Vice President, Product Excellence

Vontier Corporation; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Vontier is establishing a new Center of Excellence spanning Product Management, Engineering, and Product Marketing to raise rigor and consistency in how our operating companies plan, build, launch, and support products. The Vice President, Product Excellence will lead this COE, reporting to the Chief Innovation and Growth Officer.

This builder role requires a player-coach approach, standing up a lean corporate team and influencing across businesses to set common standards, tools, and talent

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve Vontier's enterprise product operating system — roadmapping, portfolio governance, stage-gate/agile NPD process, and the quarterly and annual product line review cadence — so every business plans and reports to a common standard.
• Partner with business CPOs/product leaders to ensure roadmaps, investment cases, and portfolio architecture decisions are rigorous, data-driven, and explicitly tied to enterprise strategy.
• Maintain the shared tools, templates, and metrics (NPD funnel health, portfolio financial bridges, win/loss discipline, pricing and cost analysis) that make product line reviews a forum for decisions, not just reporting.
• Act as the bridge between the product teams in the business and the corporate teams to ensure alignment and support.

Job description

Vontier is establishing a new enterprise-level Center of Excellence (COE) spanning Product Management, Engineering, and Product Marketing to raise the rigor and consistency of how our operating companies plan, build, launch, and support products. The Vice President, Product Excellence will lead this COE, reporting to the Chief Innovation and Growth Officer.

This is a builder role and need to be a player coach as the enterprise team comes together. The VP will stand up a lean, high-leverage corporate team and operate largely through influence — partnering with CPO/product management, CTO/engineering, and product marketing leaders across the businesses (who are not direct reports) to establish common standards, tools, and talent practices, while respecting each business’s unique markets and customers. Success looks like every business across Vontier running a disciplined, decision-ready product line review cadence, a healthier NPD funnel, improving quality and customer experience metrics, and a deeper bench of product leadership talent across the enterprise.

Responsibilities

Product Management Practice & Rigor

• Own and evolve Vontier's enterprise product operating system — roadmapping, portfolio governance, stage-gate/agile NPD process, and the quarterly and annual product line review cadence — so every business plans and reports to a common standard.
• Partner with business CPOs/product leaders to ensure roadmaps, investment cases, and portfolio architecture decisions are rigorous, data-driven, and explicitly tied to enterprise strategy.
• Maintain the shared tools, templates, and metrics (NPD funnel health, portfolio financial bridges, win/loss discipline, pricing and cost analysis) that make product line reviews a forum for decisions, not just reporting.
• Act as the bridge between the product teams in the business and the corporate teams to ensure alignment and support.

Product Quality & Performance

• Partner with the