Product Manager: Print Optimization & Planning

Are you…

Interested in working for an international and diverse company?

Interested in developing your career in a leading packaging and printing industry?

Looking for a friendly and supporting team?

If so, read on!

Esko, a Veralto company, is a global provider of integrated software and hardware solutions that accelerate the go-to-market process of packaged goods. Our products empower teams to support and manage the packaging design and print processes for brand owners, retailers, pre-media and trade shops, manufacturers, and converters to provide the most innovative, integrated platform and comprehensive portfolio of tools that intelligently digitize, connect, automate, and accelerate the concept to market processes for every packaged product.

You will be part of a flexible, family friendly organization that cares about its people just as it cares about the environment.

We recognize that people come with a wealth of experience and talent. Diversity of experience and skills combined with passion is a key to innovation and excellence. Therefore, we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply to our positions. 

The Product Manager - Print Optimization & Planning is responsible for driving the global success of our print optimization and planning software products, including Phoenix and Griffin. You will lead strategic initiatives like migration to cloud services, ensure customer satisfaction, and collaborate across teams to integrate our products into the broader Esko portfolio. This role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on the print industry by delivering innovative solutions that enhance efficiency and profitability for our customers, and will be located remotely in EMEA.
 

In this role, a typical day will look like:

• Manage product performance and sales turnover across regions by understanding the market and identifying actions to boost sales.
• Develop a 1-3 year product vision, including migration to cloud services, and secure internal and external stakeholder buy-in.
• Collaborate with Esko product managers to integrate Phoenix into the broader Esko product portfolio, enhancing interoperability.
• Translate product strategy into prioritized development plans and assist the Product Owner with business aspects.
• Drive impactful product launches by working closely with R&D, marketing, sales channels, and executives.
• Act as a product evangelist internally and externally to build product awareness and understanding.
• Travel up to 50% of the time globally, with flexibility in scheduling to accommodate both business needs and personal commitments.

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Willingness to travel up to 2-3 days per week (approximately 10 nights away from home a month) globally.
• Master's degree preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of international business experience in a customer-facing role.
• Proficiency in hardware/software product development methodologies.
• Fluent in spoken and written English; proficiency in German or French is a plus.
• In-depth knowledge of the packaging supply chain and management processes.

At Esko, a Veralto Company, innovation comes in every color and never in the same package. Join Esko and see how diversity of people and thought fuels a career journey like no other. Create unique technology solutions for the packaging value chain, bring new ideas to life, make and influence decisions, and experience career growth, rewards, and recognition in our global Packaging & Color organizations.

Esko is proud to be a Product Quality & Innovation company in Veralto (NYSE: VLTO). Imagine a world where everyone has access to clean water, safe food and medicine, and trusted essential goods. That is the tomorrow Veralto is creating today. Veralto is a $5B global leader in essential technology solutions made up of over 16,000 associates across our Water Quality and Product Identification segments all united by a powerful purpose: Safeguarding the World’s Most Vital Resources. 

At Veralto, we value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.
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