ABOUT THE COMPANY
EZ STAK is a leading global manufacturer of innovative storage solutions for commercial vehicles and workspaces. Driven by a strong commitment to quality, efficiency, and customer satisfaction, EZ STAK delivers expertly engineered products supported by streamlined operations that ensure consistent production, reliable delivery, and exceptional service.
THE OPPORTUNITY
EZ STAK is looking for a Product Manager to lead our product and engineering direction across our Watertown, NY and Kingston, ON operations.
This is a rare blend of strategy and execution. You'll own the product portfolio end to end - setting the roadmap, leading the Engineering department, and making the calls on what we build, what we improve, and what we retire. If you like living in the space between the customer, the drawing, and the shop floor, this role is built for you.
What success looks like: roadmap initiatives delivered on time and in scope, launches that hit on quality and adoption, measurable revenue and margin contribution from new and improved products, faster time-to-market, and a cleaner, more standardized portfolio.
Who thrives here: someone strategic enough to set direction and hands-on enough to unblock it. Strong analytical instincts, real comfort leading engineers, and a bias toward solving customer problems.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Product Innovation & Engineering Leadership – Lead product innovation, development priorities, and the Engineering department to ensure new products, enhancements, and technical solutions are aligned with customer needs and business priorities.
- Product Strategy, Market Research & Positioning – Develop product strategy and positioning using customer insights, market trends, competitor analysis, and sales priorities.
- Product Lifecycle & Go-to-Market Execution – Oversee the full product lifecycle from concept through launch, including commercialization, sales enablement, customer-facing materials, and continuous improvement.
- Existing Product Standardization & Improvement – Standardize, refine, and improve existing products to increase consistency, manufacturability, quality, cost efficiency, and customer value across the product portfolio.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration – Align Engineering, R&D, Sales, Marketing, Manufacturing, and leadership around product priorities, technical feasibility, customer requirements, and execution plans.
- Budget, Team & Performance Management – Manage product development budgets, Engineering department priorities, team performance, and KPIs for product performance, launch success, technical execution, and ROI.
POSITION REQUIREMENTS
Education & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering, or a closely related technical field.
- P.Eng or MBA are considered assets
- Equivalent combination of technical education and hands-on engineering experience will be considered
- 7–10 years in product management, product development, or engineering leadership within a manufacturing or durable-goods company, vehicle upfitting is strongly preferred
- 3+ years directly managing engineers or a technical team, including performance management and development
Skills & Knowledge
- P&L or product-line margin ownership
- Capable of standing up product processes where little existed before - stage-gate, roadmap discipline, engineering change control
- Track record of design-for-manufacturability work: cost-down initiatives, part standardization, SKU rationalization, or similar
- Comfort in front of customers: voice-of-customer research, field visits, trade shows, dealer meetings
- Ownership of products from concept through launch - full lifecycle, not just one phase
- Working fluency with CAD (SolidWorks or equivalent), PLM/PDM, and ERP/BOM structures
- Ability to build and defend a business case - volume assumptions, cost, margin, payback
We hire and operate on 5 core values:
- Integrity: We always do what’s right.
- Respect: We believe people and property matter.
- Teamwork: We pull together to win.
- Optimism: We persevere with enthusiasm.
- Curiosity: We are hungry to learn, improve and succeed.
Why join us:
- Your work is visible. Contributions here are traceable to the people who made them, and leadership is close enough to the work to see it.
- Our work matters. What we build goes into the vehicles of people doing serious work - utility and infrastructure crews, first responders, and military and defense operators.
- Our team. Passionate and execution-oriented, collaborative because we'd rather build things together, and gritty enough to stay with a hard problem until it's solved.
- Meaningful remuneration. Revenue driven monthly bonus potential, benefits & retirements savings plans.
