UL Solutions

Product Manager (Materials and Plastics)

UL Solutions  •  Suzhou, CN (Onsite)  •  16 days ago
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Job Description

  • Use the previously established product vision in concert with deep market understanding to inform the product strategy
  • Evaluate market needs against UL’s and competitors’ unique abilities to address them
  • Support and contribute to a go-to-market strategy, describing how value will be delivered to the customer/user, how the product is differentiated from the competition, and what the business model should be
  • Prioritize product functions and features into a product roadmap
  • Monitor a set of product goals, outcomes and corresponding metrics to continually evaluate against
  • Evangelize and communicate the product vision, strategy and goals internally across the organization, as well as externally with client users
  • Actively model and promote a set of desired behaviors aligned with UL’s WoW
  • Take ownership of own career and professional development by documenting and communicating career aspirations and any associated development needs to their manager
  • 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
  • Execute a robust set of processes to power all parts of the product development lifecycle from research/discovery to release management and product support
  • Leverage a standard set of product management tools to be used across the product organization at each of the stages of the lifecycle
  • Support the established product vision with deep market understanding to implement and improve the product strategy.
  • Evaluate market needs against UL’s and competitors’ unique abilities to address them.
  • Support and contribute to the go-to-market strategy, describing how value will be delivered to the customer/user, how the product is differentiated from the competition, and what the business model should be in a given market.
  • Prioritize product/service functions and features into a product roadmap.
  • Monitor a set of product goals, outcomes and corresponding metrics to continually evaluate against and drive future activities and strategies.
  • Evangelize and communicate the product vision, strategy and goals internally across the organization, as well as externally with client users.
  • University Degree (Equivalent to Bachelor's degree) in Engineering, Business, or a related discipline
  • 5+ years of technical, commercial or business experience in Engineered Materials or a related industry field.
  • Deep understanding and technical expertise within Materials and Plastics (Plastics, additive Manufacturing, recycling, Electrical Insulation Systems, Marking and Labeling, tape, tubing and sleeving, coatings and liquids (immersion cooling, gasket & seals, etc)
  • 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
  • Strong communication and presentation (PowerPoint) skills

  • Formal training and/or certification in Product Management is a plus

  • Working with remote teams is highly preferred
  • Project management certification is a plus

A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions (NYSE: ULS) transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 110 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers’ product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers’ products and reflects an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.

UL Solutions

About UL Solutions

A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions (NYSE: ULS) transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 110 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers’ product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers’ products and reflects an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.

Industry
Consulting & Advisory
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Northbrook, Illinois
Year Founded
1894
Website
ul.com
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