Principal Product Manager - Finance

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Your Role: Principal Product Manager – Finance  
 

At Elanco, we empower our product teams to solve complex challenges – both customer and business related – with solutions that drive impact. We are a collaborative, data-driven team focused on outcomes over output. As a 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 Principal Product Manager role will be a critical leader and member of the Enterprise Finance Operations, Tax & Intelligence product space and will lead discovery of and enable execution of solutions that encompass the core platforms, data, and digital experiences that deliver scalable, reliable, and automated Finance capabilities.  You will operate as a 'player-coach,' leading a small, high-impact team of Product Managers while also taking direct ownership of our most complex and strategic initiatives. This role is ideal for a leader who possesses the strategic depth of a Principal PM but also has a passion for growing and mentoring talent. You will be responsible for both your team's success and for personally driving key projects that modernize our global Finance operations, enable global tax and statutory compliance, and equip Finance teams with advanced planning, forecasting, and analytics.  You will lead initiatives that reduce manual effort, accelerate close and reporting cycles, strengthen compliance, and empower Finance with insight and agility to align financial outcomes with business strategies. 

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

Your Responsibilities:  

• As a Principal Product Manager, you will oversee strategic product lines and/or lead critical initiatives with high-impact objectives and influence Elanco's strategic trajectory. 

• Apply extensive product management skills in planning, execution, and strategy deployment. 

• Exhibit thought leadership in representing Elanco’s strategic vision globally and internally. 

• Mentor cross-functional teams, optimizing solutions and ensuring seamless integration and value delivery. 

• Consistently align pr