Senior Product Manager

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At UL, we know why we come to work.:
Thousands of us around the world wake up every day with a common purpose: to make the world a safer, more secure and sustainable place. Science is in our DNA; we are endlessly curious and passionate about seeking and speaking the truth. We take delight in knowing that our work makes a meaningful contribution to society, and we are proud that our culture is centred on integrity, collaboration, inclusion and excellence. UL stands at the forefront of technological advancement, and we are continually challenged to find new ways to foster innovation and positive change. Satisfying? Yes. Exciting? Absolutely

As our global footprint continues to spread across the world, we’re looking for a
**Senior Product Manager - Industrial Automation** to join our growing team.

**What you’ll do**

To support the intersection of three main components of a successful Product Strategy: defining and owning the product direction; building and growing a product team; and establishing the product organization and processes.

What you’ll learn & achieve:
**Product Vision and Strategy**

**Team Building and Culture**

The Senior Product Manager - Industrial Automation will actively model and promote a set of desired behaviors aligned with UL’s critical behaviors for success. They will take ownership of their own career and professional development by documenting and communicating career aspirations and any associated development needs to their manager. They will also 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.

**Product Organization and Processes**

A successful Senior Product Manager will support an efficient cross-functional matrix structure to enable effective product development lifecycle management. They will 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. They will leverage a standard set of product management tools with the product team to drive efficient and effective product lifecycle management.

What makes you a great fit:
**Technical Skills**
- 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.

**Required Experience**
- University Degree (Equivalent to Bachelor's degree) in Engineering, Business, or a related discipline.
- 8+ years of technical or business experience in Industrial Automation, Robotics, Industry 4.0 or a related industry field.
- 8+ years of related discipline experience or demonstrated competency in Product Management.
- Working with remote teams is highly valued.
- Project management certification is a plus.

What you’ll experience working at UL:
**Mission**: For UL, corporate and social responsibility isn’t new. Making the world a safer, more secure and sustainable place has been our business model for the last 125 years and is deeply engrained in everything we do.

**People**: Ask any UL employee what they love most about working here, and you’ll almost always hear, “the people.” Going beyond what is possible is the standard at UL. We’re able to deliver the best because we employ the best.

**Interesting work**: Every day is different for us here as we eagerly anticipate the next innovation that our customers’ create. We’re inspired to take on the challenge that will transform how people live, work and play. And as a global company, in many roles, you will get international experience working with colleagues around the world.

**Grow & achieve**: We learn, work and grow together with targeted development, reward and recognition programs as well as our very own UL University that offers extensive training programs for employees at all stages, including a technical training track for applicable roles.

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Working at UL is an exciting journey that twists and turns daily. We thrive in the twists and revel in the turns. This is our every day. This is our normal.

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