Head of Product Management & Portfolio

What you'll do: As Head of Product Management and Portfolio based in Singapore, you will play an instrumental role in shaping how products are managed from conception through delivery to ongoing evolution. • You will be responsible for designing, stewarding, and evolving the product management operating model including lifecycle governance and capability development to ensure best-in-class standards across the entire portfolio. • You will establish robust product management standards, practices, and tools that enable consistent execution across all products while integrating seamlessly with Marketing, Technology, Sales, Buying, and Commercial systems. • You will develop and translate product strategy into actionable portfolio investment decisions supported by clear governance frameworks that balance strategic growth with optimisation initiatives. • You will create mechanisms that make trade-offs explicit between innovation investments and near-term market responsiveness while ensuring portfolio composition aligns with enterprise priorities. • You will oversee the coherence and prioritisation of product roadmaps across the portfolio by leveraging market insights, customer needs analysis, technical dependencies assessment, and economic value evaluation. • You will implement prioritisation frameworks that balance customer impact with business value while maintaining transparency through effective communication with stakeholders. • You will ensure the integrity and application of market, customer, and usage insights across all product decisions by systematically capturing feedback loops connecting customer outcomes to ongoing product evolution. • You will develop deep understanding of competitor products to inform strategic pivots as well as maintain pricing architecture responsive to competitive shifts while safeguarding margin integrity. • You will monitor product-level economics closely adjusting pricing or packaging as needed to optimise financial performance at the portfolio level. • You will establish frameworks tracking adoption rates, utilisation metrics, retention figures, and overall customer value realisation ensuring continuous improvement based on data-driven insights. What you bring: To excel as Head of Product Management and Portfolio you bring substantial experience overseeing complex portfolios within multinational environments where system clarity drives success more than direct intervention. • Extensive experience successfully leading large-scale product management functions or portfolio systems within complex organisations spanning multiple regions or market segments. • Deep capability in managing full product lifecycles including governance processes that support scalable growth while maintaining operational excellence. • Demonstrated proficiency linking architectural decisions around products directly to pricing strategies as well as monetisation models resulting in sustainable economic outcomes. • Proven track record utilising market research alongside customer insight analytics to guide strategic execution at both tactical and enterprise levels. • Experience fostering cross-functional collaboration among Marketing, Technology, Sales, Buying or Commercial teams ensuring alignment towards common objectives. • Ability to lead through clarity of systems rather than hands-on delivery—empowering others while providing clear direction rooted in organisational strategy. • Exceptional judgement when it comes to prioritising competing demands coupled with strong communication skills for stakeholder engagement. • Commercially minded approach underpinned by pragmatic decision-making focused on measurable outcomes over arbitrary targets or trends. • Resilience in adapting quickly amidst changing circumstances combined with an outcome-oriented mindset driven by continuous improvement principles. • Team-oriented attitude demonstrated through active support for colleagues at all levels contributing positively beyond functional interests. What's next: If you are ready to shape the future of global product management while enjoying unparalleled support from a collaborative team environment—this is your moment! Do note that we will only be in touch if your application is shortlisted. Robert Walters (Singapore) Pte Ltd ROC No.: 199706961E | EA Licence No.: 03C5451 EA Registration No.: R25129986 Leher Shyam Dewani