Principal Product Manager at Mintel

Join Mintel and help shape the future of global consumer insights.

We’re looking for a Principal Product Manager to join our growing Product leadership team — someone who can blend visionary thinking, market obsession, and product execution excellence to lead Mintel into its next era of innovation and growth.

This role is a unique opportunity to operate at the highest strategic level — guiding product direction, aligning across the business, and building cutting-edge solutions that shape entire industries.

Why This Role Matters

As Principal Product Manager focused on our CPG Proposition & Roadmap, you’ll:

• Lead cross-functional strategic initiatives across the product portfolio.
• Drive lean, data-driven product development that delivers measurable ROI.
• Ensure strategic alignment between product vision and company-wide goals.
• Partner closely with senior global stakeholders and C-suite to turn product strategy into real-world impact.
• Help define how Mintel builds product – not just what we build.

This isn’t just about feature releases. It’s about redefining market categories, driving multi-million-pound growth, and ensuring Mintel stays indispensable to the world’s leading brands.

What You’ll Be Doing

Set the Vision

• Co-create Mintel’s multi-year product strategy, identifying transformational opportunities across our CPG portfolio.
• Build market-defining roadmaps rooted in client insight, competitive intelligence, and long-term impact.

Drive Strategic Execution

• Lead high-priority, cross-team initiatives, guiding other product managers and engineering teams toward aligned outcomes.
• Champion lean methodologies: think MVPs, rapid experimentation, fast validation, and continuous learning.

Shape Commercial Impact

• Partner with Sales, Marketing, and Research to design and execute go-to-market plans for major launches.
• Build compelling business cases and value propositions to drive adoption, retention, and revenue growth.

Influence at the Highest Level

• Operate as a trusted advisor to C-suite and global leadership.
• Drive clarity, alignment, and excitement around product strategy across the organisation.

Embed Data & AI Innovation

• Foster a deeply data-driven product culture: clear KPIs, ROI tracking, and transparent dashboards.
• Lead the strategic use of AI/ML in product development to gain competitive advantage.

Be a Product Culture Shaper

• Help reimagine how product is built at Mintel — from discovery and validation to delivery and measurement.
• Coach and mentor product managers to elevate the craft across the team.

What We’re Looking For

Essential:

• 10+ years in Product Management, including time at a Principal/Lead level.
• Proven experience leading strategic, cross-functional product initiatives at scale.
• Deep knowledge of lean product development and ability to implement it across teams.
• Strong commercial acumen with a track record of delivering significant revenue impact.
• Executive-level influencing and stakeholder management experience — you know how to bring the business with you.
• Sharp communicator — you bring clarity and confidence to product storytelling.
• Proficient in tools like MixPanel, Productboard, Jira, and data analytics platforms.

Preferred:

• Master’s degree or MBA.
• Experience working with Data Science, AI, or Data Engineering teams.
• Background in strategy or management consulting.

About Mintel

Mintel is the expert in what consumers want and why. We help the world’s top brands win by giving them insight that’s timely, trusted, and transformative. With offices in London, Chicago, Shanghai, São Paulo, and beyond, we’re a truly global company committed to innovation, integrity, and impact.

Ready to Lead the Future of Insight?

If you're a strategic thinker, product craftsperson, and commercially savvy leader who thrives on complex challenges and big-picture thinking — we want to hear from you.

Apply now and be part of shaping what comes next.

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