Color your life! X-Rite is a global company with locations around the world. Experts in blending the art and science of color, we focus on providing complete end-to-end color management solutions for our clients in every industry where color matters.

We recognize that people come with a wealth of experience and talent. Diversity of experience and skills combined with passion is a key to innovation and excellence. Therefore, we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply to our positions.

The Vice President Product Management will lead, manage, and inspire a global team of product management professionals globally. You will be accountable to deliver product solutions, new product development initiatives, and continued support of legacy products. In this role, you will establish and maintain industry familiarity and relationships to gain an understanding of sales and marketing opportunities.

A hybrid role, you will work at least 2 days per week from our development center in Grand Rapids, Michigan with remote work the rest of the time. You will occasionally travel globally.

In this role, a typical day will look like:

• Lead a global team of product management experts who are responsible for the complete product lifecycle

• Collaborate with relevant teams to evaluate and prioritize M&A opportunities based on strategic alignment and organizational objectives.

• Develop and articulate a future vision of products via a product roadmap based in extensive market, customer, and competitive research and analysis.

• Provide in-depth market, industry and competitive analysis and product positioning.

• Design strategies, solutions, and proposals to ensure the sustained growth of X-Rite through product and commercial initiatives.

• Work closely with the sales and marketing teams to ensure marketing strategies, lead generation strategies, and sales strategies enable the desired growth for both new and existing products.

• Develop pricing, revenue and gross margin forecasts based on market sizing and customer value. Perform regular product-line reviews and problem solving to identify and correct gaps to plan.

• Continuously improve metrics including achievement of new product revenue, on-time delivery of new products, platform reuse, business unit growth, product gross margin and quality.

• Define and continuously improve common design standards across the portfolio to enhance usability, ease of deployment, serviceability and brand awareness for our customers and our internal teams.

• Coordinate with the Global Service team to develop support services to increase customer satisfaction within the market.

• Utilize the Veralto Enterprise System including the Fundamentals, Product Planning Group (PPG), and the Innovation Engine to drive sustainable growth.

• Own and lead the strategic planning process for X-Rite, while collaborating with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to develop and refine strategic initiatives and objectives.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Minimum 10 years’ experience in product management in comparable B2B / growth-oriented industries with at least 3 years in a senior management position.

• Undergraduate degree in Business, Marketing or Engineering; MBA preferred.

• Experience across the entire product continuum, from NPD to obsolesce.

• Experience with revenue models featuring equipment, digital applications, physical services, and remote services. SaaS experience a plus.

• Ability to conduct fact-based research and analysis of market, competitor, and customer data, and utilize the data to drive short- and long-term tactics and strategy

• Preferred experience working in a lean / kaizen culture, with a track record of utilizing these tools in a commercial setting.

• Extensive experience defining, launching, and growing successful products, digital/software product management is a plus.

At X-Rite a Veralto Company (https://www.veralto.com/who-we-are/) , we are the leader in color science and technology offering end-to-end solutions for the selection, communication, formulation, and production of consistent and achievable color

X-Rite is proud to be a Product Quality & Innovation company in Veralto (NYSE: VLTO). Imagine a world where everyone has access to clean water, safe food and medicine, and trusted essential goods. That is the tomorrow Veralto is creating today. Veralto is a $5B global leader in essential technology solutions made up of over 16,000 associates across our Water Quality and Product Identification segments all united by a powerful purpose: Safeguarding the World’s Most Vital Resources.

Veralto Corporation and all Veralto Companies are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law. We value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.

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We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us at applyassistance@veralto.com to request accommodation.

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Veralto and all Veralto Companies are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law. We value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.