PRINCIPAL DIGITAL PRODUCT MANAGER

TE Connectivity is a global technology leader that designs and manufactures connectivity and sensor solutions. The Principal Digital Product Manager is responsible for leading end-to-end business transformation through strong product management, AI, change management, and process reengineering.

Responsibilities:

• Own the product vision, roadmap, and priorities for strategic commercial transformation initiatives, beginning with sales and Channel transformation
• Partner with customers, distributors, sales teams, and stakeholders to identify opportunities and define future-state solutions
• Translate Channel strategy into a roadmap spanning processes, technology, data, AI, governance, and organizational change
• Champion high-impact initiatives, securing executive support and cross-functional alignment
• Serve as the primary liaison between business teams, Digital, UX, Data & Analytics, TEIS, Engineering, and other partners
• Assess current workflows, pain points, and capability gaps across Sales, Solution Center, and Commercial Operations
• Identify and implement process improvements, automation opportunities, and simplification efforts
• Design scalable, digitally enabled operating models and customer experiences
• Determine the best path to achieve business outcomes through process, technology, AI, or organizational change
• Ensure short-term improvements align with long-term transformation goals
• Leverage AI to accelerate research, analysis, solution design, experimentation, and decision-making
• Build and validate prototypes, workflows, and proofs of concept using AI-enabled tools
• Evaluate emerging AI capabilities and their impact on customer experiences, operations, and delivery models
• Ensure solutions deliver measurable business value while meeting security, compliance, and governance standards
• Drive measurable business outcomes, including growth, productivity, customer experience, cost savings, and operational efficiency
• Develop ROI-based business cases and prioritization frameworks
• Define success metrics, value realization plans, and performance indicators
• Partner with Finance and business leaders to track, validate, and communicate results
• Recommend investment priorities and trade-offs across process, technology, AI, and organizational initiatives
• Lead initiatives from discovery through implementation, adoption, and value realization
• Translate business needs into product requirements, user stories, roadmaps, and delivery plans
• Collaborate with UX, Engineering, Data & Analytics, TEIS, and external partners to deliver scalable solutions
• Identify and resolve data, platform, security, architecture, and compliance risks
• Promote the use of enterprise platforms and stay current on relevant technology, data, and AI trends
• Lead organizational change efforts, including stakeholder engagement, communications, training, and adoption
• Influence and align senior leaders, business teams, and technology partners without direct authority
• Communicate strategy, progress, risks, and outcomes effectively to all levels of the organization
• Drive accountability, mitigate resistance, and sustain momentum across complex initiatives
• Strengthen product management practices through coaching, governance, and best-practice sharing

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
• 8+ years of experience in digital product management, business transformation, process reengineering, commercial operations, enterprise technology, or related disciplines
• Proven ownership of complex, ambiguous, cross-functional products or transformation initiatives from problem definition and business case development through deployment, adoption, and value realization
• Demonstrated ability to work backwards from customer and business needs, define a compelling future-state vision, and translate it into a sequenced, executable transformation roadmap
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to connect product and operating-model decisions to revenue growth, customer share, productivity, cost avoidance, speed, accuracy, and customer experience
• Experience redesigning business processes and leading change across matrixed organizations involving business stakeholders, Engineering, UX, IT, data teams, and enterprise or external technology partners
• Demonstrated hands-on experience using AI-assisted development, automation, data, or low-code tools to build and validate functional prototypes, workflows, or proofs of value, with the ability to collaborate with Engineering to productionize and scale successful concepts
• Strong understanding of data, integrations, APIs, enterprise platforms, and technical trade-offs, with the ability to collaborate effectively with engineers and architects
• Experience defining KPIs, building ROI-based business cases, prioritizing investments, and measuring value realization after launch
• Outstanding written and verbal communication, with demonstrated ability to frame complex decisions, influence senior stakeholders, and build alignment across functions without formal authority
• Demonstrated ability to coach others, raise the quality bar, and operate as a trusted advisor to senior leaders
• MBA, advanced technical degree, or equivalent experience
• Experience in Sales, Solution Center/Customer Care, pricing, quote-to-order, commercial operations, distribution/channel management, or related commercial processes
• Experience with Salesforce, SAP, CPQ or pricing platforms, Databricks, Azure, analytics platforms, workflow automation, APIs, and commercial data ecosystems
• Experience within industrial manufacturing, distribution, B2B technology, SaaS, or other complex global organizations
• Experience with Product Management, Design Thinking, Lean, Six Sigma, Continuous Improvement, or change management methodologies