Associate Product Manager at Watkins Wellness in Vista, CA

We are hiring an Associate Manager, Product to join our Product Management team!
 

DISCOVER

As an Associate Manager, Product (APM), you’ll play a key supporting role in bringing our spa, sauna, and aftermarket products to life, from early concepts through launch and throughout the product lifecycle. Working closely with Product Managers, you’ll help turn insights into action by supporting product planning, analysis, execution, and ongoing lifecycle management.

This role sits at the intersection of data, process, and collaboration. You’ll partner with Brand, Program Management, Engineering, Operations, Sales, Customer Experience, and the cross‑functional New Product Introduction (NPI) team to ensure products are accurately represented, well‑documented, and ready for market.

Your work will directly impact product readiness, pricing accuracy, forecasting, reporting, and internal alignment across multiple brands, including Hot Spring®, Caldera®, Aquatic Fitness®, and Omni‑Channel spa lines, as well as saunas and related aftermarket products. Reporting to the Sr. Manager, Product Management, this role is ideal for someone who enjoys balancing analytical work with cross‑functional coordination and wants to grow within product management in a manufacturing environment.

YOUR RIPPLE EFFECT

• Do you enjoy keeping complex product data accurate and organized? Manage part numbers and related information in the ERP system, maintain price lists and product documentation, and support product‑related change orders, deviations, and in‑market updates.
• Do you like supporting product development from concept to launch? Assist Product Managers with product development objectives, schedules, lifecycle tracking, and New Product Introduction (NPI) activities.
• Are you curious about how products perform in the market? Help evaluate product strengths and weaknesses, support pricing and margin analysis, and assist with customer, market, and competitive research.

Do you thrive in cross‑functional environments? Collaborate with Brand, Engineering, Operations, Sales, Customer Experience, and other internal teams to ensure product readiness and alignment.

• Do you enjoy improving how teams work? Refine and document product management processes and help maintain an organized internal document library.
• Are you comfortable supporting events and physical product spaces? Assist with planning and executing sales and dealer events, coordinate showroom updates, and help manage showroom spa maintenance.
• Do you have a knack for clear communication? Create presentation materials, product analytics, internal communications, and product‑related training and communications for Sales teams and dealers.
• Do you enjoy turning historical data into meaningful insights? Pull and analyze sales, product, and market data on an as‑needed basis to support product reviews, lifecycle decisions, and strategic discussions with Product Managers.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Marketing, or a related field preferred
• 2–3 years of Product Management or closely related experience with similar scope and responsibilities
• Experience supporting product development, product lifecycle management, and cross‑functional initiatives
• Understanding of consumer products, brand and product positioning, and basic business and financial concepts
• Experience working with ERP systems and managing product data, part numbers, and documentation
• Proficiency with standard business technology, including email, word processing, spreadsheets, and electronic presentations
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem‑solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work effectively in a fast‑paced, multi‑tasking environment
• Product Management or Marketing experience in a manufacturing environment preferred
• Experience with high‑ticket durable goods or the pool and spa industry is a plus
• Ability to travel approximately 5% for sales and dealer meetings

WHAT YOU’LL GET

At Watkins Wellness, we believe everyone should ‘Feel good. Live well.’ We offer employees the opportunity to join a dynamic, growing industry leader with an outstanding and well-deserved reputation for leadership and commitment to our employees, customers, and community. Our employees are eligible to receive exceptional health and wellness benefits, paid time off, company bonus, profit sharing, 401k match, education assistance, and much more. We are proud of the people we are and the products we make — products that make a difference to the health and well-being of others.

We look for candidates that exhibit The Watkins Way (always Ethical, endeavors to be Transparent, embraces Inclusion, welcomes Diverse backgrounds and perspectives, Accommodating, believes in Work-Life Balance, puts Safety First, Accountable, values Relationships, Passionate, Team Player, and Goal Driven).

Physical Requirements: The employee must frequently lift and move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.

Hiring Range: $62,600 - $89,400

Many factors affect actual compensation including but not limited to experience, education, skills, and geographic location

Company: Watkins Wellness

Shift 1 (United States of America)

Full time

Watkins (the “Company”) is an equal opportunity employer and we strive to employ the most qualified individuals for every position. The Company makes employment decisions only based on merit. It is the Company’s policy to prohibit discrimination in any employment opportunity (including but not limited to recruitment, employment, promotion, salary increases, benefits, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment) based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, pregnancy, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical/mental disability, medical condition, marital/domestic partner status, military and veteran status, height, weight or any other such characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. The Company is committed to complying with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. This commitment applies to all people involved in the operations of the Company regardless of where the employee is located and prohibits unlawful discrimination by any employee of the Company.

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