Description

Job Description:

Are you early in your career with a strong technical foundation and an interest in shaping innovative lighting products?

Do you want to play a key role in bringing next-generation lighting solutions—spanning indoor and outdoor luminaires, lamps, and LED tubes—to market?

MaxLite is seeking a Associate, Product Manager to join our Lighting Products team. In this role, you’ll help define product strategy, support new product development, and ensure our solutions meet customer and market needs. You’ll work cross-functionally with engineering, sales, and marketing teams, while collaborating closely with our c-Max® Lighting Controls group to ensure seamless integration between fixtures, sensors, and connected systems.

This position is ideal for someone eager to grow their career in product management within the lighting industry—combining analytical thinking, creativity, and collaboration to drive real results.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• Market Problem Identification: Research customer pain points, emerging trends, and regulatory drivers to define opportunities across indoor and outdoor luminaires, lamps, and LED tubes.
• Segmentation and Targeting: Analyze market segments and define target customers to position MaxLite products competitively.
• Go-to-Market Strategy: Partner with sales, marketing, and project managers to build launch strategies, value propositions, and pricing models that resonate with customers.
• Cross-Functional Support: Collaborate with engineering, sourcing, supply chain, quality, and controls teams to align product requirements with operational and technical capabilities.
• Controls Integration: Ensure product roadmaps account for connectivity with sensors, wireless communication modules, and the c-Max® Lighting Controls ecosystem.
• Product Lifecycle Management: Support the roadmap from ideation through launch and end-of-life, ensuring customer feedback informs continuous improvement.
• Data-Driven Insights: Prepare business cases, analyze competitive products, and track performance metrics to guide decision-making.
• Voice of the Customer: Act as the advocate for customers internally, ensuring that products solve real-world needs and deliver superior value.
• Perform all other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Marketing, or a related technical field. A genuine interest in lighting technology, smart buildings, or connected devices is essential.
• 1+ years of relative work experience
• Naturally curious, analytical, and detail-oriented, with a strong desire to understand customer needs and translate them into product opportunities.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across engineering, sales, and marketing teams.
• Interest in developing product management and business strategy skills within the lighting and building technology industries.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite; familiarity with data analysis or visualization tools (Excel, Power BI, or similar) a plus.
• Technical aptitude to learn lighting system fundamentals, including LEDs, sensors, and controls integration.
• Self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is eager to contribute to a growing product portfolio.

We Offer:

• Competitive salary + bonus
• Growth opportunities
• Health benefits (medical, dental, vision, life & disability)
• Paid time off (sick, vacation, holidays)
• 401(k) w/ company match

Working Conditions & Physical Requirements:

• This is an on-site position required to work out of our Pine Brook, NJ Headquarters, Monday through Friday, 5 days per week 
• Must be able to commute to the work location
• Must be able to walk, talk, sit, stand, bend, listen, type, read
• Must be able to push, pull, lift up to 50 pounds on occasion
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Must be eligible to work in the United States

About MaxLite:

MaxLite has been committed to providing energy-efficient lighting products for nearly 35 years. One of the first movers into LED technology in the industry, MaxLite offers an extensive line of state-of-the-art indoor and outdoor LED lamps and luminaries under the MaxLED® brand. A three-time recipient of the ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year Award for its industry leadership, MaxLite continues to be at the forefront of energy-efficient technologies through the innovative research and development capabilities of its three locations.

EEO Statement:

MaxLite provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees and strictly prohibits any type of harassment or discrimination in regards to race, religion, age, color, sex, disability status, national origin, genetics, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, gender expression, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, and/or local laws.

Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), it is the policy of MaxLite to provide reasonable accommodation when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with a disability, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship. The policy regarding requests for reasonable accommodation applies to all aspects of employment, including the application process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please inform Human Resources during the interview Process.

MaxLite does not provide visa sponsorship or support for work authorization. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship.

Employment with MaxLite is on an at-will basis, meaning either you or the Company can terminate the employment relationship, at any time, for any or no reason, and with or without cause or notice. As an at-will employee, your employment with MaxLite is not guaranteed for any length of time