Channel Foundations Product Manager

Southside Dublin
Permanent
Full-time

2 months ago

Channel Foundations Product ManagerGlanbia Enterprise SolutionsRole OverviewThe Channel Foundations Product Manager oversees multiple Products within the Technology Value Streams, ensuring Business value is maximised by building and evolving robust business technology solutions and services. You are the senior interface between IT Product teams and the Business community, ensuring product roadmaps are aligned with key business objectives and priorities. You are responsible for and supervise the Channel Foundations team, managing and reporting on their performance and professional development, working in conjunction with the broader Customer and Consumer Technology team (C&CT)This permanent opportunity reports to the Customer & Consumer Technology DirectorKey Responsibilities

Partner with Customer & Consumer Technology Director to drive the definition of functional Product technology strategies and roadmaps, aligned to functional Business goals, priorities and feedback.
Act as a senior business partner to Senior Business leaders, continuously looking to understand commercial business needs and how these can be best supported by the right technology capabilities.
Continuously investigate functional technology trends and opportunities to drive innovation and continuous improvement of existing business technology solutions and services.
Oversees product delivery, directly supervising Product Owners who manage delivery from requirements gathering, backlog refinement and prioritisation, to application configuration, development, and testing.
Drive the adoption of agile / incremental delivery ways of working within the Product area, with the goal of improving business partnering and the transparency of IT delivery.
Partner with the Portfolio function and Scrum Master to manage the assessment of major IT demand requests and how these will be delivered through the Product area.
Acts as an escalation point for Channel Product Owners and Business/IT stakeholders in relation to Product performance.
Supports Solution Architects in shaping cross-Product solutions, ensuring Product Owners are effectively managing inter-Product dependencies to deliver larger, integrated solutions.
Develops a continuous improvement culture, guiding Product Owners and wider Product teams to make meaningful improvements in overall Product performance.
Responsible for business aligned KPIs for the product area, driving a culture of continuous improvement.
Provides monthly reporting to C&C T Director as needed including velocity of projects, product SLA's and KPI's, Project spend detail and forecasting to budget.
Manages and reports on Product portfolio budget aligned to business unit requirements
Working with Business Units to create and develop business case proposals for submission to gain development and project funding.
Implementing and managing the change program and interventions to ensure project goals are achieved.
Ensuring goals are met in areas including customer satisfaction, safety, quality and team member performance.
Implementing and managing the change program and interventions to ensure project goals are achieved.
Meeting with stakeholders to make communication easy and transparent

The skills you will bring to the team

Bachelor's or master's degree in a relevant field (e.g., Computer Science, Information Technology, or Engineering), or equivalent experience
Industry certifications highly desirable (e.g. Agile Methodologies, CPM)
Comprehensive experience managing and configuring DAM, PXM and DSA applications delivery from requirements elicitation to code deployment, demonstrated by circa 8 years relevant industry experience
Proven track record in overseeing the definition and execution of valuable Product strategies, realising tangible benefits for the Business
Deep experience in concurrently overseeing multiple Product teams across the full delivery lifecycle, from requirements elicitation through to release
Expertise in relevant functional domain (e.g., Consumer Channels, Martech Stack, Manufacturing Execution, IT Finance) and their associated application stack (e.g., SAP, Tableau, PLM, JDA,)
Evidenced ability to develop and maintain relationships with senior Business stakeholders (VP, VP-1), translating their high-level requirements into workable solutions
Proficient in conveying complex technology ideas to non-conversant audiences
Very strong analytical and problem-solving skills for developing Product use cases and determining their associated value
Very strong communication skills and ability to influence senior stakeholders, aligning on competing priorities and guiding Business teams on the feasibility of requests vs. technology constraints
Strong understanding of Product performance measures and metrics, with evidenced ability to improve overall Product performance (e.g., defect rate, downtime, team productivity)
Strong capability to review current industry trends and opportunities, translating these into relevant Glanbia business communications. Leading this area for the Foundation Technologies
Highly experienced team leader that can effectively manage small to medium IT delivery teams

Where and how you will workThe opportunity will be based in Citywest, Dublin 24 with hybrid working arrangements available which offer you a greater choice in how you work and live, giving you a better work-life balance.What we would like to offer you!The opportunity to develop your career on a global stage, continuous learning through an on-demand learning platform, and acompetitive compensation package including staff discounts, generous family leave policy, health & dental plan, competitive salary.About GlanbiaGlanbia is a better nutrition company with three divisions: Performance Nutrition, Health & Nutrition and Dairy Nutrition. Collectively and with our partners we offer an incredible breadth of expertise in nutrition. We employ a team of 5800 people, work with global food and beverage companies, and sell our award-winning and market-leading brands and ingredients in more than 100 countries worldwideAt Glanbia, we celebrate diversity, because we know that our individual strengths make us stronger together. We welcome and encourage interest from a variety of candidates, we will give your application consideration, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.At Glanbia, our culture celebrates individuality, knowing that together we are more.

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