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Novolex manufacturing and sourcing expertise spans a diverse range of substrates including resin, paper, molded fiber, aluminum and more. We provide customers a broad array of stock and customized solutions with 120 product categories, 250 brands and over 39,000 SKUs.\nOur Sustainability Commitment\nThe Novolex sustainability vision is built upon three pillars: our products, our operations and our people. Each is critically important to our growth and future as a business. These pillars form the foundation of our company-wide commitment to sustainability, helping us achieve our ambitious goals through our wide-ranging initiatives.\nJob Description\nPosition Summary\nThe Product Director, IT Data & Analytics is responsible for converting the strategic data roadmap into value-creating data products within the enterprise data and analytics portfolio. The role is the primary interface between the business and the IT Data & Analytics organization: it translates operational, supply chain, commercial and financial demands into a manageable backlog of data products, works with the scrum master for coordination of sprints and advises data engineering, data architecture and reporting teams for optimal deliverables.\nThis is not a hands-on development role, but it requires enough technical depth to technically understand the products they own and have detailed conversations about them with IT peers and business counterparts, discussing and negotiating features and improvements. It also advises and guides data architects and data engineers to evaluate proposed designs, and to ensure that solutions are scalable, reusable, well documented and supportable over time.\nEssential Duties and Responsibilities\nBusiness partnership and portfolio management\nServe as the primary point of contact between Data & Analytics and business leadership across Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Commercial, Finance and Procurement, and across business units.\nDevelop and maintain a multi-year data and analytics backlog aligned to enterprise and business unit data objectives.\nLead intake, qualification and prioritization of business demand; balance competing priorities, sequence work against available capacity, and communicate trade-offs to sponsors.\nDefine business cases, expected benefits and success measures for analytics investments, and report on portfolio progress, adoption and value realization to senior leadership.\nControl the portfolio budget across capital and operating expense; support annual planning and forecasting cycles.\nProduct ownership and delivery\nOwn the product vision, roadmap and prioritized backlog for the data and analytics portfolio.\nHave a deep functional and technical understanding of the products they own, and proposes and negotiates features and releases that keep the product current and continuously adding value.\nAuthor epics, features, user stories and acceptance criteria that clearly define business requirements and expected outcomes for delivery teams.\nLead backlog refinement, sprint planning, reviews and retrospectives in partnership with Scrum Masters and delivery leads; review and accept completed work against agreed acceptance criteria and definition of done.\nPlan releases and coordinate user acceptance testing, go-live, hypercare and transition to ongoing support.\nDrive adoption after deployment through training, communication and change management, including retirement of legacy and duplicative reporting.\nLead, coach and develop a team of Product Owners and Business Analysts; set priorities, performance expectations and development plans.\nTechnical guidance and advisory\nAdvise data architects and data engineers on data modeling, data architecture and integration approaches, ensuring designs satisfy business requirements and align with enterprise standards.\nParticipate in design and architecture reviews, evaluating proposed solutions for scalability, reusability, performance, supportability and total cost of ownership.\nPromote consistent practice in dimensional and semantic modeling, naming and documentation conventions, source-to-target mapping, data lineage and dataset certification, in partnership with Data Architecture and Data Governance.\nChampion reuse of certified data products over single-purpose solutions, and identify duplication across business units and functions.\nEnsure delivered solutions include the documentation, runbooks and knowledge transfer required for ongoing support.\nPartner with Data Governance and Information Security teams on data quality, stewardship, access management and compliance requirements.\nVendor and partner management\nManage relationships with systems integrators, managed service providers and software vendors supporting the portfolio.\nDefine scope, deliverables and acceptance criteria for statements of work; monitor partner performance, deliverables and knowledge transfer.\nEvaluate build-versus-buy and internal-versus-partner delivery options and recommend the approach that best fits cost, capability and risk.\nRequired Qualifications\nEducation and experience\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Analytics, Business Administration or a related field.\nMinimum 10 years of progressive experience in data and analytics, business intelligence or enterprise IT, including at least 5 years leading a team, product or portfolio.\nMinimum 5 years of experience in a manufacturing, industrial or consumer products environment, with direct exposure to plant operations, supply chain and commercial processes.\nDemonstrated experience as a Product Owner or Product Manager in an Agile environment (Scrum, Kanban or SAFe), including ownership of a prioritized backlog, definition of acceptance criteria and acceptance of delivered work.\nExperience managing analytics delivery with a mix of internal, offshore and partner resources.\nExperience working directly with senior business stakeholders at director and vice president level, including presenting to and influencing executive audiences.\nExperience managing a portfolio or program budget and third-party vendors under contract.\nKnowledge and skills\nWorking knowledge of modern data platform architecture, including data warehouse and lakehouse patterns, layered architecture, ETL/ELT design, dimensional modeling and semantic models - sufficient to evaluate and challenge technical design decisions without performing the build.\nAbility to read SQL and to interpret data models, source-to-target mappings and data lineage.\nFamiliarity with enterprise source systems commonly found in manufacturing: ERP (SAP or equivalent), manufacturing execution and shop-floor / OEE systems, supply chain planning, CRM, and financial consolidation or EPM platforms.\nWorking knowledge of business intelligence and visualization platforms (Power BI or equivalent), including semantic model and workspace governance.\nUnderstanding of data governance, master data management, data quality and information security practices.\nStrong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to adjust between executive, functional and technical audiences.\nDemonstrated ability to prioritize competing demands, make decisions with incomplete information, and influence outcomes in a matrixed organization.\nPreferred Qualifications\nCertified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO/PSPO) or SAFe Product Owner / Product Manager certification.\nExperience in a multi-site, multi-business-unit organization, including acquisition integration and consolidation of ERP or reporting landscapes.\nExperience with a modern cloud data platform such as Databricks, Snowflake, Microsoft Fabric or Azure Synapse.\nExperience implementing or operating an application managed services (AMS) support model.\nExperience implementing a data governance or data stewardship program.\nExposure to Lean, Six Sigma or other continuous improvement methodologies.\nCore Competencies\nBusiness acumen. Understands how a manufacturing business makes money and where data changes decisions.\nTechnical credibility. Builds credibility with technical teams and holds constructive challenge in design discussions.\n Gains alignment across functions and business units without direct authority.\nDecision making. Makes clear prioritization decisions and explains the rationale to those affected.\nAccountability for outcomes. Measures results after delivery, not at delivery.\nTalent development. Develops Product Owners and analysts and raises the capability of the team.\nWork Environment and Physical Requirements\nHybrid office environment with periodic visits to manufacturing sites; travel up to [10]% domestically and occasionally internationally.\nWhile visiting manufacturing facilities, must be able to comply with all plant safety requirements, including the use of personal protective equipment.\nProlonged periods working at a computer and participating in virtual meetings across multiple time zones.\nA reasonable estimate of the current range is $150,000 - $263,000 + bonus + benefits. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. At Novolex, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case.\nThe benefits for this role include 401(k) plan with company match, comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance, flexible spending and health savings accounts, paid vacation, and sick days, paid parental leave, paid holidays and wellness program\nCompany Benefits\nWhat You'll Get From Us\nBenefits\nWith safety as our top priority and a commitment to employee well-being an important focus, we offer comprehensive and competitive benefits that include medical, dental and vision insurance as well as a variety of other well-being resources focused on mental, physical and financial health. Specific benefits and well-being programs may vary depending on where you work.\nCommunity Engagement\nAt Novolex, giving back to the local communities that support us is important. Our Focused Giving Program prioritizes support for organizations whose missions promote sustainability initiatives or address food and hunger needs. We also encourage facility level support of activities in the communities where our employees live and work.\nTraining and Development\nWe offer constant opportunities for advancement. From skills development to advanced education programs, training and development programs and courses are available through MyLearning. Programs include company and industry training curricula, support for formal education through the Tuition Reimbursement Program (Non-Union), and a Learning Management System that supports and enhances employee skills at all levels of the organization.\nNovolex is committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all employment practices, including but not limited to selection, hiring, promotion, transfer, and compensation to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to age, race, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, handicap or disability, genetics, citizenship status, service member or veteran status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law. 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