Group Product Manager - In-Store Digital Media & ESL

Avery Dennison Corporation is a global materials science and digital identification solutions company. They are seeking a Group Product Manager to lead product strategy and execution for In-Store Digital Media and Electronic Shelf Labels, driving business outcomes and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities:

• Own product vision and roadmap for In-Store Digital Media and ESL product lines, with accountability for business outcomes including retailer adoption, brand revenue, and margin performance
• Define and track success metrics that connect product initiatives to business results, not just feature delivery
• Make prioritization decisions based on customer value and business impact, adjusting course as you learn what works
• Identify market adjacencies that expand the addressable market and develop effective product strategies to pursue them
• Conduct ongoing customer research, including weekly conversations with retailers, brands, and store operations teams
• Identify customer problems and opportunities through direct engagement, translating insights into product strategy
• Design and run experiments to validate product hypotheses before committing significant engineering resources
• Build evidence-based business cases for new initiatives, including market sizing and competitive positioning
• Lead, mentor, and develop product managers, with emphasis on building discovery capabilities and strategic thinking
• Foster a team culture focused on learning and outcomes rather than output volume
• Create clarity on goals and priorities while giving team members autonomy in how they achieve results
• Advance product management rigor and productivity across the team
• Partner with engineering and design as part of integrated product teams, collaborating on solutions rather than handing off requirements
• Work with sales, marketing, and customer success on go-to-market strategy, positioning, and sales enablement
• Partner with the commercial team to help drive client adoption of new products
• Communicate product strategy, progress, and learnings to executive leadership and stakeholders

Requirements:

• 8+ years of product management experience, including 3+ years leading or managing other product managers
• Demonstrated track record of delivering products that achieved measurable business outcomes
• Experience with B2B products, preferably in retail, media, advertising technology, or hardware/software solutions
• Strong customer research skills with experience conducting discovery interviews and translating insights into strategy
• Experience navigating ambiguous, early-stage product challenges where the path forward required experimentation
• Excellent communication skills, with ability to influence without authority across engineering, design, and commercial teams
• Customer-focused product leader who approaches problems from the customer's lens
• Experience with retail media networks, in-store technology, or shelf-edge solutions
• Background in two-sided marketplace or platform products serving both retailers and brands
• Experience with hardware/software integrated products or IoT deployments
• Familiarity with modern product discovery practices (e.g., opportunity solution trees, continuous discovery)
• Experience working with enterprise retail customers (grocery, mass merchandise, convenience)
• Experience working in a remote environment, with offshore contractors and/or in a global environment
• Understanding of the modern tech stack, cloud, and complex data systems
• Familiarity with AI applications and frameworks (LLMs, RAG, agents)