Xylem is a Fortune 500 global water solutions company dedicated to advancing sustainable impact and empowering the people who make water work every day. As a leading water technology company with 23,000 employees operating in over 150 countries, Xylem is at the forefront of addressing the world's most critical water challenges. We invite passionate individuals to join our team, dedicated to exceeding customer expectations through innovative and sustainable solutions.
THE ROLE :
We are seeking a visionary and execution-oriented leader to serve as the Global Process Owner for Product Management, responsible for defining, designing, and institutionalizing Xylem's next-generation Product Management operating model. This role will lead a multi-year transformation to reimagine the end-to-end product management process, from idea generation through commercialization, lifecycle management, and retirement. Working across segments, divisions/business units, functions, and external partners, the Global Process Owner will architect a future-state framework that simplifies work, improves business outcomes, and embeds AI-enabled capabilities throughout the product lifecycle. Initially, this role will focus on designing and implementing the future-state process, tools, governance, and operating model. Following implementation, the role will assume long-term ownership of the process, driving adoption, optimization, performance management, and continuous innovation. This position offers a unique opportunity to shape how Product Management operates at Xylem for years to come.
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES: To perform the job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
Enterprise Product Management Transformation
· Lead the design and delivery of Xylem's future-state Product Management operating model.
· Reimagine end-to-end product management processes from concept through retirement, challenging legacy assumptions and identifying opportunities for simplification and acceleration.
· Develop a scalable framework that can be adopted consistently across segments, regions, and business units while accommodating necessary business differences.
· Define future-state workflows, decision points, governance structures, roles, responsibilities, and performance measures.
AI-Enabled Process Innovation
· Identify and integrate AI-enabled capabilities across the Product Management lifecycle.
· Partner with Digital, Data & Analytics, Product Management Excellence, and external experts to incorporate automation, predictive insights, and generative AI into core workflows.
· Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend investments that enhance decision quality, productivity, and business outcomes.
· Establish a roadmap for continuous advancement of AI-powered product management capabilities.
Cross-Functional Leadership
· Lead a diverse network of stakeholders spanning Product Management, Engineering, R&D, Commercial, Finance, Operations, IT, Data & Analytics, PLM, and executive leadership.
· Facilitate workshops, design sessions, and alignment activities to build consensus around future-state processes.
· Partner with external consultants, technology providers, and industry experts to leverage best practices and accelerate transformation.
· Drive enterprise-wide engagement and sponsorship to ensure successful adoption.
Process Governance & Ownership
· Establish global standards, policies, governance mechanisms, and decision frameworks supporting product management excellence.
· Define process performance metrics and business outcome measures.
· Ensure alignment between Product Management processes and enterprise initiatives, including PLM, ERP, digital transformation, innovation management, and portfolio governance.
· Serve as the long-term owner of the Product Management operating model after…