Senior Product Manager – People Operations & Workforce Intelligence

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!

As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. We’re driven by our vision of ‘Food and Companionship Enriching Life’ and our approach to sustainability – the Elanco Healthy Purpose™ – to advance the health of animals, people, the planet and our enterprise.

At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.

Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!

Your Role:  

At Elanco, we empower our product teams to solve complex challenges – both customer and business related – with solutions that drive impact.   As a Senior Product Manager at Elanco, you will play a pivotal role in discovering and delivering digital solutions within a complex product area, ensuring they are valuable and viable, delivering meaningful outcomes that are aligned with corporate strategy and goals. 

This Senior Product Manager role will be a critical member of the People Operations & Workforce Intelligence product team and will lead discovery of and enable execution of solutions that enable the core platforms, data, and digital experiences that support frictionless, compliant, scalable, data-driven and user-friendly HR service delivery.  You will lead initiatives that reduce complexity and improve areas such as time management, pay, leave management, core HR data and organizational planning, workforce analytics and reporting, employee communications, benefits and rewards, and workplace services.   

Partnering closely with Human Resources, you’ll help to modernize HR operations through intelligent automation, increase adoption of digital self-service, and reduce manual effort – enhancing both employee experience and operational resilience, empowering employees and managers with real-time access to trusted data and tools, and enabling HR to focus on strategic workforce priorities. 

Initially, you’ll drive innovation and efficiency, leveraging your expertise to enhance our processes and digital products. As part of a dynamic team, you’ll also have opportunities to broaden your impact by transitioning into other product areas as priorities evolve, aligning your career with emerging opportunities across Elanco's diverse product landscape. 

Your Responsibilities: 

As a Senior Product Manager, you'll manage high-complexity products with dependencies, identifying growth opportunities and optimizing strategic alignment. 

Competencies: 

• Guide teams through lean process facilitation and data-driven improvements. 

• Mentor product managers, fostering strategic growth and collaborative environments. 

• Drive complex projects, maintaining strategic agility and delivering coordinated ideas effectively. 

• Lead probing customer engagement, ensuring alignment and strategic adaptation in product designs. 

• Utilize product knowledge expansively to nurture product vision and roadmap execution. 

Problem Solving: 

• Navigate and resolve amb