JOB DESCRIPTION

• This is a Hybrid role requiring 3 days/week in Northbrook office
• The Senior Product Manager - Industrial Automation will help establish and support the product vision for the segment globally, in concert with deep market understanding, to inform the core and new product strategy
• Evaluate market needs against UL Solutions and competitors and understand their unique abilities to address them
• Support and contribute to the go-to-market strategy for Industrial Automation, describing how value will be delivered to the customer/user, how UL's products are differentiated from the competition, and what the business model should be in a given market. This includes prioritization of product functions and features into product roadmaps and a product pipeline.
• Monitor a set of product goals, outcomes and corresponding metrics to continually evaluate against and drive future activities and strategies
• Evangelizing and communicating the product vision, strategy and goals internally and externally is a critical responsibility of this role
• Support career development needs of direct reports, by clearly defining expectations for their current role, actively soliciting their career aspirations and helping close any gaps.
• Support an efficient cross-functional matrix structure to enable effective product development lifecycle management
• execute a robust set of processes to power all parts of the product development lifecycle from research/discovery to release/launch management and product support
• Leverage a standard set of product management tools with the product team to drive efficient and effective product lifecycle management.
• Employees are eligible for health benefits such as medical, dental and vision; wellness benefits such as mental & financial health; and retirement savings (401K) commensurate with the standard rewards offered in each individual location or country, for the relevant position level. We also provide employees with paid time off including vacation (15 days), holiday including floating holidays (12 days) and sick time off (72 hours). Internal applicants with questions related to the Total Rewards for this position should submit a ticket via askHR for more insights.

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RESPONSIBILITIES

• Facilitation skills - ability to lead small to medium groups of internal and external stakeholders towards desired outcomes in order to meet business objectives
• Interview skills - ability to conduct discovery sessions with clients, prospects and stakeholders in order to diagnose business opportunities, elicit requirements, and conduct other types of research and analysis
• Strong communication and presentation (PowerPoint) skills
• Product management tools - product/service design, analysis (Power BI), product/service development task management and project management, documentation and knowledge (SharePoint), collaboration (e.g. Microsoft Teams, Slack), roadmap and portfolio management (and related software tools)
• Formal training and/or certification in Product Management is a plus.

QUALIFICATIONS

• University Degree in Engineering, Business, or a related discipline
• 5+ years of technical or business experience in Industrial Automation, Robotics, Industry 4.0 or a related industry field
• 5+ years of related discipline experience or demonstrated competency in Product Management
• Experience working with remote teams is highly valued
• Project Management certification is a plus.