Product Director in London

Global Product Line Director position is open to all candidates living in the US, Europe or Asia, with a strong Product Management experience and willing to travel globally 50% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Manage Line of Business revenue and contribution margin
• Develop and deploy global strategy by Line of Business working closely with the commercial excellence and regional LOB leaders
• Manage strategy deployment through Key strategic Initiatives (KSI’s) and report through bowlers on KPI’s
• Develop and execute new product development strategy based on VOC for existing verticals and aligned with R&D capabilities and the global strategy – focus on end-to-end process from initial VoC to first customer ship by region
• Maintain NPD governance through stage gate process with focus on customer value proposition
• New vertical penetration by Line of Business leveraging existing product, aligned with global strategy
• Manage strategic capital deployment for key initiatives
• Manage pricing based on the next best alternative and a value equation
• Manage churn, reducing unexpected losses
• Maintain focus on product lifecycle management with support from Business Intelligence team
• Monitor application developments across regions to identify trends
• Act as a ‘Global Ambassador’ for the product line as needed, presenting on relevant topics at industry events, helping to establish MacDermid Enthone as a global leader in the target market(s).

Qualifications

• Technical degree in Chemistry, Material Science, or Physics strongly preferred. Additional business degree or experience preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience in a related field with proven examples of delivering growth through strategy development and cross‑functional deployment.
• Demonstration of strategic thinking and analysis of product properties vs customer needs (VOC, features/benefits, product lifecycle management) required.
• Prior experience with established business processes (e.g. DBS, HOS).
• Team leadership & intercultural cooperation skills and experience in succeeding in matrix environments.
• Experience in scoping adjacencies and potential partnerships and acquisitions.
• Willingness to travel globally and extensively (Travel will exceed 50% on a regular basis).
• Strong spoken and written English. Multilingual capability is a major advantage.
• Good to excellent presentation skills, with the ability to speak and represent MacDermid Enthone positively in front of large or small audiences.
• Good to excellent PC skills, esp Microsoft Office products. Experience with Salesforce an advantage.

What we are offering

As part of our team, as well as receiving a competitive base salary, you will participate in a generous performance related bonus scheme. Additional benefits will depend on the country you are applying to. We provide a challenging but rewarding experience to our people – you will have an opportunity to learn, grow and contribute from your very first day. Our teams play an important role enabling technological breakthroughs in high growth industries around the world. We continuously invest in technologies and extensive learning and development tools which provide opportunities to challenge, develop and nurture your career.

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category applicable under federal, state and local laws.