Product Manager - Electronic Shelf Labels

Avery Dennison; Arkansas; On-site; USD 119,000 - 159,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) Plan with employer match

Inclusive Care benefits

Medical Insurance options

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Avery Dennison is seeking a Product Manager for Electronic Shelf Labels (storeLink ESL) to own roadmap, optimize unit economics, and lead pilots across stores. You will collaborate with engineering, UX, sales, and operations to deliver a market-leading digital signage solution while reducing labor in store workflows.

The role emphasizes strategic pilots, data-driven decision making, and deep collaboration with retailers to scale enterprise-wide rollouts.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of product management experience with Electronic Shelf Labels
• Experience with hardware and software integrated products, IoT, or large-scale retail technology deployments
• Proven track record of building unit economics and business cases
• Practical use of AI in daily workflows, with ML/LLMs
• Deep understanding of retail operations, pricing systems, POS integration, and planogram management in grocery, drug, dollar, or mass retailers

Responsibilities

• Lead product discovery with engineering and UX teams, often directly in stores, to prove value and address viability risks before committing build capacity
• Own the storeLink ESL roadmap and ESL unit economics, analyzing per-store costs, labor savings, and margins to evaluate retailer customization requests against portfolio-wide lifetime value
• Design strategic pilots with explicit success and kill criteria, ensuring every major bet has a defined test date and stopping initiatives early when data requires a pivot
• Partner with sales, operations, legal, and hardware teams to influence roadmap decisions, build pricing models, and coordinate installation and support at a chain scale
• Cultivate high-trust relationships with retailers from initial pilot through long-term operation, positioning storeLink as the strongest, most labor-reducing ESL solution in the market

Skills

Product management

Product ownership

IoT deployments

Unit economics

AI in workflows

Retail operations

Hardware/Software integration

Job description

Why join Avery Dennison:

We are a global materials science and digital identification solutions company with locations in over 50 countries, and approximately 35,000 employees worldwide. As a science and innovation company, we believe that diverse teams are stronger teams. We are committed to fostering a culture of curiosity and courage, where you can grow your career with a company that has innovation in its DNA. Founded on creating real-world impact to enable a better future, we strive to provide an open, collaborative culture where diversity of thought is encouraged and respected. Hear from our employees about what it's like working at Avery Dennison. Learn more at www.averydennison.com.

Benefits:

At Avery Dennison, some of the great benefits we provide are:

• Inclusive Care: Expert, whole-health care regardless of gender identity.

• 401(k) Plan: You receive an automatic contribution of 3% of eligible pay (even if you contribute $0) plus a matching contribution of 50% on the first 7% of eligible pay you contribute.

• Medical Insurance: Avery Dennison offers the following medical insurance plan options to best meet your needs and shares your plan costs with you.

• Paid Time Off: We offer a generous vacation program that varies based upon your experience and position within Avery Dennison.

As a Product Manager - Electronic Shelf Labels, you will take ownership of the storeLink ESL roadmap, prioritizing features based on customer evidence and portfolio economics. The primary purpose of this role is to drive product evidence that converts early pilots into enterprise-wide rollouts while effectively reducing labor in high-effort store workflows. You will lead discovery efforts, define clear success criteria, and work collaboratively across engineering, UX, sales, and operations to ensure the delivery of a market-leading digital signage solution.

Key Responsibilities

Lead product discovery with engineering and UX teams, often directly in stores, to prove value and address viability risks before committing build capacity.

• Own the storeLink ESL roadmap and ESL unit economics, analyzing per-store costs, labor savings, and margins to evaluate retailer customization requests against portfolio-wide lifetime value.

• Design strategic pilots with explicit success and kill criteria, ensuring every major bet has a defined test date and stopping initiatives early when data requires a pivot.

• Partner with sales, operations, legal, and hardware teams to influence roadmap decisions, build pricing models, and coordinate installation and support at a chain scale.

• Cultivate high-trust relationships with retailers from initial pilot through long-term operation, positioning storeLink as the strongest, most labor-reducing ESL solution in the market.

• 4+ years of product management experience with Electronic Shelf Labels, including ownership of a product line accountable for critical business metrics like retention, conversion, or margin.

• Proven experience with hardware and software integrated products, IoT, or large-scale retail technology deployments involving enterprise customers and complex B2B deal cycles.

• Demonstrated track record of building unit economics and business cases, with the ability to confidently kill or pivot initiatives based on early data and stakeholder communication.

• Practical use of AI in daily workflows, with preferred experience shipping features built on machine learning, advanced statistics, or LLMs.

• Deep understanding of retail operations, pricing systems, POS integration, and planogram management, specifically within grocery, drug, dollar, or mass retailers.

The salary range for this position is $119,000 - $158,800 / year.

The hiring base salary range above represents what Avery Dennison reasonably expects to pay for this position as of the date of this posting. Actual salaries will vary within the range, and in some circumstances may be above or below the range, based on various factors including but not limited to a candidate’s relevant skills, experience, education and training, and location, as well as the job scope and complexity, responsibilities, and regular and/or necessary travel required for the position, which may change depending on the candidate pool. Avery Dennison reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Avery Dennison is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected status.

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