Product Operations Lead
Posted 30 Sep 2026
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- Expected experience
- 10+ yrs
- Management level
- People management
- Employment
- Hybrid
No salary listed for this role.
Field of studyBusiness, Data Analytics, Engineering, Marketing, Operations (or related)
Study levelBachelor's
CertificationsMaster of Business Administration
Field of studyBusiness, Engineering Management, Product Management (or related)
Study levelMaster's
We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Lead Product Operations Manager to oversee the operational aspects of our product portfolio. In this role, you will lead a team responsible for managing the end-to-end lifecycle of our products, optimizing processes, and driving successful product launches. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in operations management, excellent leadership skills, and a passion for driving excellence in product operations.
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
Product and NPI execution
• Lead and coordinate Product Operations activities across ideation, discovery, development, launch readiness, commercialization, and post-launch reviews.
• Improve the quality and consistency of NPI deliverables, including discovery outputs, Voice of Customer evidence, value propositions, business cases, launch plans, and readiness reviews.
• Establish and maintain milestone, risk, dependency, and action tracking for priority NPI programs.
• Facilitate cross-functional working sessions, clearly documenting decisions, owners, due dates, and escalations.
• Monitor NPI performance and generate actionable insights to improve launch quality, predictability, adoption, and commercial execution.
• Support root-cause and corrective-action activities for delayed, underperforming, or at-risk offerings.
Process governance and operational excellence
• Deploy and sustain Honeywell Accelerator Global Design Models and associated governance routines.
• Drive adherence to standard work while identifying opportunities to simplify processes, eliminate duplication, and reduce administrative burden for Offering and Portfolio Managers.
• Build repeatable intake, prioritization, governance, documentation, and escalation mechanisms.
• Partner with process owners and subject-matter experts to resolve gaps across tools, workflows, roles, and decision rights.
• Identify and implement practical automation, AI, reporting, and workflow improvements that increase team productivity and data quality.
• Create reusable job aids, templates, training materials, and best-practice resources.
Portfolio and lifecycle operations
• Support portfolio-review cadences by consolidating data, validating inputs, preparing decision materials, and tracking agreed actions.
• Enable portfolio roadmap execution and maintain the operational data needed for product and offering decisions.
• Translate product, market, customer, financial, and operational data into clear recommendations for leadership.