MES Product Management Lead
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Job Summary
AVEVA is creating software trusted by over 90% of leading industrial companies.
Job Title:MES Product Management Lead
Location: Cambridge UK / All of EMEA
Employment Type: Full time
About the Role
AVEVA is transforming how industrial operations are managed and Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) sit at the heart of that transformation.
As MES Product Management Lead you will own and shape the future of AVEVAs MES product line leading the strategic evolution toward a next-generation cloud-connected MES platform built on AVEVA CONNECT.
This is a high-impact leadership role at the intersection of product strategy customer engagement and commercial positioning. You will set the vision lead a team of Product Managers and act as the primary decision-maker for the MES roadmap working closely with Sales Customer Success Implementation and executive stakeholders across a global organisation.
What Youll Do
Product Strategy & Roadmap
- Define the long-term vision and roadmap for AVEVAs MES portfolio keeping customer needs and business value at the centre of all decisions.
- Lead and mentor a team of MES Product Managers ensuring coordinated delivery against the overall product vision.
- Partner with the broader platform team to define MES-specific use cases and capabilities that integrate into AVEVAs hybrid cloud ecosystem.
- Align MES strategy with the global Professional Services organisation to ensure product capabilities directly support customer implementation needs.
Customer Engagement & Market Insight
- Lead MES customer advisory boards user forums and product councils capturing structured feedback and translating it into actionable roadmap inputs.
- Collaborate with Sales and Professional Services to align on customer-facing events and ensure consistent product messaging.
Commercial & Competitive Positioning
- Define how AVEVA MES is positioned in the market including messaging differentiation and competitive strategy across both standalone and hybrid deployment scenarios.
- Partner with the Business Development and Sales organisations to support go-to-market initiatives and key customer conversations.
Stakeholder Leadership & Decision-Making
- Build strong alignment across Sales Professional Services Pre-Sales and other Product leadership teams to enable seamless workflows across product boundaries.
- Serve as the single point of ownership for the MES roadmap making and defending key product decisions with clarity and confidence.
What Were Looking For
- 7 years of product management or solutions management experience with a strong track record in Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES).
- Demonstrated ability to define long-term product strategy multi-release roadmaps and platform migration journeys particularly transitions from on-premise or legacy environments to cloud or hybrid architectures.
- Deep knowledge of MES functional domains: production execution scheduling inventory management quality management work instruction workflows and system integrations.
- Proven ability to translate input from Sales Pre-Sales and implementation teams into concrete product decisions and roadmap priorities.
- Experience operating effectively in a matrixed global organisation aligning diverse stakeholders resolving competing priorities and driving decisions in ambiguous environments.
- Outstanding communication and presentation skills with the ability to engage technical teams customers and senior leadership with equal confidence.
UK Benefits include:
Flexible benefits fund emergency leave days adoption leave 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) pension life cover private medical insurance parental leave education assistance program.
Its possible were hiring for this position in multiple countries in which case the above benefits apply to the primary location. Specific benefits vary by country but our packages are similarly comprehensive.
Find out more: working
We work in a hybrid way at AVEVA. Most roles are based at a local AVEVA office with an expectation of being on-site 50% of your working hours to support collaboration and connection. Some positions are fully office-based depending on the nature of the work and certain roles that support specific customers or markets may be remote. The working arrangement for this position will be confirmed during the hiring process.
Hiring process
Interested Great! Get started by submitting your cover letter and CV through our application portal. AVEVA is committed to recruiting and retaining people with disabilities. Please let us know in advance if you need reasonable support during your application process.
Find out more: AVEVA
AVEVA is a global leader in industrial software with more than 6500 employees in over 40 countries. Our cutting-edge solutions are used by thousands of enterprises to deliver the essentials of life such as energy infrastructure chemicals and minerals safely efficiently and more sustainably.
We are committed to embedding sustainability and inclusion into our operations our culture and our core business strategy. Learn more about how we are progressing against our ambitious 2030 targets: out more: requires all successful applicants to undergo and pass a drug screening and comprehensive background check before they start employment. Background checks will be conducted in accordance with local laws and may subject to those laws include proof of educational attainment employment history verification proof of work authorization criminal records identity verification credit check. Certain positions dealing with sensitive and/or third-party personal data may involve additional background check criteria.
AVEVA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to being an exemplary employer with an inclusive culture developing a workplace environment where all our employees are treated with dignity and respect. We value diversity and the expertise that people from different backgrounds bring to our business. AVEVA provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process please notify your recruiter. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.
About Company
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