Product Development Manager

Norsk Titanium is hiring a Product Development Manager for our Plattsburgh, NY additive manufacturing site!

Who is Norsk Titanium? What do we do? If you haven''t heard our name in passing before, you will soon. Norsk Titanium is pioneering a new era of on-demand metal additive manufacturing that will revolutionize the raw material supply chain. We are the world''s first and only OEM qualified supplier of additively manufactured structural titanium components. Our focus doesn''t stop at the aerospace industry. Our unique RPD process may be applied in the defense, space, oil and gas, and industrial markets. Our team is small, but our goals are big. Norsk Titanium scientists, engineers, and employees around the world are truly responsible for the future of metal; You could be part of the next industrial revolution!

What will Norsk Titanium do for you? At Norsk Titanium, we are committed to mutual growth and success. Our innovative team provides training and mentorship from global subject matter experts. We are committed to our employees: mind, body and soul. As such, we benchmark our benefits annually to ensure we offer industry leading benefits. Our compensation and benefits structure has been developed to attract the best and brightest in the industry. We offer both short-term (bonus) incentive plans and long-term (stock option) incentive plans, tuition assistance for continuing education, gym memberships, a generous 401k plan with Day 1 vesting and much more.

With NTi, you aren''t a number, you''re a valuable team member!

The Product Development Manager is a key enabler of Norsk Titanium''s commercial and operational success, supporting the Commercial team in winning business through a rigorous and responsive quoting process and supporting product development efforts across all functions to ensure profitability. This role is responsible for developing accurate part-level cost models, coordinating with Cost Accounting to ensure fully-burdened cost visibility, and producing pricing recommendations that reflect both competitive market positioning and target profitability thresholds.

The analyst ensures that every opportunity and existing effort is evaluated for strategic fit with Norsk Titanium''s RPD strategic roadmap and long-term program profitability, serving as the analytical backbone of the Product Management team''s support to commercial operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinates with engineering and operations, leads the evaluation of both new and existing business against company priorities, including target markets, profitability objectives, capacity strategy, technology roadmap, and long-term customer portfolio
• Leads the development of part-level cost and pricing models for new and re-quoted opportunities, incorporating material, labor, post-processing, tooling, and overhead
• Partners with Cost Accounting to ensure margin targets, cost assumptions, and risk factors are clearly documented and reviewed prior to submission. Maintains and continuously refines standard cost assumptions, ensuring cost models reflect current material prices, labor rates, machine utilization, and scrap factors
• Serves as the primary coordination point between Commercial Product Management, Commercial, and Cost Accounting teams, ensuring that cost inputs used in quotes are current, validated, and reconciled against actual production data on an ongoing basis
• Tracks and reports on the active quote pipeline, win/loss rates, and margin performance by program, providing regular updates to the VP of Commercial Product Management to support commercial planning and forecasting

Qualifications

• Bachelor''s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Industrial Engineering, or a related discipline with strong quantitative focus. Experience in aerospace or defense manufacturing environments is highly valued
• 3-7 years of experience in pricing, cost estimating, or financial analysis within aerospace, defense, or precision manufacturing. Direct experience working with or alongside Cost-Accounting strongly preferred
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain detailed cost models incorporating direct materials, direct labor, burden rates, and margin structures. Familiarity with should-cost analysis, cost-to-win modeling or price-to-win (PTW) methodologies is a strong plus
• Experience supporting a commercial or business development team in a quoting, pricing, or product management capacity, with an understanding of how RFQ responses translate into customer commitments and program economics
• Working knowledge of aerospace or defense manufacturing cost drivers, including raw material markets, machining and post-processing costs, and the economics of low-rate versus high-rate production, sufficient to build credible bottoms-up cost estimates
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel for financial modelling is required. Experience with ERP systems and familiarity with cost accounting modules preferred
• Proficiency with business productivity and analytics tools including Microsoft Office Suite (PowerPoint, Word) and CRM or quoting management platforms. Experience with Power BI or similar reporting tools is advantageous

Additional Requirements

• Strong analytical and communication skills with the ability to translate cost data and pricing rationale into clear, decision-ready summaries for both commercial leadership and finance stakeholders
• Self-directed and highly organized, comfortable managing a concurrent quoting pipeline across multiple customer accounts with competing deadlines and varying levels of complexity
• Collaborative team player who can work effectively across internal and serve as a reliable bridge between business development and financial planning teams
• U.S. Person status required due to access to export‑controlled technical data (ITAR)
• Ability to meet the physical demands of the role, with reasonable accommodations available

Please refer to the attached Job Description for full role details.

Norsk Titanium is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to HR_US@norsktitanium.com or call (518) 324-4010 and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

Anticipated Hiring Timeline: Immediate (Q3)

Relocation: Available (For the right fit)

Remote Work: Unavailable (Our magic happens onsite!)

Sponsorship: Unavailable

Norsk Titanium is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

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All offers of employment are subject to favorable results of a criminal background screen, verification of previous employment and references. Additional screening may take place as required by the role and in accordance with state and federal laws. All candidates are subjected to a drug-screen for illegal substances in conjunction with an acceptance of employment. Failure to participate may result in revocation of an offer of employment.