Lead, Digital Product Manager- R&D

You will translate the needs of scientists, engineers, digital leaders, and business stakeholders into clear product requirements, prioritized roadmaps, and coordinated delivery plans. Working closely with IT, external technology partners, R&D users, and cross-functional digital teams, you will ensure EDIP and related digital solutions are designed, tested, deployed, adopted, and improved in ways that deliver measurable business value. 

The ideal candidate brings strong product ownership, scientific workflow understanding, stakeholder management, and execution discipline, with the ability to coordinate complex workstreams across data, AI, modeling, applications, integration, and user experience. 

What You’ll Do:

• Own the EDIP and scientific software product roadmap in partnership with R&D leadership, IT, digital teams, and business stakeholders. 

• Lead end-to-end coordination of EDIP development, deployment, adoption, and continuous improvement activities across Materials Division R&D. 

• Gather and translate business requirements from scientists, engineers, digital stewards, and leadership teams into clear product capabilities, user stories, priorities, and acceptance criteria. 

• Partner with IT to define requirements, prioritize features, manage delivery roadmaps, and ensure alignment between business needs and technical execution. 

• Coordinate execution across multiple workstreams, including data, AI, modeling, applications, integration, user experience, training, adoption, and value realization. 

• Work with external technology partners to define, evaluate, implement, and continuously improve platform and scientific software capabilities. 

• Manage product testing, pilot programs, user acceptance testing, feedback loops, release readiness, and post-deployment improvement actions. 

• Develop and maintain stakeholder communication, product governance, decision forums, and alignment routines to support transparent prioritization and execution. 

• Track project execution, risks, dependencies, adoption, user satisfaction, and value realization metrics to support disciplined delivery and measurable business impact. 

• Partner with change management, training, and digital steward communities to drive adoption of EDIP and related digital solutions across R&D teams. 

• Promote a values-driven culture centered on People, Accountability, Creativity and Excellence, with a strong commitment to compliance, collaboration, customer focus, and continuous improvement. 

What We Seek:

• Bachelor’s degree in science, engineering, computer science, information systems, product management, or a related field; advanced degree preferred. 

• 5+ years of experience in product management, digital transformation, scientific software delivery, R&D systems, technical program management, or related roles. 

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