Product Delivery Manager (Delivery Excellence Office)

Corning•City of Corning, NC

1d•$118,426 - $162,837

About The Position

The D&IT Product Delivery Manager in Corning’s Delivery Excellence Office (DEO) turns product direction into coordinated, production-ready delivery across one or more products and platforms. The role partners with Product Managers and Product Owners, who retain responsibility for business priorities and acceptance decisions, to align teams, dependencies, controls, and release readiness and deliver measurable outcomes in a complex global environment. As Digital & IT shifts from a project-based model to one that supports both projects and products, the manager applies DEO delivery discipline to iterative product delivery, helping teams deliver value sooner, learn from results, and sustain outcomes over time. The position combines technical product delivery expertise, end-to-end release leadership, cross-functional coordination, governance, reporting, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
At least 7 years of progressive experience leading implementation delivery in IT, digital, product, program, or project environments, including complex cross-functional delivery.
Experience delivering across multiple products, platforms, and teams in a matrixed enterprise, partnering directly with Product Managers and Product Owners.
Experience with Agile, Scrum, hybrid, and traditional methods.
Experience leading release planning, dependency and risk management, transition-to-support, and executive reporting, and managing budgets, forecasts, and vendors.
Experience meeting governance, audit, security, privacy, and compliance requirements.
Strong communication, facilitation, and influencing skills with senior leaders.
Experience in a global manufacturing environment and based in or able to work from Charlotte, NC, or Corning, NY.
Must hold current Scrum Master certification at hire, such as CSM®, PSM™, SAFe® Scrum Master, or comparable.
Must hold current Product Owner certification at hire, such as CSPO®, PSPO™, SAFe® Product Owner/Product Manager, or comparable.

Nice To Haves

SOX and NIST-aligned controls experience.
Certifications such as PMI-ACP®, PMP®, or advanced Product Owner, Agile, product-management, change-management, or AI-related credentials.
Direct involvement in a transformation from project/waterfall delivery to a product-centric, Agile, or hybrid model, including funding or capacity models, portfolio alignment, outcome measurement, and lifecycle governance.
Experience with large-scale enterprise platforms, such as ERP, service management, data, or digital ecosystems.
Experience with tools such as Planview, Jira, Azure DevOps, GitLab, or AgilePlace.

Responsibilities

Partner with Product Managers, Product Owners, architects, and engineering leads on technical roadmaps, platform and integration dependencies, non-functional requirements, technical debt, and build/buy/configure trade-offs; translate these into release sequencing, readiness criteria, and decision options while preserving product leaders’ accountability for vision, prioritization, and business value.
Lead end-to-end delivery for assigned products and platforms, turning roadmaps and prioritized backlogs into transparent, achievable release plans aligned with customer needs and enterprise commitments.
Manage delivery cadence, release sequencing, capacity, milestones, and cross-product dependencies.
Facilitate planning, review, and readiness forums; remove impediments; and coordinate business, architecture, engineering, security, quality, compliance, finance, vendor, and operations partners to resolve constraints and assure integrated delivery.
Embed controls and lead release readiness, including testing, approvals, compliance evidence, cutover, support handoff, and documented Go/No-Go decisions.
Provide leadership reporting on product health, risks, dependencies, and readiness; manage delivery budgets, forecasts, and vendor commitments.
Use delivery data, feedback, and approved tools, including AI-enabled tools, to improve flow, quality, and predictability.
Contribute to DEO standards and playbooks.

Benefits

Company-wide bonuses and long-term incentives.
100% company-paid pension benefit with fixed contributions.
401(k) savings plan with matching contributions; total company retirement contributions can reach between 7% and 12% of pay depending on age and years of service.
Medical insurance.
Dental insurance.
Vision insurance.
Paid parental leave.
Family building support.
Fitness benefits.
Company-paid life insurance.
Disability benefits.
Disease management programs.
Paid time off.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
Recognition program.