Product Lead, Pet Care

About The Role
As Product Lead, Pet Care, you will be the driving force behind the success of our Pet propositions — ensuring exceptional consumer experiences and strong business results. You will represent the voice of the consumer across the full end-to-end product development journey: from shaping the value proposition and defining product specifications, to guiding development and managing lifecycle decisions.

Our current Pet Care portfolio includes pet feeders, pet fountains, and other digitally enabled Pet Care propositions within our Home Care Product Division.

While our Marketing team defines "where to play," you will answer the critical question of "how to win" — turning insights and opportunities into winning product propositions.

This role is looking after the full product lifecycle — from shaping the value proposition and overseeing development, to launching products that delight consumers with performance, quality, and reliability. Post-launch, you are responsible for tracking product performance and leading corrective actions to continuously improve consumer satisfaction and project delivery.

You contribute to portfolio simplification and complexity reduction to support VCP (Value Creation Plan) targets, and ensure every product within your scope delivers value — both to the business and to the end user.

Reporting to the Head of Product, Home Care, you are a key driver of cross-functional execution — working closely with Project Managers, R&D, Operations, and Marketing to ensure innovation projects are delivered on time, at quality, and in line with strategic priorities.

Key Responsibilities
The impact you'll make:

• Translate the Product Category Strategy into product value proposition and actionable product project specifications. Act as the category expert by understanding consumer insights, competitors, identifying gaps, and enhancing product competitiveness.
• Contribute to the development of compelling, consumer-centric value propositions by working closely with Marketing to synthesize inputs on "where to play," consumer insights, market potential, and claims into clear, differentiated product concepts.
• Drive Business Case development to assess commercial impact (Sales, ROI, IGM%) and optimize the product mix, including SKU count and pricing strategy.
• Act as the voice of the consumer throughout product development, teaming with the Project Leader (who oversees project execution through +6/8 months post-launch) and collaborating with the product research centre, design and other departments, to implement validation testing for consumer satisfaction and acceptance.
• Drive post-launch feedback loops, coordinating closely with Sales Units, Consumer Care, Quality, and Marketing to analyse Ratings & Reviews, Voice of Consumer (VoC), and service data. Use insights to define and implement corrective actions that improve satisfaction and performance.
• Contribute to lifecycle management (LCM) by working with the Innovation & Development team on range improvements, extensions, and market animations; with Supply to plan end-of-life; and with Cost-improvement Project Leads to drive margin improvement initiatives (IGM%).

The Skills And Knowledge You'll Bring

• 8+ years of experience in product management or a related role, ideally within a consumer-focused or technology-driven environment
• Proven track record in managing complex projects — including budgets, timelines, risks, and cross-functional coordination
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business, Engineering, or a related field
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to prioritize effectively in dynamic environments
• Excellent communicator and collaborator, comfortable influencing across functions and aligning diverse teams around shared goal

What We'll Give You In Return

• Internationally competitive base salary | benchmarked against global industry and market leaders
• Performance-based Annual Incentive Program | rewarding those who dare and achieve more
• Top of the market pension scheme | with higher-than-average company contributions
• Work from home, commuting and phone allowances | to support your daily commute, home office setup & business connectivity
• Hybrid working model | effectively combining working from the office & home, depending on team dynamics and personal needs
• Working from abroad | for up to 30 days per year, supporting our many international colleagues as well as travel enthusiasts
• Extensive holiday package | additional care and development days, extensive maternity / paternity leave & possibility to purchase days
• Bicycle Plan | possibility to select a company bicycle for daily commute along with accessories & insurance
• Health Insurance Discount | when signing up with our partner insurance
• Gym Membership Discount | to support your focus on health and wellbeing
• Product Discounts | on all Versuni products which are sold under the Philips brand and our other brands
• High growth environment | offering exciting learning and career development perspectives beyond your first role
• Inclusive working culture and family spirit | we embrace our international community & diversity as competitive advantage

Ready to make an impact?

From developing game-changing air fryers to perfecting the art of coffee making, Versuni's purpose is turning houses into homes — and we're calling on your talent to bring it to life. Join our global team of 6,000+ passionate individuals, work with world-class brands, and shape the future of home living. We're ready for you — are you ready for us?