Director, Global Product Management - Mobility Coatings

Job Title: Director, Global Product Management - Mobility Coatings

Job Summary: The Director of Product Management is responsible for leading Axalta's Global Mobility coatings platform strategy. This role oversees a team of Global Product Managers (GPMs) and drives cohesive product roadmaps across market segments and resin systems. The Director ensures alignment with global margin and complexity targets and provides directional leadership on platform-level profitability. This role leads global product platform performance by driving improvements in margin, cost, mix, and complexity through roadmap strategy, innovation governance, and lifecycle oversight.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Roadmap Leadership

• Lead the development and integration of global product roadmaps across mobility segments (LV, CV, APC) and coating layers (basecoat, clearcoat, primer, e-coat)
• Align roadmaps with resin systems, market demands, and sustainability targets
• Govern platform transitions and generation planning

Innovation Investment Guidance

• Guide portfolio prioritization and innovation resource allocation across New Product Platforms (NPP) initiatives
• Facilitate business case development for new initiatives with GPMs and regional leadership
• Rank and recommend projects based on value and strategic fit

Product Lifecycle Management

• Influence regional execution through global platform economics: margin, complexity, volume, cost
• Drive resin rationalization, platform simplification, and phased sunsetting of legacy systems
• Define global platform strategies in partnership with technical and operations teams

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Manage and develop GPMs, ensuring strong road mapping, stakeholder engagement, and business case acumen
• Partner with R&D, operations, marketing, and commercial leaders to ensure execution feasibility and platform ROI
• Represent product platforms in quarterly innovation investment reviews and business leadership meetings

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Business, or related field; Master’s degree preferred
• Minimum 10 years of experience in product/platform management or innovation leadership roles
• Strong understanding of resin systems, coatings platforms, and mobility market segmentation
• Proven ability to lead global cross-functional teams and influence without direct P&L control
• Experience managing innovation investment processes and Stage-Gate governance
• Excellent analytical, communication, and strategic planning skills
• Travel: approx. 30% global travel required to support regional alignment, gate reviews, and roadmap execution.

Our Company:

Axalta has remained at the forefront of the coatings industry by continually investing in innovative solutions. We engineer technologies that protect customers’ products – whether they are battling heat, light, corrosion, abrasion, moisture, or chemicals – and add dimension and beauty with colorful finishes. We have a vast and ever-evolving portfolio of brands primed to play an important part in everything from modernizing infrastructure around the world to enabling the next generation of electric and autonomous vehicles.  

 

Axalta operates its business in two segments: Performance Coatings and Mobility Coatings, which serve four end markets, including Refinish, Industrial, Light Vehicle and Commercial Vehicle, across North America, EMEA, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. Our diverse global footprint allows us to deliver solutions in over 140+ countries and coat 30 million vehicles per year. We’ve recently set an exciting 2040 carbon neutrality goal, in addition to 10 other sustainability initiatives, and we take pride in working with our customers to optimize their businesses and achieve their goals.

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