Manager of Product Development
On-siteColumbus, Ohio, United States
Job Summary
Lead cross-functional teams to discover high-value opportunities and transform them into commercially successful product platforms, reducing uncertainty through rapid experimentation and agile hypothesis testing. Navigate ambiguity to align stakeholders, secure resources, and represent programs with executive leadership while recommending project acceleration, pivot, pause, or termination based on evidence. Define and track key performance indicators related to business development and innovation efforts, ensuring goals are met or exceeded. Coach direct and cross-functional team members through candid feedback and shared accountability to cultivate an environment of curiosity and constructive debate. This role operates within Worthington's North American Building Products' Innovation team, spanning from discovery work leading to painpoint identification through to final launch. Requires minimum of 8 years of program management experience in ambiguous, fast-paced environments.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum of 8 years of program management experience
- Proven track record of successfully leading programs in ambiguous, fast-paced environments
- 2+ years of project management experience
- PMP certification or desire to work towards with company support
Desired Qualifications
- Human Centric Design and/or complex problem solving experience
- Experience including new product development (NPD) and non-product value add creation
- Rapid experimentation
- Opportunity framing
- Commercial acumen
- Facilitation
- Curious & learning mindset
- Emotional intelligence
- Communication
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