Senior Manager - Global Product Strategy

Job Description:

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Mers Around the World Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3

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This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role As a Global Product Strategy Senior Manager (m/f/*) for Technical Ceramics, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

Defining strategic direction and growth priorities for the Technical Ceramics portfolio, aligning market opportunities, customer needs, competitive dynamics, technology trends, and business objectivesP&L accountability within a cross-functional matrix organization

Developing and maintaining a multi-year product strategy and roadmap that balances core portfolio optimization, adjacent growth opportunities, and longer-term innovation investments

Identifying and prioritizing attractive end markets, applications, and customer segments where Technical Ceramics can deliver differentiated value and sustainable growth

Shaping the portfolio value proposition and positioning, ensuring clear differentiation based on performance, quality, reliability, and application-specific customer requirements

Translating customer, market, and technology insights into clear strategic choices, investment priorities, and actionable portfolio plans

Guiding cross-functional collaboration with R&D, product management, marketing, operations, sales, and business leadership to translate strategy into execution

Partnering with technical and commercial teams to align innovation pipelines with market needs, commercialization plans, and business growth priorities

Monitoring portfolio performance and market signals, recommending adjustments to strategic priorities to improve growth, profitability, and innovation effectiveness

Building strategic recommendations and business cases that align stakeholders on portfolio direction, trade-offs, and resource priorities

Influencing cross-functional teams and helping build product strategy capabilities that enable strong execution and long-term portfolio success

Your Skills and Expertise To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M is looking for candidates who meet following minimum requirements:

Bachelor’s degree or higher in business, marketing, engineering, or science (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution

Five (5) or more years experience in product management, product strategy, marketing, business strategy or R&D in an industrial, advanced materials, manufacturing, or technology-driven environment

Five (5) or more years experience developing product or portfolio strategies using customer, market, and technology insights

Additional knowledge qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

MBA, PhD or relevant graduate degree preferred

Strong financial and business acumen, including P&L management, experience evaluating growth, margin, and portfolio performance metrics

Experience in technical ceramics, advanced materials, specialty materials, engineered components, or adjacent industrial markets

Experience in market assessment, segmentation, application prioritization, and portfolio planning

Experience building multi-year roadmaps that connect technology development, product…