Director of Product Management- Europe

Who We Are

On July 1, 2025, IPL Plastics merged with Schoeller Allibert to form IPL Schoeller (the ‘company’). The Company’s operations are split across North America (11 manufacturing plants) and Europe (16 manufacturing plants).

The company is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. IPL Schoeller is a leading manufacturer of sustainable rigid packaging solutions across a range of end market segments including returnable transit packaging, consumer and industrial packaging, environmental containers and agricultural packaging. The company employs c.4,100 employees across North America (1,600 employees) and Europe (2,500 employees.)

The role

IPL Schoeller is seeking a Director of Product Management – Europe to lead our regional product strategy, portfolio roadmap, and product management capability. Reporting to the VP Europe Commercial, this role will play a critical part in driving profitable growth by translating market insights, customer needs, and business priorities into winning product strategies and portfolio decisions.

This is a highly visible leadership role that partners closely with Commercial, Innovation, Engineering, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, Sustainability, Finance, and Pricing teams to optimize our product portfolio and deliver long-term value for customers and the business.

This role will be HYBRID and can be based at any of our Europe locations

What You'll Do

• Define and execute the European product strategy, portfolio architecture, and multi-year product roadmap.

• Lead portfolio governance, product lifecycle management, and investment prioritization decisions.

• Identify opportunities to grow, optimize, standardize, rationalize, or exit products based on market and business performance.

• Translate customer, competitor, sustainability, and regulatory insights into product requirements and roadmap priorities.

• Partner with regional commercial leaders to capture market intelligence and support strategic growth initiatives.

• Lead cross-functional product and portfolio governance processes, including new product introductions and product lifecycle reviews.

• Develop robust business cases that evaluate market opportunity, customer value, profitability, investment requirements, and risk.

• Collaborate with Innovation, Engineering, Operations, and Quality teams to bring customer-focused solutions to market.

• Drive product marketing, value proposition development, product launches, and sales enablement programs.

• Strengthen value-based pricing, portfolio profitability, and product performance measurement.

• Lead, coach, and develop the Product Management team, including Product Marketing and Product Technical Managers.

What We're Looking For

• Significant leadership experience in Product Management, Portfolio Management, Category Management, Commercial Innovation, or a related discipline.

• Experience within B2B manufacturing, industrial products, packaging, reusable transport packaging (RTP), or related sectors.

• Proven success developing product strategies, managing complex portfolios, and building multi-year product roadmaps.

• Strong understanding of product lifecycle management, portfolio optimization, new product introduction, and product rationalization.

• Demonstrated ability to develop business cases and make data-driven investment decisions.

• Experience translating customer and market needs into commercially viable product solutions.

• Strong cross-functional leadership skills with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.

• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams, including Product Marketing and Technical Product professionals.

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Engineering, Product Management, or a related field preferred. MBA or advanced degree is an asset.

If you have the above experience and are looking for a role where you can make a real difference, apply today to find out more!