Procter & Gamble—Digital Product Manager

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Description: Job Location HYDERABAD OFFICE INDIA PSC PGH Job Description P&G was founded over 180 years ago as a simple soap and candle company. Today, we're the world’s largest consumer goods company and home to iconic, trusted brands that make life a little bit easier in small but meaningful ways. We've spanned three centuries thanks to three simple ideas: leadership, innovation and citizenship. The insight, innovation and passion of hardworking teams have helped us grow into a global company that is governed responsibly and ethically, that is open and visible, and that supports good causes and protects the environment. This is a place where you can be proud to work and do something that matters. Dedication from Us: You'll be at the core of breakthrough innovations, be given exciting assignments, lead initiatives, and take ownership and responsibility, in creative workspaces where new insights thrive. All the while, you'll receive outstanding training to help you become a leader in your field. It is not just about what you'll do, but how you'll feel: encouraged, valued, purposeful, challenged, heard, and inspired. What we Offer: Continuous mentorship – you will collaborate with peers and receive both formal training as well as day-to-day mentoring from your manager dynamic and encouraging work environment– employees are at the centre, we value every individual and support initiative, promoting agility and work/life balance. The Opportunity We are looking for a Digital Product Manager to join our Digital Products team and build digital products and capabilities that solve meaningful business problems. This role is designed for a professional with prior technology experience who can connect business needs with technology solutions and translate strategy into products that deliver measurable outcomes. You will work at the intersection of business, technology, data, users, and AI. You will understand user and business needs, shape product strategy, prioritize opportunities, work closely with engineering and technology teams, and drive products from discovery through delivery, adoption, and continuous improvement. Position Responsibilities Own Product Vision, Strategy & Roadmap - Define product vision, objectives, roadmap, priorities, and success measures aligned to business outcomes. - Understand user needs, business processes, pain points, and opportunities and translate them into clear product requirements and user stories. - Own backlog prioritization, balancing business value, user experience, technical feasibility, risk, dependencies, and engineering capacity. - Use data, user feedback, experimentation, and business signals to make informed product decisions. - Identify opportunities to simplify processes and create scalable digital capabilities - Build 0-1 Products which are AI Native first. Drive Product Delivery - Lead cross-functional product initiatives from discovery through development, launch, adoption, and continuous improvement. - Partner closely with engineering, data, architecture, design, security, and technology teams to translate product intent into scalable solutions. - Understand technical constraints, architecture choices, APIs, data dependencies, and delivery trade-offs sufficiently to make effective product decisions. - Create clarity on requirements, priorities, acceptance criteria, dependencies, and expected outcomes. - Track delivery progress, proactively address risks and blockers, and ensure commitments remain aligned to product priorities. Influence Stakeholders & Drive Change - Build alignment among stakeholders with different priorities, perspectives, and levels of technical understanding. - Influence without relying solely on formal authority and create commitment around priorities, decisions, and trade-offs. - Drive change management through stakeholder engagement, communication, training, adoption, and feedback loops. - Anticipate resistance and create practical approaches to move users and stakeholders toward adoption. - Act as a trusted partner and 'go-to' person for the products and initiatives you own. Build Data- and AI-Enabled Products - Identify opportunities where data, analytics, AI, GenAI, automation, or digital technologies can improve business outcomes. - Work with data and technology teams to ensure products are built on trusted, accessible, and appropriately governed information. - Explore AI-enabled experiences and workflows that help people access information, make better decisions, and reduce repetitive work. - Ensure AI and automation capabilities are introduced with appropriate human oversight, controls, and accountability. Drive Adoption & Value Realization - Define product KPIs, adoption metrics, user experience measures, and value metrics. - Use product usage and business performance signals to identify opportunities for improvement. - Develop stakeholder engagement and adoption plans for new capabilities. - Create feedback mechanisms that continuously bring user and business insights back into product development. - Ensure products deliver measurable value beyond initial launch. Partner with Technology & External Teams - Collaborate with engineering, architecture, data, design, cybersecurity, IT, and vendor teams. - Manage technology and business dependencies required to deliver product outcomes. - Partner with vendors and external technology providers where required, ensuring clarity of outcomes, delivery expectations, and accountability. - Contribute to solution design, testing, release planning, reliability, security, data quality, and long-term sustainability. The Ideal Candidate - Has an MBA or prior hands-on experience in technology, software, data, IT, digital engineering, or a related technical environment building AI native products. - Has less than 3 years of post-MBA experience / Relevant experience and is looking to build a career at the intersection of business, technology, and product management. - Can combine business thinking with enough technical depth to engage credibly with engineers and technology teams. - Is comfortable translating ambiguous business problems into structured product opportunities and clear requirements. - Has strong influencing and stakeholder-management skills and can create alignment without formal authority. - Demonstrates the ability to drive adoption and change across diverse stakeholder groups. - Is analytically strong and comfortable using data, KPIs, user feedback, and business signals to make decisions. - Can communicate clearly with senior leaders, business users, engineers, data teams, designers, vendors, and other partners. - Has strong ownership, bias for action, learning agility, and resilience in a fast-moving environment. - Is curious about emerging technologies, including AI, GenAI, automation, analytics, cloud, and modern digital platforms. Job Qualifications Qualifications: - Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Business, Analytics, or a related field. - MBA or equivalent postgraduate management qualification from a recognized institution. - Less than 3 years of professional experience post-MBA. - Prior professional experience in technology, software engineering, data, IT, digital, systems, or another technology-focused role. - Strong understanding of technology-enabled business solutions and the software development lifecycle. - Strong communication, stakeholder management, influencing, structured problem-solving, and collaboration skills. - Ability to work effectively across business and technology teams and translate between the two. About Us We produce globally recognized brands, and we grow the best business leaders in the industry. With a portfolio of trusted brands as diverse as ours, it is paramount our leaders can lead with courage the vast array of brands, categories, and functions. We serve consumers around the world with one of the strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands, including Always®, Ariel®, Gillette®, Head & Shoulders®, Herbal Essences®, Oral-B®, Pampers®, Pantene®, Tampax® and more. Our community includes operations in approximately 70 countries worldwide. Visit http://www.pg.com to know more. We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate against individuals based on race, color, gender, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, citizenship, disability, HIV/AIDS status, or any other legally protected factor. At P&G, the hiring journey is personalized every step of the way, thereby ensuring equal opportunities for all, with a strong foundation of Ethics & Corporate Responsibility guiding everything we do. All the available job opportunities are posted either on our website - pgcareers.com, or on our official social media pages, for the convenience of prospective candidates, and do not require them to pay any kind of fees towards their application.” Job Schedule Full time Job Number R000158487 Job Segmentation Experienced Professionals Skills: product management, product strategy, stakeholder management, backlog prioritization, cross-functional team leadership, product roadmap development, user story development, data analysis, ai enablement, change management, product adoption, kpi development, user experience measurement, solution design, release planning, security assurance, vendor management, collaboration, business process improvement, ai workflow design, cloud platforms, automation solutions, data governance, business performance metrics, user feedback analysis