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Director, Product Center of Excellence

Date: May 7, 2026

Location: Charlotte, NC, US, 28216 Painted Post, NY, US, 14870

Company: Corning

Requisition Number: 74317

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The global Information Technology (IT) Function is leading efforts to align IT and Business Strategy, leverage IT investments, and optimize end to end business processes and associated information integration technologies. Through these efforts, IT helps to improve the competitive position of Corning's businesses through IT enabled processes. IT also delivers Information Technology applications, infrastructure, and project services in a cost efficient manner to Corning worldwide.

Role Purpose

This critical leadership role will lead the transformation of Digital & Information Technology (D&IT) from a project-delivery model to a product operating model. As Director, Product Management Office, you will build and scale the Product Management Office and serve as the Product Management Center of Excellence (PM COE) Ownerestablishing the standards, governance, and capabilities required to manage durable products, value streams, and roadmaps that deliver measurable business outcomes. As the PM CoE Owner, you will define and uphold product management standards, playbooks, and capability-building programs, while partnering with D&IT and business leaders to shift ways of working (intake, prioritization, funding, delivery, and measurement) toward outcome-based product management. The role will own and actively manage the product portfolio for all Employee Experience products, with a strong focus on our modernized intranet (Cobalt) and proprietary employee chatbot (Little Joe). Working closely with cross-functional stakeholders, the position will ensure our solutions deliver maximum value, user satisfaction, and measurable business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish Product Management Framework: Develop and roll out a standardized product management methodology, including processes, tools, and governance for D&IT. Create tools and resources to support product managers and foster a culture of product excellence. Drive alignment between product, engineering, design, and business teams; champion agile, iterative approaches.
• Lead the Project-to-Product Transformation: Partner with D&IT and business leaders to design and implement a product operating model (product taxonomy, ownership, decision rights, and governance). Evolve intake and prioritization to focus on value, outcomes, and capacity; reduce project handoffs and increase product continuity. Define portfolio and product-level metrics (OKRs/KPIs), benefits realization, and continuous improvement mechanisms.
• Product Management Center of Excellence (PM COE) Ownership: Serve as the organizational owner of the PM COE, setting the vision, strategy, and roadmap for product management excellence. Define, document, and continuously improve product management standards, playbooks, templates, and training curriculums. Lead capability-building programs, certifications, and communities of practice to elevate product management skills across the organization. Foster a culture of innovation, shared learning, and continuous improvement among all product teams.
• Portfolio Leadership: Own the strategy, vision, and portfolio management for Employee Experience products, including Cobalt intranet and Little Joe chatbot. Oversee product lifecycle from ideation through sunset, including roadmaps, prioritization, and resourcing. Define product KPIs, measure success, and optimize investments across the portfolio.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate with business stakeholders, HR, communications, and IT leads to ensure products meet evolving employee needs. Listen to employees and partner to capture feedback, pain points, and new feature ideas. Communicate product performance, plans, and impact at executive and operational levels.
• Team Building & Management: Lead, mentor, and develop a team of product managers; inspire and grow internal product management capabilities. Foster a results-oriented and innovative team culture.
• Continuous Improvement & Thought Leadership: Stay current with industry best practices, trends, and technologies in employee experience, product management, and digital workplace solutions. Advocate for user-centric design, experimentation, and data-driven decision making.

Experiences/Education - Required

Bachelor's degree in business, technology, design, or related field. 7+ years' experience in product management, including leadership of digital product portfolios. Demonstrated experience establishing or transforming product management offices/centers of excellence and enabling a shift from project delivery to a product operating model (portfolio governance, roadmapping, and outcome-based measurement). Expertise in employee experience solutions, intranets, chatbots, and enterprise software platforms preferred. Proven ability to drive adoption of best practices, lead organizational change, and build product management capabilities. Exceptional communication, stakeholder engagement, and people leadership skills.

Experiences/Education - Desired

Masters Degree preferred. Analytical and strategic thinker with a bias for action and results.

This position does not support immigration sponsorship. The range for this position is $194,764.00 - $267,801.00 assuming full time status. Starting pay for the successful applicant is dependent on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, market demands, experience, training, and education.

A job that shapes a life. Corning offers you the total package. Your well-being is our priority. Our compensation and benefits package supports your health and wellness, financial aspirations, and career from day one. Company-wide bonuses and long-term incentives align with key business results and ensure you are rewarded when the company performs well. When Corning wins, we all win. As part of our commitment to your financial well-being, we provide a 100% company-paid pension benefit with fixed contributions that grow throughout your career. Combined with matching contributions to your 401(k) savings plan, Corning's total contributions to your retirement accounts can reach between 7% and 12% of your pay, depending on your age and years of service. Our health and well-being benefits include medical, dental, vision, paid parental leave, family building support, fitness, company-paid life insurance, disability, disease management programs, paid time off, and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to support you and your family.

Getting paid for our work is important, but feeling appreciated and recognized for those contributions motivates us much more. That's why Corning offers a recognition program to celebrate successes and reward colleagues who make exceptional contributions. We prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender, age, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. To request an accommodation, please contact us at accommodations@corning.com.