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Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates extensive experience in product management, including leading product leaders and managing complex digital initiatives. Proven ability to connect product maturity with measurable business outcomes while fostering a culture of accountability and collaboration.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Product Management LeadershipCross-Functional Digital InitiativesCustomer-Centered DesignStrategic LeadershipOrganizational Design
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Hard Skills
Product DiscoveryPortfolio PlanningGovernanceTalent FrameworksAI-Enabled Operating ModelsJob Architecture DesignPerformance MeasurementOutcome-Based PlanningB2B ExperienceECommerce Experience
Soft Skills
Exceptional CommunicationChange LeadershipCoachingStakeholder ManagementCollaboration
Certifications & Qualifications
Bachelor's DegreeMBA Preferred
Industry Keywords
Product StandardsDigital StrategyUX / DesignTalent CalibrationSuccession PlanningEthical LeadershipContinuous ImprovementPerformance ExpectationsExecutive InfluenceCustomer Outcomes
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Own and evolve the vision, philosophy, and operating model for the Product Management practice
- Set and steward product standards, methodologies, governance, and tooling
- Translate enterprise and digital strategy into a multi-year direction for the product discipline
- Represent product management at the executive level and partner with Engineering, Data, Commercial, and business leaders
- Shape digital strategy, portfolio investment, and roadmaps
- Lead the discipline’s contribution to measurable commercial, customer, and operational outcomes
- Establish performance measures and communicate trade-offs to executive leadership
- Own the talent and capability architecture for product management, including job families, leveling frameworks, career paths, hiring standards, talent calibration, succession planning, and leadership development
- Lead and develop Directors of Product Management and, as scope expands, UX / Design leaders
- Build a strong leadership bench and set cultural, performance, and ethical expectations
- Build, structure, and resource the product and experience organization in partnership with the Chief Digital Officer and HR team
- Extend practice leadership across UX / Design and cross-functional delivery
- Advance product and UX maturity through industry benchmarking, modern operating models, and AI-enabled ways of working
- Lead organizational change required for adoption
- Champion customer-centricity, outcome orientation, and data-informed decision-making
- Contribute talents to Avantor’s mission of advancing life-changing science and bringing patient treatments, therapies, and medical devices to market
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor’s degree required; MBA or other advanced degree preferred
- 12–15+ years of progressive product management experience, including substantial experience leading product leaders and managing managers or directors
- Demonstrated success building, scaling, and maturing a product practice or organization, including its operating model, standards, governance, and talent frameworks
- Experience leading complex, cross-functional digital initiatives and influencing senior executives
- Proven ability to connect product practice maturity and investment to measurable business and customer outcomes
- Experience leading or closely partnering with UX / Design and other experience disciplines; comfort operating across a combined product and experience remit preferred
- B2B, eCommerce, and/or distribution industry experience preferred
- Experience implementing modern product operating models and AI-enabled ways of working preferred
- Experience designing job architectures, leveling frameworks, and career paths for a professional discipline preferred, in partnership with HR
- Enterprise-level product management expertise, including product discovery, prioritization, delivery, measurement, governance, and portfolio planning
- Strategic leadership and executive influence, with the ability to translate business strategy into a practical product and experience vision
- Strong organizational design and talent leadership capabilities, including workforce planning, leadership development, calibration, and succession planning
- Ability to lead through influence across Engineering, Data, Commercial, UX / Design, People, and business teams in a complex matrixed environment
- Deep understanding of customer-centered design, product and UX maturity, outcome-based planning, and data-informed decision-making
- Strong business and financial acumen, with the ability to evaluate investments, balance tradeoffs, and connect organizational capabilities to measurable results
- Exceptional communication, change leadership, coaching, and stakeholder-management skills
- Ability to establish high standards, build alignment, and create a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and ethical leadership
Benefits
Comp & perks- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Wellness programs
- Health savings accounts
- Flexible spending accounts
- 401(k) plan with company match
- Employee stock purchase program
- 11 paid holidays
- 18 PTO days annually
- Volunteer time off
- 6 weeks of 100% paid parental leave, except in states that offer paid family leave
- Learning experiences to support career growth and success
- Equal employment opportunity protections
- Reasonable accommodation during the employment process