Associate Product Manager

Interested in a career that matters?

Are you passionate about bringing structure, insight, and collaboration together to drive business impact on a global scale? As an Associate Product Manager at Novonesis, you will join a team of experienced Product Managers responsible for managing product portfolios that support customers and operations around the world. This role offers the opportunity to develop broad business knowledge while working across functions, regions, and cultures to ensure profitable, reliable, and compliant portfolio management.

You will be part of a highly collaborative Product Management organization where teamwork, ownership, and continuous improvement are central to how we work. Together, the team drives lifecycle decisions, portfolio optimization, supply reliability, compliance, and long-term business success.

The Role & Your Impact

As Associate Product Manager, you will independently manage defined areas of a global product portfolio while partnering closely with Product Managers and cross-functional Product Management Teams. This is a globally focused role with a strong emphasis on execution, coordination, analysis, and stakeholder collaboration. You will help ensure portfolio activities are completed efficiently while supporting commercial, operational, quality, and regulatory objectives.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Collaborating with Product Managers, sales teams, key accounts, and cross-functional stakeholders to gather insights, resolve product-related challenges, and support portfolio priorities.
• Serving as the primary contact for North American regional matters, including production-related cases, while ensuring visibility through Salesforce case management.
• Coordinating defined Product Management Team activities and helping facilitate PMT meetings across multiple functions and regions.
• Following up on actions and coordinating inputs from Supply & Planning, Product Support, Quality, Regulatory, Product Development & Application, Product Marketing, and other stakeholders.
• Assisting with and occasionally leading PMT meetings, documenting decisions, tracking actions, and supporting continuous improvement of product management processes and ways of working.
• Escalating risks, issues, and decisions outside the agreed mandate to the Product Manager or Head of Product Management when appropriate.

What You'll Need to Be Successful

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science, Business, or another relevant technical or commercial discipline. Master’s Degree preferred.
• Typically 3-6 years of relevant experience in Product Management, Portfolio Management, Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, Regulatory Affairs, Marketing, or a related area.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to work confidently with data.
• Experience preparing business analyses, presentations, and follow-up materials.
• Professional proficiency in English.
• Structured and dependable approach with excellent attention to detail.
• Strong collaboration and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Ability to build alignment and influence through facts, preparation, and follow-through.
• Global mindset and ability to work effectively across cultures and matrix organizations.

Additional Skills & Interests We Value

While not required, the following qualifications would be considered beneficial:

• Experience gained through internships, graduate programs, or rotational assignments in relevant business functions.
• Knowledge of portfolio management processes and lifecycle management.
• Familiarity with Salesforce or similar business systems.
• Curiosity for complex business challenges and a passion for continuous learning.
• Experience working in global organizations with cross-functional teams.

What We Offer

At Novonesis, you will have the opportunity to grow your career in a globally connected organization where innovation and collaboration create meaningful impact. You will work alongside experienced Product Managers and specialists who are committed to sharing knowledge and developing future talent.

We offer:

• Exposure to a global product portfolio and international stakeholders.
• Opportunities to develop product management and business leadership capabilities.
• A collaborative and supportive team environment.
• Meaningful work contributing to customer success, operational excellence, and sustainable business growth.
• Professional development opportunities in a dynamic international organization.

Ways of Working

• Hybrid working model with an office-first approach.
• Opportunity to work remotely up to two days per week.
• Flexibility in working hours to support collaboration across global time zones.
• International travel should be expected as part of the role.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base Salary: $80,000-$110,000 based on experience
• 401(k) with up to a 9% company contribution
• Minimum of 3 weeks of vacation plus 12 holidays and 2 weeks of Wellness Time 
• Health, Dental, Vision & Life insurance  
• Healthcare savings account option
• Employee assistance program 
• Parental leave
• Tuition reimbursement 
• All benefits begin on your first day

Relevant Information

Location: Wausau, Wisconsin, USA

Application Deadline: 10/30/26

Our purpose guides the way

In Novonesis, we know that solutions rooted in biology can help solve humanity’s biggest challenges. Since we began more than a century ago, this has been our guide. It’s how we've gotten so far. And it’s how we'll impact the future. Now, more than ever, the world needs change. And with biosolutions, the possibilities for transformation are endless. If our purpose resonates with you, we encourage you to apply.

Opportunities for everyone

We are committed to an inclusive recruitment process and equal opportunity for all applicants. Therefore we ask you to apply without a cover letter or photo and instead include a few sentences in your CV explaining your motivation for applying.

We make all employment decisions based on business needs and welcome candidates with a wide range of backgrounds, including ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status.

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Our History

In 2024, Chr. Hansen and Novozymes joined forces to form Novonesis.

We are 10,000 people worldwide whose expertise spans more than 30 different industries. All around the world our biosolutions already create value for thousands of customers and benefit the planet. Our biosolutions enable feeding and fueling the world more sustainably, from healthy and sustainable nutrition to biofuel. Our biosolutions also reduce the use of fossil-based resources, chemicals, energy and water. And this is just the beginning.