-vehicle strategic initiatives, coordinating with cross-functional teams such as Planning, Manufacturing, Finance, Marketing, Purchasing, and PD
• Distill data, insights, and information into compelling, easy-to-digest presentation materials, and drive discussions with Executive leadership
• Drive shared understanding and clarity of enterprise-wide strategic priorities

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required
• 5+ years experience in finance, strategy, consulting, product planning, or marketing
• 5+ years of experience with demonstrated ability to structure complex problems, conduct quantitative analysis, and develop data-driven insights using a hypothesis-led approach and communicate results with senior leadership. Strong business acumen and ability to communicate with senior leadership
• Strong analytical skill set including the ability to collect & quickly analyse market data and consumer data
• Ability to think and act independently
• Demonstrated capability of oral/written presentation skills – able to represent a concise point of view and communicate ideas in a clear and compelling manner

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA strongly preferred
• Strong planning and execution skills with a focus on delivery
• Ability to lead a diverse cross-functional team
• Solid understanding of project management principles, and ability to construct and drive milestones on whitespace projects
• High energy self-starter with ability to take responsibility and deliver results with minimal supervision
• Ability and courage to effectively communicate key issues and recommendations to senior management
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
• Paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidised back-up child care and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• Generous vacation time, sick/personal time, and paid holidays, including between Christmas Eve and New Year's Day