Associate Product Manager

Ecolab • Naperville, IL

17h

About The Position

As Associate Product Manager and a key member of our Ecolab Digital Global Water team, you will own the strategic roadmap and on-going lifecycle governance for new and existing products in Ecolab Industrial. These products include cloud-based, customer-facing software solutions as well as desktop/mobile apps for Ecolab users. The products may include data acquisition/transfer, data visualization/descriptive analytics, documentation of customer value, and integration with other digital products.

Requirements

• Degree in Marketing, Science, Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field
• 5 years of relevant experience
• Demonstrated ability influence without authority
• Product discovery and ideation experience
• Ability to communicate effectively across a variety of stakeholders (business owners, developers, senior business leaders)
• Proven track record of successfully delivering projects on time, in budget, to scope, and with high quality
• Resourceful and independently driven with bias toward action, able to deliver results with light-touch direction
• Ability to work deep in the details while driving the bigger, strategic picture
• Experience in software development
• No immigration sponsorship available for this position

Nice To Haves

• Experience in phase-gated new product development as a BA, Digital Product Manager, Marketer, or RD&E Researcher
• Experience working with data collection from multiple data sources (historians, clouds, databases, etc.)
• Demonstrated product management experience in driving product vision and roadmapping
• Scrum experience and experience working with agile methodologies

Responsibilities

• Connect or translate between business and technical
• Build the strategic roadmap of the product and lead on-going product lifecycle governance
• Facilitate the value prop, data and analytics that matter, and technical readiness with the Business Owner
• Promote enterprise digital strategy, leveraging the power and value of our ONE Ecolab digital brand to empower business growth
• Interact with customers, assisting on the ‘digital sale’
• Identify opportunities for business-led delivery, and provide consultative support in understanding trade-offs and developing consensus
• Protect and grow margins through product management
• Drive innovation leadership all the way from idea creation through market execution
• Promote new technology opportunities and trends to business partners
• Communicate emerging business and consumer trends to delivery teams
• Broker internal and external resources
• Collaborate with delivery team(s) to deliver prioritized features, functional support, financial management, and release management
• Manages and leads high level project plans and communicates status updates to stakeholders
• Deliver the best outcome-based solutions to our customers through digital programs and products
• Coach employees to make use of technology and information
• Lead business analysts, knows what the team can deliver, and drives delivery commitments
• Attract, develop and retain capable digital marketing talent

Benefits

• The opportunity to take on some of the world’s most meaningful challenges, helping customers achieve clean water, safe food, and healthy environments
• The ability to make an impact and shape your career with a company that is passionate about growth
• The support of an organization that believes it is vital to include and engage diverse people, perspectives and ideas to achieve our best
• Comprehensive and market-competitive benefits to meet the needs of our associates and their families

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level