Vice President, Product Excellence

Vontier Corporation; Jefferson City (MO); On-site; USD 200,000 - 290,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) with match

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Job summary

Vontier is establishing a Center of Excellence for product management, engineering, and product marketing. The Vice President, Product Excellence will lead this COE, coordinating with CPO/CTO leaders to set common standards, tools, and talent practices across businesses.

The role emphasizes a lean corporate team and influence-based leadership to raise product rigor enterprise-wide. The ideal candidate has 12–15+ years in product leadership, a track record of scaling enterprise functions, and

Qualifications

• 12–15+ years of progressive experience in product management, engineering, or product marketing leadership.
• Track record of building and scaling an enterprise center of excellence or shared-services function.
• Deep fluency in roadmapping, portfolio strategy, NPI/stage-gate processes, pricing, and VOC programs.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the enterprise product operating system and governance cadence.
• Partner with CPOs/CTOs to ensure roadmaps and portfolio decisions are data-driven and aligned to strategy.
• Maintain tools, templates, and metrics that enable decision-ready product line reviews across units.
• Lead through influence with senior leaders who are not direct reports.

Skills

Enterprise product leadership

Influence without authority

Industrial technology

Multi-business leadership

Education

Bachelor's in engineering or business

MBA or advanced degree preferred

Six Sigma certification

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 businesses and functional leaders to define enterprise standards for product quality, reliability, and field performance, and stand-up consistent mechanisms to track them across business units.
• · Partner with engineering and operations leaders to help close the loop between customer-reported issues, field performance data, and the product roadmap.
• · Support continuous improvement programs that reduce quality escapes and improve time-to-resolution on critical issues.

Engineering Excellence

• · Partner with engineering leaders across the portfolio to raise the bar on technical practices, including architecture governance, development methodology, and NPD execution discipline.
• · Champion the responsible use of AI across the technical organizations, sharing of engineering best practices, platforms, and reusable technology across businesses to accelerate delivery and reduce duplicate investment (in partnership with the Vontier Business System team).

Product Marketing Excellence

• · Establish enterprise standards for positioning, launch readiness, and go-to-market rigor, so new products launch with clear outcomes, narratives, pricing rationale, and competitive point of view.
• · Partner with product marketing leaders on win/loss programs and competitive intelligence that feed directly into portfolio strategy and roadmap decisions across the company.
• · Support positioning Vontier as a leader in Innovation through product related narratives and proof points.

Capability Building & Talent Development

• · Design and deliver a maturity model, training curriculum, and career framework for product & talent (and adjacent engineering and marketing disciplines) aligned to product standard work across Vontier.
• · Identify, develop, and coach high-potential product leaders across the portfolio to build the enterprise's bench strength in product leadership.
• · Create communities of practice that connect practitioners across businesses to share what's working and accelerate adoption of best practices.

COE Leadership & Enterprise Partnership

• · Lead a lean, high-leverage corporate team while operating primarily through influence with operating company leaders.
• · Report enterprise-level portfolio health and progress to the Chief Innovation and Growth Officer and executive leadership, including through the quarterly and annual product line review cadence.
• · Represent product, engineering, and product marketing excellence in enterprise strategy, M&A integration, and investment planning discussions.

Required Skills / Qualifications / Certifications / Tech Stack

Required

• · 12–15+ years of progressive experience in product management, engineering, or product marketing leadership, including experience operating at a multi-business-unit or enterprise level.
• · A track record of building and scaling a center of excellence, shared-services function, or enterprise standard/playbook across a multi-business organization.
• · Deep fluency in product management disciplines: roadmapping, portfolio strategy, NPI/stage-gate process, pricing, and voice-of-customer programs.
• · Demonstrated ability to lead through influence with senior operating company leaders who are not direct reports.
• · Experience in industrial technology, manufacturing, or a related B2B hardware/software environment.
• · Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, or a related field; MBA or other advanced degree preferred.
• · Willingness to travel regularly (30–40%) across a global operating company portfolio.

Preferred

• · Experience building enterprise functions from scratch inside a private-equity-owned or recently spun-off industrial company.
• · Familiarity with connected/IoT products and multi-energy or mobility end markets.
• · Background or certification in Six Sigma, quality systems, or engineering excellence.

Outcomes and Deliverables

• · Every business runs a consistent, decision-ready product line review on a common template and cadence.
• · Improved NPD funnel throughput, velocity and on-time launch rates across the portfolio.
• · Measurable improvement in product quality and field performance metrics, with a documented reduction in quality escapes.
• · Top-line and bottom line growth tied to innovation across the organization
• · Rising customer experience and VOC scores, with a clear, working feedback loop into roadmaps.
• · A growing, visible bench of product leadership talent, evidenced by internal mobility and succession readiness.

Competencies

• · Executive presence and the ability to influence without authority across a decentralized portfolio.
• · A builder mindset — comfortable standing up a new function, lean team, and enterprise standard from a blank page.
• · Balances enterprise standardization with respect for each operating company's market and customer context.
• · Data-driven decision-making paired with strong storytelling and executive communication skills.

For this specific role, you may be eligible to participate in annual and long-term incentive plans.

For this specific role, you may be eligible to participate in an annual bonus plan.

Vontier partners with you and your family on your health and wellness journey. Visit VontierBenefits.com to view our benefits. We offer a premium suite of health and wellness programs for you and your family, including medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance. With programs for family planning from Maven Clinic to managing diabetes like Livongo, coverage for women's health, support for adult and elder care, paid parental leave, a generous 401(k) plan with matching company contributions, and more. Vontier is here for all stages of life. We also offer paid time off up to 15 days, 13 paid holidays (including 3 floating holidays) per year and paid sick leave.*

Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Sick leave amount may vary based on state or local laws applicable to the applicant’s geographic location. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

WHO IS VONTIER

Vontier(NYSE: VNT) is a global technology company powering the way the world moves. We empower businesses in the transport sector to adapt to a fast-changing landscape by uniting productivity,automationand multi-energy technologies.

Our smart, connected solutions serve roadside convenience retail stores, fleet operators, and auto repair technicians. From integrated payments and EV charging software to carwash technology and retail automation, we help customers stay productive and prepared for a rapidly evolving industry.

With decades of expertise and a balanced portfolio, Vontier enables businesses to navigate complexity, unlock growth, and build a cleaner, safer future. Driven by continuous improvement and the dedication of Team Vontier, we empower businesses to think bigger, act boldly, and thrive on the road ahead. Learn more at www.vontier.com

At Vontier, we empower you to steer your career in the direction of success with a dynamic, innovative, and inclusive environment.

Our commitment to personal growth, work-life balance, and collaboration fuels a culture where your contributions drive meaningful change. We provide the roadmap for continuous learning, allowing creativity to flourish and ideas to accelerate into impactful solutions that contribute to a sustainable future.

Join our community of passionate people working together to navigate challenges and seize new opportunities. At Vontier, you are not on this journey alone, we are committed to equipping you with the tools and support you need to fuel your innovation, lead with impact, and thrive both personally and professionally.

Together, let’s power the way the world moves!

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