Digital Product Owner - Automated Chemistry Control

Solenis is a leading global provider of water and hygiene solutions. The company’s product portfolio includes a broad array of water treatment chemistries, process aids, functional additives, cleaners, disinfectants, and state-of-the-art monitoring, control and delivery systems. These technologies are used by customers to improve operational efficiencies, enhance product quality, protect plant assets, minimize environmental impact, and create cleaner and safer environments. Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, the company has 78 manufacturing facilities strategically located around the globe and employs a team of over ~23000 professionals in >160 countries across six continents. Solenis is a 2025 Best Managed Company Gold Standard honoree.

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Summary

The Product Owner, Autonomous Chemistry Control owns the digital strategy, operating model, and value realization for autonomous, AI-directed chemistry control across the portfolio. You will ensure that data products and data science investments move beyond models and dashboards into trusted, scalable capabilities that drive measurable improvement in cost, quality, throughput, and sustainability outcomes.

Responsibilities

• You will partner with data science, engineering, product, and commercial teams to identify the highest-value optimization opportunities, frame the right business questions, and lead the enablement of capabilities that improve:

  • Chemistry optimization and reduced overspend in high-cost, high-variability applications

  • Process stability, target adherence, and reduced variation,

  • Throughput, yield, and sustainability outcomes.

  • Cross-vertical scale and reuse of proven autonomous-control use cases.

• Accountable for ensuring autonomous chemistry control delivers measurable value through:

  • A prioritized portfolio of transformational data use cases tied to defensible value cases

  • Decision-ready value narratives that translate data science outcomes into action leaders and customers can trust.

  • Scalable productization and governance that extend proven optimization across verticals with consistency and trust.

• Quantifiable value from autonomous-control use cases—reduced chemistry usage, lower variation, and improved target adherence translated into cost and sustainability gains.

• Increased executive, commercial, and customer adoption of autonomous control; faster, clearer decisions; reduced conflicting value claims through governance and real-time value realization.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in a global corporate setting, with 10+ years as a data science product owner / data product leader in industrial, process, manufacturing, chemicals, energy, or comparable asset-intensive industries.

• Experience with connected services product strategy and a focus on continuous customer engagement and operational efficiency.

• Demonstrated trajectory owning AI/ML-driven product strategy and value realization.

• Certifications in leading data/AI or cloud platforms (e.g., Databricks, Snowflake, AWS, Azure/MS Fabric) and/or product ownership (CSPO, SAFe) are highly valued.

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative, engineering, data science, or chemical/process discipline; advanced degree or MBA preferred.

We understand that candidates will not meet every single desired qualification.  If your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you.

At Solenis, we understand that our greatest asset is our people. That is why we offer competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits which include medical, dental, vision & 401K, and numerous opportunities for professional growth and development. So, if you are interested in working for a world-class company and enjoy solving complex challenges, whether in the lab or the field, consider joining our team.

Solenis is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer, including Minorities / Women/ Veterans / Disabled.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Should you require assistance in applying to this opportunity, please reach out to Solenis Talent Acquisition at talentacquisition@solenis.com