Global Digital Products Lead

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Date: Sep 14, 2026

Location: Sassenheim, NL

Company: AkzoNobel

About AkzoNobel

Since 1792, we’ve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people’s lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. We’re active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that’s dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today – while creating an even better tomorrow. Let’s paint the future together.

 

For more information please visit www.akzonobel.com 

 

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About the Role

 

As Global Digital Product Lead, you will shape and drive the digital product portfolio for Decorative Paints globally. You will own the strategy, roadmap, and adoption of critical digital platforms that support our customers, painters, specifiers, and commercial teams.

You will work at the intersection of business, technology, and customer experience, ensuring digital products create measurable commercial value and support AkzoNobel's digital transformation ambitions.

Key Responsibilities

  • Define and own the vision, roadmap, and lifecycle of global digital products.
  • Lead the development and deployment of platforms such as customer ecosystems, digital asset management, web platforms, learning solutions, and customer data capabilities.
  • Translate business needs into scalable digital solutions.
  • Drive adoption and change management across regions and markets.
  • Collaborate closely with Commercial, Marketing, Digital, and IT teams.
  • Establish governance, KPIs, and continuous improvement processes.
  • Prioritize initiatives based on business impact and strategic value.
  • Act as the primary business owner throughout product development and rollout.

What You Bring

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business, Marketing, Technology, or related field.
  • Proven experience in digital product management or digital transformation.
  • Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
  • Experience leading global programs in a matrix organization.
  • Strong understanding of digital platforms, CRM, web technologies, and customer engagement solutions.
  • Ability to combine strategic thinking with hands-on execution.
  • Excellent communication skills in English.

Why This Role Matters

You will help define how AkzoNobel engages customers digitally and ensure our commercial teams have world-class tools that drive growth, productivity, and customer satisfaction.

 

At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.

Requisition ID: 55969 

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