Manager - Digital Product and Deployment, North America

Unilever; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Unilever is looking for a driven professional to oversee technology deployment across North America. This role involves understanding stakeholder needs, leading product management initiatives, and working collaboratively to enhance user experiences with technology. The ideal candidate is proactive, communicative, and possesses a blend of business and technological acumen.

Benefits

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Flexible working environment

Qualifications

• Experience with digital product management and technology deployment.
• Understanding of system architecture and data systems integration.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and projects.

Responsibilities

• Prioritize and deploy critical products in North America.
• Collaborate with teams to define project scope and timelines.
• Manage vendor relationships and local product launches.

Skills

Customer centric

Strategic thinking

Proactive

Excellent communication

Vendor management

Education

Experience in management consulting or product management

Digital expertise with data and AI projects

Job description

With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose : to make sustainable living commonplace and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At the heart of what we do is our people we believe that when our people work with purpose we will create a better business and a better world.

At Unilever your career will be a unique journey grounded in our collaborative and flexible working environment. Our organizational ambition centres around creating workplaces that foster equity diversity inclusion and belonging across all aspects of our business. We dont believe in the one size fits all approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.

JOB PURPOSE

This role drives prioritization deployment and use of critical products / services within the North America region.

Technologies will span the entire North America business marketing supply chain financial operations and more. It will cover all Business Units Foods Personal Care Beauty & Wellness and Home Care.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

You will ensure multiple teams and stakeholders come together to understand prioritize build deploy and see benefits from critical technology. More than just landing technology you ensure that critical requirements are accounted for early in the scoping process.

• Understand the technology (digital product) needs in North America through speaking with technology partners closest to senior stakeholders or to senior stakeholders directly
• Help prioritize North America technology asks while considering global priorities / efforts in order to reduce technology complexity (avoiding different technologies around the world to achieve the same goal). Represent local needs in global prioritization efforts and carry forward any important local work that needs special management
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define scope goals plans and timelines
• Champion requirements for local needs in global products then help make these products a reality through working with global product teams or third parties to build
• When needed own relationships and manage vendors directly leading local product management endtoend for small or medium scale product launches
• Supports local stakeholder engagement and feedback prioritization across domains advocating for user centricity and continuous improvement
• Manages requirements and validation including : local data systems integration crossproduct integration
• Ensure the products are built in a way that users will get great value out of them and local teams will be excited to use them

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED

• Customer centric and empathetic you understand the needs of (internal) users and ensure products are built and used that are loved
• Proactive and independent you can identify what needs to be done and lead crossfunctionally to make it happen
• Strategic thinking 3 steps ahead. Able to think critically logically and with good judgement
• A curious person who likes to learn new technology. A fast learner
• A great communicator able to work with people who are senior and in different functions than your own
• Someone who drives projects forward you keep people organized and on track
• A businessminded technologist or a technologyminded business person
• Interested in the FMCG space
• A team player

Preferred qualifications and skills

• Experience in management consulting product management or technology deployment
• Digital expertise experience with digital (Data AI tech) projects / products / programs. Experience with analytics / insight products
• Experience working with senior stakeholders
• Execution excellence. Program / plan management to ensure delivery of outcomes
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues
• Excellent communication collaboration and interpersonal skills. High EQ
• Experience with system architecture and data foundations
• Track record of developing exceptional talent and teams within this domain

Nice to have

• Experience in FMCG CPG retail or supply chain
• Knowledge of agile

Leadership

You are energized by delivering fantastic results. You are an example to others both your results and your resilience. You are constantly on the lookout for better ways to do things engaging and collaborating with others along the way.

As an individual you are the one responsible for your own wellbeing and delivering high standards of work. You must also focus on the Consumer and what they need. You are humble and have your head up looking around to interpret evidence and data smartly spot issues and opportunities to make things better.

Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors

o PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE : Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Has an owners mindset using data and insight to make decisions.

o PERSONAL MASTERY : Sets high standards for themselves. Actively builds own wellbeing and resilience.

o CONSUMER LOVE : Whatever their role always looks for better ways to serve consumers. Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.

o PURPOSE & SERVICE : Has humility understanding that leadership is service to others inside and outside Unilever.

o AGILITY : Explores the world around them continually learning and developing their skills.

What We Can Offer You

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Unilever Canada is an organization committed to diversity and inclusion to drive our business results and create a better future every day for our diverse employees global consumers partners and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race colour religion sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression age national or ethnic origin marital status family status disability genetic characteristics and a conviction for which a pardon has been granted.

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Required Experience :

Manager

Key Skills

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

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