Digital Excellence - Product Owner

Akzonbel

Pune, India

10-15 Years

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Job Description

About AkzoNobel

Since 1792, we've been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people's lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands - including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon - is trusted by customers around the globe. We're active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It's what you'd expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that's dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today - while creating an even better tomorrow. Let's paint the future together.

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Job Purpose

AkzoNobel is a global leader in paints and coatings, operating in over 150 countries with a strong commitment to innovation and sustainability. Our Digital Transformation Team functions as a start-up within the enterprise, designing and delivering nextgeneration capabilities that will transition 10 billion in revenue through digital channels.

As part of this mission, the DIGITAL PRODUCTS Product Owner plays a pivotal role in shaping the next generation DIGITAL PRODUCTS experience for 6,000-8,000 global sales and customer-facing employees. This includes DIGITAL PRODUCTS 2.0, fieldsales productivity apps, opportunity management, lead management, account planning and all front-end digital sales workflows.

The Product Owner will drive backlog execution, translate the DIGITAL PRODUCTS product vision into actionable delivery plans, and ensure the timely, high-quality build of DIGITAL PRODUCTS features that power commercial excellence, operational efficiency and user adoption across the globe.

Key Accountabilities

Product Ownership

Own and manage the product backlog for DIGITAL PRODUCTS & Front-End in alignment with the roadmap defined with Product Manager.
Ensure backlog items are well-defined, refined, and prioritized based on business value, user needs, and technical feasibility.
Balance short-term delivery efficiency with long-term scalability for a large global user base (6,000-8,000 FTEs).

Requirements & Refinement

Translate business/sales requirements into clear user stories with acceptance criteria.
Collaborate with CX, UX, architects, engineering, external partners, data teams and digital leads to validate feasibility.
Ensure a shared understanding of requirements across delivery and stakeholder teams.

Delivery & Sprint Execution

Define sprint goals and support the team during sprint execution
Accept completed work based on agreed acceptance criteria
Ensure transparency on progress, risks and impediments

Quality & Non-Functional Requirements

Ensure functional and non-functional requirements (performance, security, scalability) are captured within the DIGITAL PRODUCTS backlog.
Validate that releases meet enterprise architecture, data model and security guidelines.
Identify risks related to data integrity, integration reliability, and adoption impact.

Stakeholder Alignment

Act as the primary point of contact for global sales, marketing and commercial operations stakeholders.
Manage expectations, align priorities and facilitate decision-making across regions, segments and functions.
Escalate conflicts or critical dependencies when needed to stakeholders and decision makers

Release & Adoption Support

Support release planning, UAT cycles, and readiness activities -with Product Manager in lead
Ensure documentation and user guidance is created (training content, feature overviews, use case demos).

Partner with adoption and change teams to drive field sales adoption and ensure measurable value realization.

Experience

10-15 years of experience as a Product Owner or in a similar product leadership role within global organizations or start-up/high-growth environments
Proven track record of owning and delivering complex digital products and capabilities on a scale, from concept to adoption
Strong strategic thinking and business acumen, with ability to connect product decisions to commercial outcomes
Deep understanding of DIGITAL PRODUCTS, Salesforce, sales technology, or commercial digital domains
Proven experience delivering digital capabilities for large user bases in global organizations or high-speed environments.
Understanding of end-to-end DIGITAL PRODUCTS processes (lead management, opportunity management, pipeline planning, account management, activity planning, field sales execution, etc.).
Ability to lead cross-functional teams, influence stakeholders, and manage dependencies across multiple streams
Experience in prioritization frameworks and data-driven decision-making for roadmap planning.
Familiarity with agile methodologies and tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Azure DevOps
Technical fluency to engage confidently with engineering teams on architecture, integrations, and non-functional requirements
Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills, including experience presenting to senior leadership
Strong analytical mindset with ability to leverage insights for continuous improvement and measurable impact

At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.

Requisition ID:52134