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Senior Director, Product Innovation

VideoJet
Wood Dale, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 10/1/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/30/2026

In this role, you will:

In this role, you will:

  • Leadthe creation of 5-year product roadmaps for products & solutions across all coding and marking technologies that align with Videojet's corporate strategy and balance risk for the business.
  • Drivedeep market insight and competitive analysis-including future scenario building-to anticipate industry changes and unmet customer needs over a 5-year horizon.
  • Communicateproduct innovation strategy and secure buy-in from the President and Vice Presidents at quarterly Strategic Innovation Review meetings.
  • Championcustomer-centric innovation by leveraging a team of Product Innovation Managers and User Experience teams to identify unmet customer needs and desired outcomes through extensive qualitative and quantitative customer and market research.
  • Buildcompelling new business cases around emerging opportunities and incorporate them into the product roadmap to support the company's 5-year-old growth targets.
  • Partnerwith the VP R&D, and engineering teams to define new product innovations, technology success criteria, roadmaps, and business opportunities.
  • Drivestrategic business partnerships with external providers of product innovations and evaluate third-party and open innovation partners to assure profitable business models.
  • Develop Standard Work for Customer Insights leveraging VES and other relevant tools
  • Ownthe team's primary financial metric-Incremental Pipeline Value from New Product Development-to achieve the company's 5-year forecasted growth targets.
  • Leadand develop a high-performing team of Product Innovation Managers and User Experience Team, set strategic direction, coaching for career growth, and cultivating a culture of bold innovation.
  • Contributeto and lead select Videojet strategic initiatives beyond the core product roadmap, in partnership with senior leadership.

What We're Looking For

Minimum Qualifications

These are the must-have requirements for the role:

  • Extensive experience in product management, product innovation, or product strategy within a B2B industrial technology, manufacturing, or hardware/software company.
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, Business, Marketing, or a related discipline.
  • Proven track record of building and delivering multi-year product roadmaps that generated measurable incremental revenue and drove competitive differentiation.
  • Demonstrated experience leading and developing high-performing product or innovation teams with direct people management responsibility.
  • Experience with market research methodologies, customer discovery, competitive landscape analysis, and executive-level business case development.
  • Demonstrated ability to influence and align stakeholders through compelling, data-driven strategy communication.

Preferred Qualifications

These are nice-to-have skills that will set candidates apart:

  • Experience in the coding, marking, printing, or industrial automation industry.
  • MBA or advanced degree in a business or technical discipline.
  • Background in open innovation, technology scouting, or strategic external partnership development.
  • Familiarity with stage-gate, lean innovation, or portfolio management frameworks.
  • Experience with financial modeling, NPV analysis, and ROI evaluation in a product development context.
  • Background working across global, matrixed organizational structures.

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US ONLY:

The below range reflects the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. An associate's position within the salary range will be based on several factors, including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, any collective bargaining agreements, and business or organizational needs.

The compensation range for this role is $200000 - $220000 USD per year.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.

US residents: In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

Veralto Corporation and all Veralto Companies are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law. We value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.

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We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us at applyassistance@veralto.com to request accommodation.

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We do not accept unsolicited assistance from any headhunters or recruitment firms for any of our job openings. All resumes or profiles submitted by search firms to any employee at any of the Veralto companies, in any form without a valid, signed search agreement in place for the specific position, approved by Talent Acquisition, will be deemed the sole property of Veralto and its companies. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Veralto and its companies because of the unsolicited referral.

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